Wall Township Municipal Court

Wall Township Municipal Court cases in Monmouth County, Wall, NJ

Sea Girt Municipal Court (Wall, NJ) is a municipal court of limited jurisdiction within the New Jersey Judiciary that handles offenses arising in the Borough of Sea Girt. It hears motor-vehicle and parking violations, DWI, municipal ordinance and property/code enforcement matters, fish and game and other regulatory violations, and disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses. The court conducts first appearances, issues warrants, accepts pleas, and holds probable-cause and other preliminary proceedings for indictable offenses before those cases are transferred to the Superior Court, Monmouth Vicinage, for prosecution. It does not hear civil, landlord-tenant, probate, or family matters; those are handled by the New Jersey Superior Court.

Wall Township Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Wall Township Municipal Court

Sea Girt Municipal Court serves the public by:
- Processing case filings and complaints (police and citizen): traffic and parking tickets, municipal ordinance/code violations, fish and game and weights and measures, and non-indictable criminal matters (disorderly persons/petty offenses such as simple assault, shoplifting, harassment), including DWI.
- Scheduling and conducting court hearings: arraignments, pretrial conferences, plea hearings, bench trials, and sentencings; issuing warrants and orders.
- Providing services: fine payments and payment plans, virtual/in-person appearances, interpreter services, public defender applications, records and certified dispositions, and compliance monitoring (e.g., community service).
- Protective orders: facilitating temporary restraining orders in domestic violence matters when the Superior Court Family Division is unavailable; ongoing restraining order cases proceed in Superior Court.
- Jury services: no jury trials are held in municipal court; juror summonses and service are handled by Monmouth County Superior Court.