8 of 39 District Attorney Offices in Washington 674 in District Attorney Offices
Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Bellingham.
Name : Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney
Address : 311 Grand Avenue Bellingham, Washington, 98225
Locality : Bellingham
Phone : 360-676-6784
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Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 311 Grand Avenue Bellingham, Washington, 98225
Phone number for Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney is 360-676-6784.
It ranks 8 of 39 District Attorney Offices in Washington.
It ranks 674 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Whatcom County Prosecuting 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.
Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Whatcom County Prosecuting 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.
Whatcom County Prosecuting 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.