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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Hopewell County Commonwealth's Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Hopewell.
Name : Hopewell County Commonwealth's Attorney
Address : 100 East Broadway, Rm 252 Hopewell, Virginia, 23860
Locality : Hopewell
Phone : 804-541-2255
Fax : 804-541-2338
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Hopewell County Commonwealth's Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 100 East Broadway, Rm 252 Hopewell, Virginia, 23860
Phone number for Hopewell County Commonwealth's Attorney is 804-541-2255.
It ranks 1 of 2 District Attorney Offices in Prince George County.
It ranks 47 of 120 District Attorney Offices in Virginia.
The main duties of a Hopewell 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.
Hopewell County Commonwealth's Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Hopewell County Commonwealth's Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Hopewell 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.
Hopewell 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.