Frontenac Municipal Court

Frontenac Municipal Court cases in Crawford County, Frontenac, KS

Frontenac Municipal Court is a municipal court serving the City of Frontenac, Kansas. It has limited jurisdiction over violations of city ordinances committed within city limits. Common matters include traffic and parking offenses, misdemeanor criminal ordinance violations, and municipal code enforcement (such as nuisance and animal-control cases). The court conducts arraignments, trials, and sentencing, and imposes authorized fines, municipal-misdemeanor jail terms, probation, and related conditions. It does not handle civil lawsuits, family law, probate, or felony criminal cases; those matters, and appeals from this court, are heard by the Crawford County District Court of the Kansas Judicial Branch.

Frontenac Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Frontenac Municipal Court

Frontenac Municipal Court serves the public by adjudicating violations of the city's ordinances. Typical cases include traffic and parking citations, license/insurance violations, code-enforcement matters (property, nuisance, animal control), and other minor misdemeanor-level offenses under municipal code.

Key services:
- Case intake and filings from citations/complaints; docketing and case management.
- Court hearings: arraignments, advisements, pretrial conferences, bench trials, sentencings, and compliance/probation reviews.
- Processing pleas, motions, continuances, warrants, bonds, and fine/fee payments.
- Providing case information and certified records upon request.

Not handled:
- Orders of protection and family/domestic matters-file with the county circuit/district court.
- Jury services-municipal cases are typically bench-tried; jury administration occurs at the county/circuit court.