Ewing Township Municipal Court

Ewing Township Municipal Court cases in Mercer County, Ewing, NJ

Ewing Township Municipal Court is a municipal court of limited jurisdiction in Ewing, Mercer County, New Jersey. It handles motor vehicle and traffic offenses (including DWI), parking and municipal ordinance violations, and non-indictable criminal matters such as disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses. The court also hears local code-enforcement, fish and game, boating, and weights-and-measures violations. Indictable criminal charges may be initially processed in municipal court (complaints and warrants) and are then transferred to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer Vicinage. The court does not hear civil lawsuits, landlord-tenant, juvenile, or family matters, which are handled by the Superior Court.

Ewing Township Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Ewing Township Municipal Court

Ewing Township Municipal Court serves the public by:
- Adjudicating traffic and parking offenses (speeding, DWI, careless driving) and municipal ordinance/code violations (noise, property, animal, housing/building/zoning).
- Hearing disorderly and petty disorderly persons matters (simple assault, harassment, shoplifting, bad checks) and certain state regulatory offenses (fish/game/boating).
- Processing case filings: police-issued complaints/summonses and citizen-initiated complaints; accepting pleas, motions, and discovery requests.
- Conducting arraignments, pretrial conferences, bench trials (no jury services in municipal court), sentencing, and compliance reviews.
- Issuing warrants for failure to appear and related orders; accepting fines, fees, and payment plans; scheduling and adjournments.
- Providing public defender applications, prosecutor contact for discovery, interpreter and ADA accommodations, and mediation referrals (Community Dispute Resolution Program).
- Protective orders: municipal judges may issue emergency temporary restraining orders when the Superior Court Family Division is unavailable; ongoing domestic-violence matters proceed in Superior Court.