A Municipal Court for the Borough of Seaside
Heights, in the County of Ocean, is hereby established pursuant to
the provisions of Chapter 264 in the Laws of 1948, which has since
been replaced by N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq.
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the
Municipal Court of Seaside Heights.
The Municipal Court shall have a seal which
shall bear the impress of the name of the Court.
Said Municipal Court and the Municipal Judge
thereof shall have, possess and exercise all the functions, powers
and duties by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq., as amended
and supplemented, or by other law.
A Municipal Court of a single municipality shall
have jurisdiction over cases arising within the territory of that
municipality. Territory of a municipality includes any premises or
property located partly in and partly outside of the municipality.
If a Municipal Court Judge is serving as an acting Judge in any other
Municipal Court in the county, he or she may also hear matters arising
out of that other Court while sitting in the Court where he or she
holds a regular appointment.
A.
A Municipal Court has jurisdiction over the following
cases within the territorial jurisdiction of the Court:
(1)
Violations of municipal ordinances.
(2)
Violations of the motor vehicle and traffic laws.
(3)
Disorderly persons offenses, petty disorderly persons
offenses and other nonindictable offenses except where exclusive jurisdiction
is given to the Superior Court.
(4)
Violations of the Fish and Game Laws.
(5)
Proceedings to collect a penalty where jurisdiction
is granted by statute.
(6)
Any other proceedings where jurisdiction is granted
by statute.
B.
Where the person charged waives indictment and trial
by jury in writing and the County Prosecutor consents in writing,
a Municipal Court has jurisdiction for those crimes specified in N.J.S.A.
2B:12-17 which occurs in territorial jurisdiction of the Court.
Before assuming the duties of office, a Judge
or Administrator of the Municipal Court of Seaside Heights, or person
employed by the Municipal Court of Seaside Heights who handles money
in the scope of that employment, shall be covered by a bond or insurance
against loss or misappropriation of funds payable to the Borough of
Seaside Heights, county and state, in an amount and with terms set
by the Borough of Seaside Heights.
The Municipal Court shall be held at the Borough
Hall. The Municipal Judge shall sit at such times as the business
of the Court may require, subject to the rules applicable to municipal
courts.
