Belleville Township Municipal Court

Belleville Township Municipal Court cases in Essex County, Belleville, NJ

Belleville Township Municipal Court is a municipal court in Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey. It has limited jurisdiction over cases arising within Belleville. It handles motor vehicle and traffic offenses (including speeding, DWI/DUI, and parking), municipal ordinance and code violations, and disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons criminal matters such as simple assault, harassment, trespass, and shoplifting at the non-indictable level. It conducts first appearances, bail determinations, and probable-cause hearings for indictable offenses before referral to the Essex County Superior Court. It does not hear civil lawsuits, small claims, landlord-tenant, or family matters, which are handled in the Superior Court.

Belleville Township Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Belleville Township Municipal Court

Belleville Township Municipal Court handles municipal-level matters: traffic and parking tickets, DWI, municipal ordinance violations (e.g., noise, housing/code), and disorderly persons/petty offenses (e.g., simple assault, shoplifting under threshold, harassment, bad checks).

Services include:
- Accepting and processing complaints/summonses (including citizen complaints)
- Scheduling and conducting arraignments, pretrial conferences, plea hearings, bench trials, and sentencing
- Issuing summonses, warrants, and no-contact orders
- Accepting payments, restitution, and setting payment plans
- Providing interpreters and ADA accommodations
- Processing records requests and discovery
- Referrals to mediation or diversion programs where eligible

The court can accept domestic-violence complaints and issue temporary restraining orders when the Superior Court is unavailable. Jury services are not provided; jury trials occur in Essex County Superior Court.