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Editor's Note: For State statutes governing Municipal Courts,
Municipal Court Judges and their jurisdiction, Municipal Court clerks
and personnel, see N.J.S.A. 2A:8-1 et seq. as amended and supplemented.
For State law relating to penalty provisions of ordinances and the
discretionary powers of the Judge of the Municipal Court with respect
thereto, see N.J.S.A. 40:69A-29(b) and N.J.S.A. 40:49-5, as amended.
For rules of the Supreme Court of New Jersey governing practice
in local criminal courts, see "N.J. Court Rules, 1969," as amended,
including Part VII thereof entitled "Rules Governing Practice in the
Municipal Courts."
[1974 Code § 16-1]
The Municipal Court of the Township, heretofore established
as of January 1, 1949 in accordance with law, is hereby continued.
[1974 Code § 16-2]
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the "Municipal Court
of the Township of Woodbridge."
[1974 Code § 16-3]
The Municipal Court shall have an Official Seal which shall
bear the impress of the name of the Court.
[1974 Code § 16-4]
The Municipal Court of the Township shall have a judge or judges
who shall be known as the Judge or Judges of the Municipal Court.
He or they shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent
of the Municipal Council and shall have the qualifications required
by law. The Judges shall serve for a term of three (3) years from
the date of his or their appointment and until his or their successor
are appointed and qualified.
[1974 Code § 16-5]
The Judges of the Municipal Court shall be compensated by an
annual salary as established by the Municipal Council. This compensation
shall be in lieu of any and all other fees.
[1974 Code § 16-6]
The Municipal Court and the Judges thereof shall have, possess
and exercise all the jurisdictions, powers, functions and duties which
are or may be conferred by law and the applicable rules of the Supreme
Court of New Jersey.
[1974 Code § 16-7; Ord. #13-61 § 6]
There shall be a Court Administrator who shall be appointed
by the Mayor. He shall serve for a term of three (3) years from the
date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
The Court Administrator must possess an accreditation certification
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-11. The Court Administrator shall perform
such functions and duties as shall be prescribed for him by law, by
the rules of the Supreme Court of New Jersey applicable to Municipal
Courts and by the Judges of the Municipal Court.
[Ord. #13-61 § 7]
There shall be a Court Director who shall be appointed by the
Mayor. He shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor until a successor
is appointed and qualified. The Court Director must possess an accreditation
certification pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-11. The Court Director shall
perform such functions and duties as shall be prescribed for him by
law, by the rules of the Supreme Court of New Jersey applicable to
Municipal Courts and by the Judges of the Municipal Court.
[1974 Code § 16-8; Ord. #13-61 § 7]
The Judge or Judges of the Municipal Court of the Township and
the Court Administrator before entering upon the duties of his office
shall enter into a bond as required by law.
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 2A:8-14 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 40A:5-39
and N.J.S.A. 40A:5-41.
[Ord. #98-84 § 11; Ord. #97-89; Ord. #13-61 § 7]
Any person charged with a crime or offense before the Woodbridge
Township Municipal Court who desires to apply for representation by
a Municipal Public Defender shall be required to pay an application
fee of not more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars, but only in an
amount necessary to pay the costs of Municipal Public Defender services.
The Municipal Court may, based upon the authority of P.L. 1997, c.
256, waive any such application fee, in whole or in part, if the Court
determines, in its discretion, that the application fee represents
an unreasonable burden on the person seeking representation.
[Ord. #07-34; Ord. #13-61 § 7]
Persons having weddings or civil union ceremonies performed
in the Woodbridge Municipal Court shall pay a fee at the time the
license is obtained equal to:
