Bellmawr Municipal Court

Bellmawr Municipal Court cases in Camden County, Bellmawr, NJ

Bellmawr Municipal Court is a municipal court with limited jurisdiction serving the Borough of Bellmawr in Camden County, New Jersey. It handles local motor vehicle and traffic offenses (such as speeding, DWI, and registration/insurance violations), parking tickets, municipal ordinance/code violations, and non-indictable criminal matters classified as disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offenses. The court processes complaints, first appearances/arraignments, pleas, and sentencing for these cases arising within Bellmawr. It does not hear civil lawsuits, family matters, or indictable criminal charges; indictable offenses are forwarded to the Camden County Superior Court. Its role is to adjudicate minor criminal and quasi-criminal matters and enforce municipal ordinances and state motor vehicle laws at the local level.

Bellmawr Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Bellmawr Municipal Court

Bellmawr Municipal Court serves the public by processing and adjudicating:
- Traffic and parking tickets, DUI/DWI, driving while suspended
- Municipal ordinance violations (property, noise, animal control)
- Disorderly/petty disorderly persons offenses and select fish/game/boating matters
- Citizen complaints for minor offenses and ordinance violations; accepts filings, issues summonses/warrants as authorized

Core services:
- Case management: scheduling arraignments, pretrial conferences, motions, bench trials, and sentencing; in-person or virtual
- Payment of fines/fees, time-payment plans, records requests; interpreter and ADA accommodations; public defender applications

Protective orders:
- Domestic-violence restraining orders are primarily handled by Superior Court; municipal judges may issue emergency temporary restraining orders when Superior Court is unavailable and coordinate service with police

Jury services:
- Not provided in municipal court; jury trials occur in Camden County Superior Court