Pemberton Township Municipal Court

Pemberton Township Municipal Court cases in Burlington County, Pemberton, NJ

Pemberton Borough Municipal Court is a municipal court in Pemberton, New Jersey, with limited jurisdiction over matters arising within Pemberton Borough. It handles non-indictable criminal cases (petty and disorderly persons offenses such as simple assault, harassment, and shoplifting at the disorderly-persons level), traffic and motor-vehicle violations (including DWI/DUI and parking), and municipal ordinance and code violations (e.g., noise, property maintenance, and local regulatory offenses). The court also processes complaints, issues warrants, and conducts first appearances and probable-cause proceedings for certain matters, with indictable offenses referred to the New Jersey Superior Court. It does not adjudicate family or most civil cases, which are heard in Superior Court.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Pemberton Township Municipal Court

Pemberton Borough Municipal Court serves the public by adjudicating local, non-indictable matters and providing access to case processing and payments. Case types include traffic and parking violations (including DWI), municipal ordinance/code violations (noise, property maintenance), and disorderly persons/petty offenses (e.g., simple assault, harassment, minor theft), as well as fish and game, boating, and weights-and-measures violations. Services include complaint and case filings, scheduling and conducting arraignments, pretrial conferences, and bench trials; processing guilty/not-guilty pleas and plea agreements; issuing warrants; managing fines, penalties, payment plans, and community-service compliance; discovery requests; interpreter and ADA accommodations; and mediation referrals. Protective orders: domestic-violence temporary restraining orders are primarily handled by the Superior Court; a municipal judge may issue emergency TROs when that court is unavailable. Jury services: municipal courts do not conduct jury trials; jurors are managed by Burlington County Superior Court.