Court
The Newark Municipal Court has six courtrooms. Court sessions take place five days a week. Morning sessions are scheduled at 8:30am and 11:30am, afternoon sessions begin at 4:00pm.
1) Courtroom 101 hears moving and parking violations five days a week in the morning and afternoon sessions.
2) Courtroom 103 is the court for City Ordinance cases. Housing matters are heard in this courtroom along with fare evasion and burglar alarm tickets. School attendance cases are also held in this court on Tuesdays. This courtroom also is our conflict court. A visiting judge and visiting municipal prosecutor sit in this court every other Monday to hear all matters with City of Newark employees as defendants.
3) Courtroom 108 hears only moving and parking violations in both the morning and afternoon sessions. DWI matters are scheduled here on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
4) Courtroom 202 hears criminal matters five days a week for morning sessions. Afternoon sessions in this court include criminal matters via video conference from the Essex County jail in addition to in person defendants. Mediation is also offered in this courtroom.
5) Courtroom 222 is the arraignment court. Defendants are heard in this court either in person or via video conferencing from the Essex County jail in order to be arraigned on charges brought against them.
6) Courtroom A301 is another criminal court. Domestic violence cases are heard in this courtroom on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Customer Service
The Customer Service Division is comprised of the Court’s Call Center, Correspondence Unit, and Customer Service Room 105.
• The Call Center handles up to 1,000 calls per day. The Court strives to reduce wait time to better serve customers. To achieve this, the Court has added several prompts with general information so that many questions can be answered without the need to speak to a live representative. The Call Center phone service provides information in English and Spanish, as well as 200 other languages.
• The Correspondence Unit, located in room 305, tracks, monitors and responds to the thousands of pieces of correspondence received each month.
• The Customer Service Window is located in room 105. Staff answers general questions and schedules court when necessary. **DURING COVID this unit is currently closed.
THE CRIMINAL DIVISION
The Criminal Customer Service window located in room 207 is open five days a week from 8:30am to 3:45pm. Staff can answer general questions and accept for filing citizen complaints and make probable cause determination over these complaints. **DURING COVID this unit is currently closed.
The Violations Bureau- Payment Window
Payment Window and Bail Posting is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 7:00pm, and Saturdays from 9am to 12pm. **DURING COVID our hours are currently 9:00am to 2:30pm, Monday through Friday. Payments can be made online at www.njmcdirect.com.
