Welcome to the Summit Municipal Court Official Bilingual Website
We are pleased to provide you with information about the Municipal Court of Summit. We hope you will find our website useful and informative. Click here for what we can and cannot do.

Municipal Courts are statutory courts of limited jurisdiction having responsibility for motor vehicle traffic violations, disorderly and petty disorderly criminal offenses, municipal and county ordinance violations, certain penalty enforcement codes, health code viotations, fish and game, weights and measures and all other proceedings within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality. Practice and procedures are governed by New Jersey Court Rules. The Municipal Court Judge is responsible for overseeing the administration of his or her Municipal Court.

SUMMIT MUNICIPAL COURT MISSION STATEMENT:
To adjudicate or mediate complaints and grievances in a local forum as defined by law.

SUMMIT MUNICIPAL COURT'S GOAL:
To provide quality service to our customers in an efficient and fair manner.

NEW JERSEY COURT SYSTEM MISSION STATEMENT:
We are an independent branch of government constitutionally entrusted with the fair and just resolution of disputes in order to preserve the rule of law and to protect the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and law of the United States and this State.

Donald P. Bogosian, Judge Municipal Court Eileen O. Keating, Court Administrator

Telephone Numbers:	Mailing Address:
(908) 273-6166 & (908) 273-6112	Summit Municipal Court
Fax Number: (908) 522-1693	512 Springfield Avenue
	Summit, NJ 07901
Violation Bureau Hours:
Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Court is held every Wednesday at 9:00 am
Night Court for first appearance is the first Wednesday of the month at 4:00 pm

Click here for directions to the Court.

Public Defender appears every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Michael J. Mitzner, Prosecutor

John J. DeMassi, Public Defender

PLEASE NOTIFY THE COURT OF DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION NEEDS
You have the right to an interpreter: sign language, foreign language or other reasonable accommodation if one is required for you to effectively communicate in Court, please let us know.

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