[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
The Municipal Court heretofore established within the City,
pursuant to the provisions of N. J. S. A. 2B:12-1 et seq., as amended
and supplemented, is hereby continued.
The name of the Municipal Court so established shall be the
"Municipal Court of the City of Camden."
The Municipal Court shall have a Seal, which shall bear the
impress of the name of the Court.
[Amended 2-14-1991 by Ord. No. MC-2621]
A. Each of the Judges of the Municipal Court appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, as provided in §
7-15 of this Code, shall serve for a term of three years from the date of this appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
B. Any appointment to fill a vacancy caused other than by expiration
of term shall be made for the unexpired term only.
C. There shall be one Judge who shall be the Presiding Judge, who may
be full-time or part-time and shall be so appointed or, if appointed,
retained in that title for the period of his/her term.
D. The Municipal Court system of the City of Camden shall consist of
two full-time Municipal Court Judges and three part-time Municipal
Court Judges.
[Amended 10-11-2016 by Ord. No. MC-5001]
E. Limitations of practice of law by full-time Judge. The two full-time
Judges appointed pursuant to this section shall not engage in the
practice of law or other gainful employment during his/her respective
term as a full-time Judge, except to sit in another municipal jurisdiction
as a Municipal Judge.
[Amended 7-8-2014 by Ord. No. MC-4846]
The Judges of the Municipal Court shall be compensated by an
annual salary as is more particularly set forth in the Salary Ordinance
adopted by the Council. Their salaries shall be payable in the same
manner as the salaries of other municipal officers. The compensation
so paid shall be in lieu of any and all other fees, costs and any
other allowances whatsoever.
The Municipal Court and the Judges thereof shall have, possess
and exercise all the jurisdiction, powers, functions and duties which
are or may be conferred by law and the applicable rules of the Supreme
Court of New Jersey.
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
A. There shall be a Municipal Court Director who, under the direction
of the Chief Municipal Court Judge, plans, organizes and directs all
phases of the operation of the Municipal Court.
B. The Municipal Court Director shall be assisted by a Municipal Court
Administrator and a deputy Municipal Court Administrator who, subject
to the direction and supervision of the Municipal Court Director,
shall perform those functions and duties assigned to their positions
by N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq., and the rules governing the Courts of
the State of New Jersey.
C. The Municipal
Court Director, the Court, Municipal Court Administrator and the Deputy
Municipal Court Administrator shall be selected and appointed pursuant
to the procedures set forth in N.J.S.A. 1:34-3 of the rules governing
the Courts of the State of New Jersey.
D. . §
38- 9 and 10 are deleted.
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
The Municipal Court Director, the Municipal Court Administrator
and the Deputy Municipal Court Administrator shall be compensated
for their services by an annual salary as more particularly set forth
in the Salary Ordinance adopted by the Council, and said salaries
shall be payable in the same manner as the salaries of other municipal
officers. The compensation so paid shall be in lieu of all fees
and costs and any other allowances whatsoever.
The Municipal Court shall be held in the City Hall.
The Judge of the Municipal Court shall sit at stated intervals
and at such other times as the business of the Court may require,
subject to the rules of the Supreme Court applicable to Municipal
Courts.
[Added 3-22-1990 by Ord. No. MC-2532]
A. The Municipal Court of the City of Camden shall be authorized to
charge the appropriate fees as set forth in N.J.S.A. 22A:3-4:
[Amended 1-24-2002 by Ord. No. MC-3720]
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Type
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Fee
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Certificates of judgment
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$6
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Certified copies of papers filed with the Court as a public
record:
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First page
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$6
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Each additional page
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$2
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Copies of papers filed with Court as a public record:
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First page
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$3
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Each additional page
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$2
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B. Any applicant applying for the services of the Camden City Municipal
Public Defender shall be required to pay an application fee of not
more than $50, which fee may be waived upon the discretion of the
City Municipal Judge.
[Added 11-10-1994 by Ord. No. MC-3047]