Asbury Park Municipal Court

Asbury Park Municipal Court cases in Monmouth County, Asbury Park, NJ

Asbury Park Municipal Court is a municipal court serving the City of Asbury Park, New Jersey. It handles lower-level matters arising within the city, including motor vehicle and traffic offenses (such as speeding, parking, and DWI), municipal ordinance/code violations, and non-indictable criminal cases classified as disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offenses (e.g., simple assault, harassment, shoplifting at the disorderly-persons level). The court also accepts criminal complaints, issues warrants and summonses, and conducts first appearances; indictable (felony-level) offenses are then referred to the Monmouth County Superior Court. The Asbury Park Municipal Court does not hear civil, family, landlord-tenant, probate, or other Superior Court matters.

Asbury Park Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Asbury Park Municipal Court

Asbury Park Municipal Court handles:
- Traffic and parking matters, including DWI/DUI and reckless driving.
- Municipal ordinance/code violations (noise, property maintenance, housing, animal control).
- Disorderly persons and petty offenses (e.g., simple assault, harassment, trespass, shoplifting under statutory thresholds), plus fish/game and boating violations.

Services and proceedings:
- Accepts and processes complaints/summonses, citizen complaints, and case filings; issues warrants as authorized.
- Schedules and conducts arraignments, pretrial conferences, bench trials (no jury services in municipal court), pleas, and sentencings.
- Processes payments of fines/fees, offers time-payment plans, and manages compliance (e.g., community service).
- Provides records and certified dispositions; coordinates discovery with the municipal prosecutor.
- Language access and ADA accommodations.

Protective orders:
- May issue temporary restraining orders when the Superior Court is unavailable; violations of restraining orders are heard in municipal court, while final orders are handled by Superior Court.