Haddon Township Municipal Court

Haddon Township Municipal Court cases in Camden County, Haddon, NJ

Haddon Township Municipal Court is a municipal court serving Haddon Township in Camden County, New Jersey. As part of the statewide municipal court system, it adjudicates local, non-indictable matters, including motor vehicle and traffic violations (such as speeding, DWI, and parking), disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses, municipal ordinance and property maintenance code violations, and certain regulatory offenses (e.g., fish and game, weights and measures). The court conducts first appearances, accepts pleas, holds trials for these offenses, issues warrants, and makes probable-cause determinations, referring indictable criminal charges to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden Vicinage. It does not hear civil lawsuits, family matters, or felony-level cases.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Haddon Township Municipal Court

Haddon Township Municipal Court serves the public by processing and adjudicating local, non-indictable cases. Case types: traffic/parking and DWI; disorderly/petty disorderly persons offenses; municipal ordinance and property/code violations; fish/game and other regulatory offenses. Services: intake of law-enforcement and citizen complaints; probable-cause review; issuance of summonses/warrants; scheduling and conducting arraignments, pretrial conferences, bench trials, pleas, and sentencings; violations-bureau fine payments and payment plans; interpreters, ADA accommodations, and public-defender applications. Protective orders: municipal judges may issue emergency temporary restraining orders in domestic-violence matters when the Superior Court is unavailable, and the court enforces no-contact conditions. Jury services: not provided-jury trials are handled by Camden County Superior Court.