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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Spotsylvania.
Name : Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney
Address : PO Box 2629 Spotsylvania, Virginia, 22553
Locality : Spotsylvania
Phone : 540-507-7650
Fax : 540-582-3291
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Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at PO Box 2629 Spotsylvania, Virginia, 22553
Phone number for Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney is 540-507-7650.
It ranks 13 of 120 District Attorney Offices in Virginia.
It ranks 293 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Spotsylvania 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.
Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Spotsylvania 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.
Spotsylvania 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.