Title 11, Counties

Whenever the state's attorney shall refuse or neglect to account for or pay over the public moneys received by the state's attorney, the state's attorney is guilty of an infraction.

The state's attorney shall not: 1. Present a claim, account, or other demand for allowance against the county, except for the state's attorney's own services, nor in any way advocate the relief asked for by the claim or demand of another. 2. Be eligible to or hold any state or fe…

If it shall appear, by affidavit or otherwise, to the satisfaction of a judge of the district court of the judicial district in which the county is situated, that the county has no state's attorney, or that the state's attorney is absent or unable to attend to the state's attorne…

The judge of the district court may appoint special counsel to assist the state's attorney in any important case. The county for which the services were rendered shall pay such special counsel a reasonable fee therefor to be approved by the court.

The board of county commissioners, in cases of public importance and with the advice and consent of the state's attorney, may employ additional counsel to assist the state's attorney. Such counsel shall receive such compensation as may be agreed upon between the parties.

The board of county commissioners shall set aside from any funds in the county treasury not specifically appropriated or set aside for any other purpose the following sum of money to be used by the state's attorney of the county as a contingent fund for the purpose of defraying t…

The state's attorney may incur expenses in securing evidence and investigating criminal cases, so far as is necessary, to the amount annually appropriated by the board of county commissioners to the state's attorney's contingent fund.

All disbursements from the state's attorney's contingent fund must be made in the usual manner by the county treasurer upon the warrant of the county auditor. The auditor's warrant must be executed and delivered in the amount and to the person designated by the order of the state…

Any sum remaining in the state's attorney's contingent fund on the thirty-first day of December of each year shall be transferred by the county auditor to the general fund of the county.

If a state's attorney is aware of any violation or criminal act causing a death or has reason to believe a felony has been committed, the state's attorney may, prior to a crime being charged, inquire into the facts of the violation or criminal act, and, with the consent and appro…

1. The state's attorney for each county may create and administer a prosecution-led diversion program if, after due consideration of any crime victim's rights and subject to approval from the court, the prosecuting attorney and the defendant agree to suspend prosecution for a per…