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  • Clearing Your Record

  • Traffic Tickets

  • Your Right to a Lawyer in Municipal Court

  • Your Right to See Records from the Superior and Municipal Courts of New Jersey

  • Links

    • Municipal Court Information
      (from the N.J. State Bar Foundation) - Explains rights of people appearing in municipal court and also describes procedure for pleading not guilty in municipal court.
    • Municipal Court Services
      Each municipality in New Jersey has its own municipal court to handle quasi-criminal (minor criminal and traffic violations) cases. This Web site has links to a chart with a list of fines for different traffic violations and a Web site which lets people pay traffic tickets online through a credit card.

     

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