§ 700. District attorney; powers and duties. 1. Except as provided in\nsection seven hundred one of this chapter, it shall be the duty of every\ndistrict attorney to conduct all prosecutions for crimes and offenses\ncognizable by the courts of the county for which he or she shall have\nbeen elected or appointed; except when the place of trial of an\nindictment is changed from one county to another, it shall be the duty\nof the district attorney of the county where the indictment is found to\nconduct the trial of the indictment so removed, and it shall be the duty\nof the district attorney of the county to which such trial is changed to\nassist in such trial upon the request of the district attorney of the\ncounty where the indictment was found. He or she shall perform such\nadditional and related duties as may be prescribed by law and directed\nby the board of supervisors.\n 2. Within thirty days after the receipt of any fine, penalty, recovery\nupon any recognizance, monies and proceeds from the sale of property\nrealized as a consequence of any forfeiture, or other money belonging to\nthe county, the district attorney or the claiming authority shall pay\nthe same to the county treasurer. Not later than the first day of\nFebruary in each year, the district attorney shall make in duplicate a\nverified true statement of all such moneys received and paid to the\ncounty treasurer during the preceding calendar year and at that time\nshall pay to the county treasurer any balance due. One statement shall\nbe furnished to the county treasurer, one to the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors and one to the state comptroller. A district attorney who is\nnot re-elected shall make and file the verified statement and pay any\nbalance of such moneys to the county treasurer within thirty days after\nthe expiration of his term.\n 3. It shall be the duty of the district attorney to bring actions upon\nany forfeited recognizance taken in his county in any criminal action or\nproceeding unless otherwise directed by the court.\n 4. At the opening of the first term of county court held in each year\nhe shall present to the court a verified statement of all actions\nbrought by him upon forfeited recognizance, penalties or forfeitures,\nthe judgments entered thereon and those collected. The statement shall\nindicate the amounts due the county and the amounts due the state. This\nprovision shall apply to a former district attorney whose term has\nexpired and was not re-elected.\n 5. The board of supervisors may create the position of confidential\nsecretary to the district attorney who shall serve at his pleasure and\nshall be in the exempt class of the civil service.\n 6. The district attorney must maintain a written record of all\nindictments pending in the courts of the county in which he shall have\nbeen elected or appointed. Such record shall contain the name of each\nperson indicted, the crime charged, the date on which the indictment was\nreturned, the disposition of the indictment and such other information\nas the court may direct. At the expiration of his term, the district\nattorney must deliver this record to his successor in office.\n 7. The district attorney shall keep and preserve all records now or\nhereafter in his care or custody or under his control and all records,\nbooks and papers relating to the functioning of his office or the\nperformance of his duties. No such record, book or paper shall be\ndestroyed or otherwise disposed of, except pursuant to law. At the\nexpiration of his term, the district attorney shall, within sixty days,\nturn over all such records, books or papers to his successor in office.\n 8. The district attorney of a county having a population of more than\none hundred thousand according to the last federal census and the\ndistrict attorney of Essex county and any county having a population of\nmore than forty thousand but less than one hundred thousand according to\nthe last federal census, the board of
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