Hutto Municipal Court

Hutto Municipal Court cases in Williamson County, Hutto, TX

Hutto Municipal Court is a municipal court of limited jurisdiction serving the City of Hutto, Texas. It adjudicates Class C misdemeanor offenses punishable by fine only, including traffic and parking violations, city ordinance violations (e.g., code enforcement, animal control, and public health/safety), and other fine‑only state law offenses. The court does not hear civil lawsuits seeking damages, family law matters, or criminal cases punishable by jail; those are handled by justice, county, or district courts in Williamson County. Within the local judicial system, it also performs magistrate functions such as issuing warrants, conducting arraignments, setting bail, and processing citations, and it administers compliance options like defensive driving, deferred disposition, and community service when authorized by law.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Hutto Municipal Court

Hutto Municipal Court adjudicates Class C misdemeanors occurring within city limits, including traffic and parking citations, city ordinance/code violations (animal, noise, health/sanitation), and certain juvenile offenses (e.g., alcohol/tobacco violations). Services include: intake of sworn complaints/citations; case setup; options to resolve cases (pleas, payment, payment plans, community service, compliance dismissals, deferred disposition, driver safety course); warrant issuance/clearance; magistration (including setting bail) and magistrate's emergency protective orders after qualifying arrests; scheduling and conducting arraignments, pretrials, judge or jury trials, juvenile dockets, and show-cause/compliance hearings; jury services (summons, qualification, deferrals, panels, juror compensation); records and docket information; and accommodations/interpretation. The court's functional role is to provide a local forum for timely, lawful resolution of low-level offenses, inform defendants of rights and options, and facilitate safe, orderly compliance with court orders.