Hoover Municipal Court

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Hoover Municipal Court cases in Jefferson County, Hoover, AL

Hoover Municipal Court is a municipal court serving the City of Hoover, Alabama. It handles violations of municipal ordinances and certain state-law misdemeanors occurring within the city or its police jurisdiction, including criminal misdemeanor and traffic matters such as moving violations and ordinance/code violations. The court's functions include arraignments, trials, accepting pleas, issuing warrants, setting bail, and conducting initial appearances for arrests originating in Hoover. It does not hear civil or family-law cases; those are handled in the appropriate county courts. Felony matters arising in the city are limited to preliminary processing in municipal court and are transferred to the county district court for further proceedings.

Hoover Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Court Type: Municipal
County: Jefferson
Street Address: 2020 Valleydale Road
City: Hoover
Zip Code: 35244
Phone: 205-444-7526
Fax: 205-444-7542
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Website URL: http://www.hooveral.org/137/Municipal-Court
Email: court@hooveralabama.gov
About / Additional Info: Hoover Municipal Court is a municipal court that has jurisdiction over violations and misdemeanors only. Section 11-45-9 of the Code of Alabama gives municipal court the following sentencing authority: Municipal court ordinances may provide penalties of fines, imprisonment, hard labor, or one or more of such penalties for violation of ordinances. No fine shall exceed $500 and no sentence of imprisonment or hard labor shall exceed six months except, when in the enforcement of the penalties prescribed in section 32-5A-191, such fine shall not exceed $5,000 and such sentence of imprisonment or hard labor shall not exceed a year.

Services and Case Types Handled in Hoover Municipal Court

Hoover Municipal Court administers municipal-ordinance and misdemeanor matters within Hoover's city limits, including traffic and parking citations, DUI, misdemeanor domestic violence, simple possession, shoplifting/theft 4th, disorderly conduct, and code/animal-control violations.

Services include: case intake/filings from police citations and citizen complaints through magistrates; warrant applications/issuance; docketing; arraignments, pretrial conferences, bench trials, probation and compliance reviews; sentencing and restitution; failure-to-appear processing and warrant recall; payment processing (online, by mail, in person), payment plans; defensive-driving or court referral programs; records/certified copies; interpreter and ADA accommodations; victim services and no-contact orders as conditions of bond/sentence.

Protective orders: PFA protective orders are filed in Jefferson/Shelby County Circuit Court; the municipal court provides information/referrals.

Jury services: The court does not conduct jury trials; jury service occurs in circuit court upon appeal.

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