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Serving Indigent Criminal Defendants
The Washington County Public Defender’s Office provides legal representation for indigent clients for the following types of cases:
- Criminal
- All felonies and misdemeanors
- Summary cases involving incarceration (i.e. driving under DUI related driver’s license suspension citation)
- Indirect criminal contempt: (i.e. violations of protection from abuse orders and Clerk of Courts failure to pay)
- Juvenile court petitions
- Mental health involuntary commitments
Applications are available at the Office of the Public Defender, all magisterial district offices, and the Washington County Correctional Facility (for inmate use only).
A copy of the application is available to download and must be returned to the Public Defender’s Office fully executed at least seven business days before the hearing.