District Attorney Offices in Lewis County, West Virginia

List of Lewis County District Attorney Offices

Find District Attorney Offices in Lewis County. Click on location to get the furter details like phone number, address, office hours,etc.

About District Attorney Offices in Lewis County

The main duties of District Attorney offices in Lewis County 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. .

District Attorney offices in Lewis County generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges District Attorney offices in Lewis County will investigate those accused of the crime. .

District Attorney offices in Lewis County 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 Lewis 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.

District Attorney offices in Lewis County 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. .