Municipal Court

Municipal Court matters are conducted both virtually and in person. To see how you must appear, check our Court Schedule. Our virtual court sessions are held via Zoom Video Conferencing. For upcoming virtual court sessions, click Virtual Courtroom to register for your Zoom link.

It’s the public’s responsibility to ensure their own ability to connect to the court hearing. Click on Prepare for Court for helpful tips to navigate virtual court. 

Watch the Municipal Court Opening Statement (below) before your court date to ensure that you are informed of your rights. 

Click here to fill out our Virtual Court Request Form or email us at court@secaucus.net to provide us with your updated contact information.  All parties to a particular case must notify the court of any change, correction, or addition to your present address or email address.

If your ticket is payable, but you wish to dispute it you may request a court date. Contact the court here or email us at court@secaucus.net. To avoid a court appearance, you may also see if your ticket is eligible for the Online Municipal Case Resolution. 

The public now has two options to resolve their matters without having to appear in court.

• Request a plea offer from prosecutor

This method allows you to dispute specific moving violations where defendants commonly provide additional documentation to seek a reduced charge or points before pleading guilty. Your case will be reviewed by the prosecutor, and you will be notified with their recommendation.

• Plea Online

This is the electronic version of the Plea by Mail form which allows defendants or attorneys to electronically submit a plea of guilty or not guilty to certain offenses. This form can only be used in certain traffic (including parking) cases or to plead guilty in certain non-traffic cases. This method is not for seeking a reduced charge or to dispute points. Make sure to upload any supporting documents you want the Judge to review.

Click Here to see if your ticket is eligible.

You can access the Online Municipal Case Resolution system at www.njmcdirect.com.

• No eating or smoking may take place during the court session (absent medical need)
• Keep your microphone muted until called. Identify yourself before speaking.
• Remain in one location. Participants may not appear from a moving vehicle
• There shall be no audio or video recording without prior written approval as required by Directive #11-20. Any individual seeking to record must make a request to the court in advance, by submitting a Request for Permission to Photograph, Electronically Record or Broadcast a Court Proceeding form.This can be found here.

• No weapons are permitted in the courtroom or the municipal building
• Food, drink, or gum chewing is not permitted in the courtroom
• Smoking is prohibited in all government buildings
• Cell phones must be shut off
• The Municipal Court provides facilities for the handicapped and hearing impaired.

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 laws of the United States and this State.

Filed and heard at the Municipal Court of Secaucus are all traffic violations, town ordinance and disorderly persons offenses that occur within the town. State Police, Hudson County Sherriff’s Office, Marine Police, Office of Weights and Measures, Transit Police, Conrail Police, and The Department of Fish and Game are also issuing agencies. Serious offenses (indictable) are filed with the town and then transferred to the Hudson Country Prosecutor’s Office.