Neptune City Municipal Court

Neptune City Municipal Court cases in Monmouth County, Neptune, NJ

Neptune Township Municipal Court is a New Jersey municipal court of limited jurisdiction. It handles motor vehicle and traffic offenses (including DWI and parking), municipal ordinance and code violations, and minor criminal matters classified as disorderly or petty disorderly persons offenses. The court also addresses certain quasi-criminal matters and conducts first appearances, probable-cause reviews, and sets conditions of pretrial release for indictable offenses before those cases are transferred to the Superior Court in Monmouth County. Civil disputes, family cases, and indictable criminal trials are outside its jurisdiction.

Neptune City Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Neptune City Municipal Court

Neptune Township Municipal Court provides front-line judicial services for local matters. It processes and schedules cases involving:
- Traffic and parking violations, DWI, and other motor-vehicle offenses.
- Municipal ordinance and code violations.
- Disorderly and petty disorderly persons offenses (e.g., simple assault, harassment, shoplifting under threshold).
Public services include: accepting complaints/filings, determining probable cause, issuing warrants and summonses, scheduling and conducting arraignments, pretrial conferences, bench trials, pleas, and sentencings; offering payment of fines, payment plans, and online/plea-by-mail resolution where eligible; referring suitable disputes to municipal mediation; providing interpreters and ADA accommodations. Judges may issue temporary domestic-violence restraining orders when the Superior Court is unavailable and hear related contempt matters. The court does not provide jury services or jury trials; those are handled by the Monmouth County Superior Court. Information, calendars, and case status are available through the NJ Courts system.