Municipal Court

Payment & Payment Methods

Full payments paid to close a case in lieu of appearing on the court date will result in a conviction of the offense. The Municipal Court is obligated by law to report all convictions to the Department of Public Safety.

Payment options are in person, online, by mail, or by phone at 1-833-510-6556. A credit card processing fee of 2% of the total and a technology fee of $1.50 are applied to online and/or phone payments. You may avoid the fees by paying with cash, money order, cashier’s check, or a personal check.

Mandatory Court Appearance Before the Judge

• Juveniles (under 17 years of age) must appear on their court date before the Judge with a Parent or Legal Guardian.
• Minors (under 21 years of age) with tobacco or alcohol-related offenses must appear on their court date before the Judge.
• Defendants issued for No Driver’s License together with Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility (no insurance).

Municipal Court Hearings

The date on your citation is not a court date but an Initial Appearance date. Resolve your citation on or before the date reflected on the citation. Failure to do so will generate a Pre-Warrant notice with a scheduled court date mailed to the address on file. You may resolve your citation before your scheduled Pre-Warrant hearing in lieu of attending by appearing during regular business hours.

The following actions require a court date before the Judge: claiming indigency, requesting community service hours, credit for time served, or driver’s safety course requested after the date reflected on the citation. To schedule a court date, you must appear in person to sign a court notice and be placed on the next available Judge docket. The Judge’s docket is held twice a month.

If you are contesting and pleading Not Guilty it is required to schedule a conference with the Prosecutor. You must appear in person to sign to a Prosecutor Conference notice and be placed on the next available Prosecutor Docket. The Prosecutor docket is held twice a month.

Information for Attorneys only

If you are representing a client in a case, you will need to submit a letter of representation to the court. This can be done by email, fax or mail. Cases will then be reset to a Prosecutor Conference which will require your appearance if a resolution is not made before the scheduled conference.