Missouri City Municipal Court

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Missouri City Municipal Court cases in Fort Bend County, Missouri City, TX

Missouri City Municipal Court is a municipal court with limited jurisdiction serving Missouri City, Texas. It handles fine‑only offenses occurring within city limits, including traffic and parking violations, city ordinance/code enforcement cases, and other Class C criminal misdemeanors; it has exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations and concurrent jurisdiction with justice courts for Class C misdemeanors. The court also processes juvenile and school attendance fine‑only matters as authorized by law, issues and processes warrants, conducts magistrate functions (such as initial appearances and setting bail), and administers options like deferred disposition and driving safety courses. It does not handle civil lawsuits, family law, felonies, or higher‑grade misdemeanors, which are heard in county or district courts.

Missouri City Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Court Type: Municipal Court
County: Fort Bend
Street Address: 3845 Cartwright Rd.
City: Missouri City
Zip Code: 77489
Phone: (281) 403-8669
Fax: (281) 403-8987
Hours: 7:30AM - 4PM (M-F)
Website URL: https://www.missouricitytx.gov/108/About-Municipal-Court
About / Additional Info: The mission of Municipal Court is to: Collect all fines for the court, Issue capias and warrants for failure to appear, Maintain defensive driving and time payment files, Prepare cases for court (either jury or non-jury trials) including the subpoena of witnesses, Treat the citizens who appear in Municipal Court in a courteous and efficient manner and assure them of a fair, impartial, and timely disposition of their cases.

Services and Case Types Handled in Missouri City Municipal Court

Missouri City Municipal Court serves the public by:
- Processing case filings for Class C misdemeanors: traffic and parking citations, city-ordinance, health/safety, and animal-control violations.
- Managing court dockets: arraignments, pretrial conferences, show-cause/compliance hearings, and trials (bench and jury).
- Jury services: summoning and qualifying jurors, impaneling juries, and responding to juror inquiries.
- Case resolution options: pleas, motions, payment processing, payment plans, deferred disposition, driving safety course, community service, compliance-based dismissals, and indigency hearings.
- Enforcement and magistration: issuing warrants (failure to appear/capias pro fine), accepting bonds, magistrate warnings, and-when acting as magistrate-Magistrate's Orders for Emergency Protection after qualifying arrests.
- Juvenile/minor matters requiring a parent/guardian appearance, as applicable.
- Records and public access: providing docket information, dispositions, and certified copies upon request.

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