Woolwich Joint Municipal Court

Woolwich Joint Municipal Court cases in Gloucester County, Woolwich, NJ

Woolwich Joint Municipal Court is a municipal court within the New Jersey Judiciary serving Woolwich Township and participating municipalities. It adjudicates non-indictable matters, including motor-vehicle and parking offenses, DWI/DUI, municipal ordinance and property-maintenance violations, health and housing code cases, and disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses such as simple assault, harassment, and shoplifting. The court processes complaints, issues warrants and summonses, conducts arraignments and plea hearings, and imposes fines, penalties, and license-related sanctions as authorized by law. Indictable criminal charges are not tried here and are referred to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester Vicinage. Civil, landlord-tenant, small claims, probate, and family matters are handled by the Superior Court, not the municipal court.

Woolwich Joint Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Woolwich Joint Municipal Court

Woolwich Joint Municipal Court serves the public by handling local, non-indictable matters for the municipalities it serves. Case types include:
- Traffic and parking offenses (including DWI)
- Municipal ordinance/code violations (e.g., property maintenance, noise, health, housing)
- Disorderly/petty disorderly persons offenses (e.g., simple assault, harassment, shoplifting at the municipal level)

Core services:
- Case filings and complaints; issuance of summonses/warrants
- Scheduling and conducting arraignments, pretrial conferences, non-jury trials, and sentencings
- Processing payments (fines/fees) and payment plans; compliance monitoring
- Accepting pleas, discovery coordination, certified records, interpreter and accessibility accommodations

Protective orders:
- Intake of domestic violence complaints and facilitation of temporary restraining orders through a judge when appropriate.

Jury services are not provided; jury trials are handled by the Superior Court.