Wamego Municipal Court

Wamego Municipal Court cases in Pottawatomie County, Wamego, KS

Wamego Municipal Court is a municipal court of limited jurisdiction in Wamego, Kansas. It handles violations of Wamego city ordinances, including traffic and parking offenses, misdemeanor criminal matters (such as DUI and petty theft), and local code, nuisance, and animal-control violations. The court conducts arraignments, plea hearings, trials, and sentencing for these cases, imposes fines and other penalties, and manages probation or diversion programs as authorized by city ordinance and Kansas law. It does not hear felony, juvenile, probate, family, or general civil disputes; those matters, and appeals from this court, are handled by the Pottawatomie County District Court within the Kansas state court system.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Wamego Municipal Court

Wamego Municipal Court serves the public by adjudicating violations of Wamego city ordinances. Core services include:
- Processing case filings and citations for traffic offenses, parking, misdemeanor ordinance violations (e.g., DUI, no insurance, driving while suspended), and city code/animal-control violations.
- Scheduling and conducting court hearings: arraignments, pretrial conferences, diversion reviews, bench and jury trials when eligible, sentencings, and probation/compliance hearings.
- Managing payments, bonds, warrants, continuance requests, and court-ordered conditions (classes, community service).
- Administering jury services for municipal cases: summons, qualification, scheduling, and juror support.
- Maintaining records, providing certified dispositions, and processing expungement petitions for eligible municipal cases.
- Offering information and referrals; note that protective orders (protection from abuse/stalking) are handled by Pottawatomie County District Court, not municipal court.