Municipal Court Matters

Municipal Courts in New Jersey handle a wide range of charges including:

– Traffic Tickets

– Misdemeanor Violations

– Assault / Harassment

– Disorderly Conducts Charges

– Drug / Paraphernalia Possession

– False ID

– DWI / DUI

– Shoplifting

– Municipal Ordinance Violations

More serious violations, indictable offenses, are transferred to County Court. New Jersey does not have misdemeanor / felony charges. Rather, an indictable offense is the equivalent of a Felony charge and carries the possibility of a minimum 1 yr jail sentence. All other disorderly persons offenses are the equivalent of misdemeanor charges.