Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney

Popularity

  55 of 120 District Attorney Offices in Virginia
  1,481 in District Attorney Offices

Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney Contact Informations

Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Portsmouth.

Name : Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney

Address : 801 Crawford Street Portsmouth, Virginia, 23704

Locality : Portsmouth

Phone : 757-393-8000

Map of Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney

View map of Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney get driving directions from your location.

About Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney in Portsmouth

Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 801 Crawford Street Portsmouth, Virginia, 23704

Phone number for Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney is 757-393-8000.

It ranks  55 of 120 District Attorney Offices in Virginia.

It ranks  1,481 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney are typically imposed by law. This includes taking on behalf of the State at all trials related to violations that took place within the district attorney's geographic jurisdiction.

Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.

Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney often also have obligations that aren't connected with criminal prosecution. This includes protecting the county from civil lawsuits sometimes, and even initiating actions for the county, as well as preparing and review contracts that are signed by the county, and offering legal advice and guidance to local authorities. In certain jurisdictions the county attorney may not have any involvement in criminal cases in any way, and serves only as the attorney of the county.

Portsmouth County Commonwealth's Attorney are assigned to specialized units created to tackle corruption in the public sector as well as organized crime, violence in the family and hate crimes, elderly abuse, fraud on consumers and other serious crimes.

Popular Cities