Bound Brook Municipal Court

Bound Brook Municipal Court cases in Somerset County, Bound Brook, NJ

Bound Brook Municipal Court is a municipal court serving the Borough of Bound Brook, New Jersey. It operates as a local court of limited jurisdiction, handling motor vehicle and parking offenses, driving while intoxicated, municipal ordinance and code violations, and non-indictable criminal matters such as disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses. The court also conducts first appearances, probable-cause determinations, and other preliminary proceedings on indictable criminal complaints before they are transferred to the Somerset County Superior Court. It does not adjudicate civil, landlord-tenant, small-claims, probate, or family matters, which are heard in the New Jersey Superior Court.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Bound Brook Municipal Court

Bound Brook Municipal Court serves the public by:

- Handling case types: traffic and parking offenses (including DWI), municipal ordinance/code violations, disorderly persons/petty disorderly persons offenses, and select state statute violations (e.g., fish and game, weights and measures).
- Case filings and processing: accepts citizen complaints, processes summonses/tickets, maintains case records, and manages discovery through the municipal prosecutor.
- Court hearings: schedules and conducts arraignments, pretrial conferences, bench trials (no juries), pleas, and sentencing; issues warrants and compliance orders.
- Protective orders: municipal judges may issue temporary restraining orders in domestic violence emergencies when the Superior Court Family Division is unavailable; subsequent proceedings occur in Superior Court.
- Public access services: fine/fee collection and payment plans, public defender applications, interpreter and ADA accommodations, and referrals to mediation where appropriate.
- Jury services: not provided; jury trials occur in Somerset County Superior Court.