11-16 State's Attorney
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 11-16STATE'S ATTORNEY11-16-01. Duties of the state's attorney. The state's attorney is the public prosecutor,and shall:1.Attend the district court and conduct on behalf of the state all prosecutions for public<br>offenses.2.Institute proceedings before magistrates for the arrest of persons charged with or<br>reasonably suspected of public offenses when the state's attorney has information<br>that such offenses have been committed, and for that purpose, when the state's<br>attorney is not engaged in criminal proceedings in the district court, the state's<br>attorney shall attend upon the magistrates in cases of arrests when required by them<br>except in cases of assault and battery and petit larceny.3.Attend before, and give advice to, the grand jury whenever cases are presented to it<br>for consideration.4.Draw all indictments and informations.5.Defend all suits brought against the state or against the county.6.Prosecute all bonds forfeited in the courts of record of the county and prosecute all<br>actions for the recovery of debts, fines, penalties, and forfeitures accruing to the<br>state or to the county.7.Deliver duplicate receipts for money or property received in the state's attorney's<br>official capacity and file copies thereof with the county auditor.8.On the first Monday of January, April, July, and October in each year, file with the<br>county auditor an account, verified by the state's attorney's oath, of all money<br>received by the state's attorney in an official capacity in the preceding three months,<br>and at the same time, pay it over to the county treasurer.9.Give, when required and without fee, the state's attorney's opinion in writing to the<br>county, district, township, and school district officers on matters relating to the duties<br>of their respective offices.10.Keep a register of all official business in which must be entered a note of each<br>action, whether civil or criminal, prosecuted officially, and of the proceedings therein.11.Repealed by S.L. 1945, ch. 161, </p>
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