Berea Municipal Court

Berea Municipal Court cases in Cuyahoga County, Berea, OH

Berea Municipal Court in Berea, Ohio, is a municipal (limited-jurisdiction) trial court serving its statutory territory in Cuyahoga County. It handles misdemeanor criminal cases, city and state traffic offenses, and local ordinance violations; conducts arraignments and preliminary hearings in felony matters before transfer to a higher court; and hears limited civil actions, including small claims, contract disputes, landlord-tenant/evictions, and collections within municipal-court monetary limits. The court does not adjudicate divorces, child custody, probate, or felony trials, which fall under the jurisdiction of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Berea Municipal Court

Berea Municipal Court provides limited-jurisdiction justice services to the public, including:

- Criminal/traffic: misdemeanors, OVI, city ordinance violations, and felony preliminary hearings.
- Civil: monetary claims up to $15,000; small claims up to $6,000; landlord-tenant evictions; garnishments/judgment collection.
- Protective orders: civil stalking/sexually oriented offense protection orders and criminal temporary protection orders as authorized.
- Case filings/records: accepts filings, maintains the docket, issues summons/warrants, manages bonds, and offers public access to records and forms.
- Court hearings: arraignments, pretrials, motion hearings, bench and jury trials, and sentencings.
- Jury services: juror summons, qualification, orientation, and trial administration.
- Probation/compliance: supervision of community-control sanctions, payment plans, and referrals.
- Public services: payment of fines/costs (online/in person), continuance requests, and scheduling information.