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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Portage County District Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Stevens Point.
Name : Portage County District Attorney
Address : 1516 Church Street Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 54481
Locality : Stevens Point
Phone : 715-346-1236
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Portage County District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 1516 Church Street Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 54481
Phone number for Portage County District Attorney is 715-346-1236.
It ranks 17 of 71 District Attorney Offices in Wisconsin.
It ranks 1,318 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Portage County District 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.
Portage County District Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Portage County District Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Portage County District 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.
Portage County District 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.