Long Branch Municipal Court

Long Branch Municipal Court cases in Monmouth County, Long Branch, NJ

Long Branch Municipal Court is a municipal court in Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It handles non-indictable matters arising within the city, including motor-vehicle and parking offenses, driving while intoxicated, municipal ordinance and housing/building-code violations, and minor criminal cases classified as disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offenses. It may also hear certain regulatory violations (such as fish and game or weights and measures). The court conducts preliminary proceedings for indictable offenses occurring in its jurisdiction before those matters are transferred to the Monmouth County Superior Court. It does not adjudicate civil lawsuits, family matters, or indictable criminal trials.

Long Branch Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Long Branch Municipal Court

Long Branch Municipal Court serves the public by processing and adjudicating:
- Motor-vehicle and parking violations
- Municipal ordinance/code violations (property maintenance, noise, animal control, health)
- Disorderly persons/petty disorderly persons offenses and other non-indictable complaints
- Fish and game, boating, and weights-and-measures citations

Services include case filing and scheduling (complaints, pleas, adjournments), virtual or in-person hearings (arraignments, pretrial conferences, trials before a judge, sentencing), fine payment and time-payment plans, public defender applications, discovery requests, interpreter and ADA accommodations, and warrant/complaint inquiries.

Protective orders: Municipal judges may take domestic-violence complaints and issue temporary restraining orders when appropriate; final restraining orders are handled by Superior Court.

Jury services: Not provided in municipal court; jury trials occur in Superior Court.

The court provides procedural information to help residents navigate cases but cannot give legal advice.