Kansas City Municipal Court

Kansas City Municipal Court cases in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, KS

Kansas City, Kansas Municipal Court is a municipal, limited-jurisdiction court that handles violations of city ordinances within Kansas City, KS. It adjudicates traffic and parking offenses; criminal misdemeanor ordinance violations; and city code matters such as property maintenance, animal control, and nuisance violations. The court conducts arraignments, trials, and sentencing, and may impose fines, probation, or jail as authorized by ordinance and Kansas law. It does not hear civil lawsuits between private parties, family law cases, probate, or felony prosecutions; those matters are handled by the Wyandotte County District Court. Appeals from municipal court judgments generally proceed to the Wyandotte County District Court.

Kansas City Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Kansas City Municipal Court

Kansas City Municipal Court serves the public by processing and adjudicating violations of Kansas City, Missouri ordinances.

- Case types: traffic and parking, municipal misdemeanors (e.g., domestic violence, simple assault, stealing, first-offense DWI), and code enforcement (housing, nuisance, animal, health).
- Case filings and records: intake of citations/complaints, case indexing, certified copies, record requests.
- Court hearings: arraignments, pretrials, pleas, bench and jury trials, sentencings, probation/compliance reviews, and specialty dockets (e.g., Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Veterans, Housing).
- Jury services: juror qualification, summons, orientation, scheduling, and compensation.
- Protective orders: imposes no-contact/stay-away conditions in criminal cases; civil Orders of Protection are filed in Missouri Circuit Courts.
- Public access and compliance: online case lookup, fine/fee payment, payment plans, community service, warrant and bond processing, continuances, interpreters, and ADA accommodations.