Contact
Ann Rosellen
Court Administrator
39 Trinity St.
Newton,
NJ
07860
Phone: (973) 383-3521
Ext. 242
Fax: (973) 383-6471
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Newton Municipal Court offers payment of your tickets through the
New Jersey Municipal Court Direct website. The Newton Court Code is 1915.
Creation of the Court
The Newton Municipal Court was created by the adoption of the New Constitution of the State of New Jersey, and was founded in 1947. The Court falls under the jurisdiction of the
State Administrative Office of the Court (AOC), supervised by Assignment Judge B. Theodore Bozonelis, JSC, of the Superior Court of Morristown. The AOC audits court activities and procedures, and requires that the Municipal Court staff members prepare and submit reports to be used as the basis for the Annual Comparison Statistical Report, which is issued by the AOC.
Court Sessions
- Regular sessions: second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm
- Early disposition conferences: Tuesday at 9:00 am and 11:00 am
- Trials: Tuesday at 1:00 pm
- 39 Trinity St.
Newton, NJ 07860
All sessions of the Newton Municipal Court are open to the public. Use of a statewide computer system gives Court personnel access to a wide variety of information about outstanding fines owed to a Court, and records pertaining to suspension of driving privileges.