ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS

Pima County Attorney Office

county attorney


A county attorney in many areas of the United States is the chief legal officer for a county or local judicial district. It is usually an elected position.


Elected official responsible for the prosecution of felony crimes. Misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors, which are less serious crimes, are usually the responsibility of city attorneys, but are prosecuted by county attorneys in less populated counties.


An attorney who represents the state in misdemeanor criminal trials which are heard in county court and/or court at law.

office


function: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"


agency: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"


The local center of a large business


A room, department, or building used to provide a particular service


place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"


A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work

pima


a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico


Of or relating to this people or their language


the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima


The Pima (or Akimel O'odham) are a group of American Indians living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Mexico). The long name, "Akimel O'odham", means "river people".