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Old Bridge Municipal Court

Location: 1 Old Bridge Plaza
Old Bridge, NJ 08857

Phone: (732) 721-5600 x2605
Fax: (732) 607-7946

Old Bridge Police issue a ton of traffic tickets, mostly for speeding, along Rtes. 9, 18, 34 and 516. A large amount of DWI and minor criminal arrests including drug possession are also made in Old Bridge.

Wall Township Municipal Court

Location: 2700 Allaire Rd
Wall, NJ 07719

Phone: (732) 449-4666
Fax: (732) 449-8992

Court Sessions: Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

Wall Township police issue a ton of speeding and other tickets along Rt 34, Rt 35 and the other highways that cross the town. A lot of DWI and minor criminal arrests, including drug possession, are also made in Wall Township. The judge is the Honorable E. Thomas Brennan, Jr. The prosecutor is John Lane, Esq. The court administrator is Gail W. Connors.

Lakewood Township Municipal Court

Location: Municipal Building
231 Third Street
Lakewood, NJ 08701
Phone: (732) 364-2500
Fax: (732) 901-3647

The judge in Lakewood court is the Honorable Scott Basen, J.M.C. The prosecutors are Bob Rothstein and Valter Must. Lakewood sees a lot of DWI and minor criminal arrests as well as traffic and speeding tickets.

Mercer County Superior Court
Mailing Address:
PO Box 8068
Trenton, NJ 08608
Street Address:
209 S Broad Street
Trenton, NJ 08608

East Windsor Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
80 One Mile Road, East
Windsor, NJ 08520
Phone Number: (609) 448-3228

Ewing Township Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
2 Jake Garzio Drive
Ewing, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 883-2900

Hamilton Township
Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
1270 Whitehorse Ave Cn00150
Hamilton, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 581-4071

Hightstown Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
148 N Main Street
Hightstown, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 490-5105

Hopewell Borough Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
PO Box 343
Hopewell, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 466-0968

Hopewell Township Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
201 Washington Crossing
Pennington Road Titusville, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 737-1035

Lawrence Township Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
Municipal Square P.O. Box 6006 Lawrenceville, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 844-7159

Pennington Borough Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
30 North Main Street
Pennington, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 737-1016

Princeton Borough Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
PO Box 390 1 Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 497-7600

Princeton Township Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
400 Witherspoon St.
Princeton Township, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 924-5042

Trenton Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
225 N Clinton Ave
PO Box 1360 Trenton, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 989-3700

Washington Township Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
1117 Route 130
Robbinsville, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 259-7085

West Windsor Municipal Court
Mailing Address:
20 Municipal Drive PO Box 38 Princeton Junction, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 799-0915

It was held in State v. Brennan, 229 N.J. Super. 342 (App. Div. 1988) that when a police officer neglects to sign a summons and complaint within the statute of limitations period, that failure constitutes a fatal defect to the ability of the State to proceed. However, Brennan was overruled by State v. Fisher, 180 N.J. 462 (2004) which held that an officer may correct a technically invalid ticket by signing it even after the limitations period. Therefore, an unsigned ticket generally does not mean that your ticket will be automatically dismissed.

As most people know, the "Statute of Limitations" in a criminal or traffic matter is the time frame within which the police may charge you with an offense. In most traffic offenses, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:5-3, the Statute of Limitations is 30 days. However there are exceptions, including:

N.J.S.A. 39:3-40: Driving while suspended or on revoked list has a 90 days Statute of Limitations.
N.J.S.A. 39:4-50: DUI-DWI (driving while intoxicated) has a 90 days Statute of Limitations.
N.J.S.A. 39:4-129 Leaving the scene of accident has a 1 year Statute of Limitations.
N.J.S.A. 39:3-12 Illegally obtaining a Driver's License has a 1 year Statute of Limitations.
N.J.S.A. 39:3-34 Applying for a Driver's License while suspended has a 1 year Statute of Limitations.
N.J.S.A. 39:3-37 False App. on a Driver's License or allowing an unlicensed driver to operate vehicle or lending license to another has a 1 year Statute of Limitations.
N.J.S.A. 39:10-24 Misrepresentation on title has a 1 year Statute of Limitations.
N.J.S.A. 39:6B-2 Driving with No Insurance has a 6 months Statute of Limitations
39: 5-31 DMV Director of Magistrate can revoke license for willful
violations even if Statute of Limitations has passed
The applicable limitations period for the issuance of a DWI complaint is 90 days. N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.

Under N.J.S.A. 39:3-37.1, it is unlawful to: a) lend your driver's license or allow anther person to use your license, or; b) allow another person to use your vehicle if that person is unlicensed or does not have a valid license. The penalty if you are convicted of this offense is a fine between $200 and $500 and/or jail for up to fifteen days. If you have been charged with offense it is vital to obtain an attorney to either 1) secure a favorable plea agreement in order to avoid the high fine and jail; and/or 2) take your case to trial and obtain a possible not-guilty verdict.

New Jersey drivers lose their licenses for a variety of reasons. The most common are if you were convicted of a New Jersey DWI (DUI), have failed to pay a fine or surcharge, or were found to be a persistent violator of New Jersey's motor vehicle and traffic laws.

If your license to drive in New Jersey has been suspended, you should obviously not operate a motor vehicle under any circumstances. However, life in the garden state can be nearly impossible to manage without a driver's license. As such, many individuals take the risk of driving while their licenses are suspended. Unfortunately, the consequences for doing so are severe.

N.J.S.A. 39:3-40 is the controlling statute for driving while on the revoked list. For a first offense, there is a fine of $500 and a further suspension of driving privileges for 6 months. For a second offense, the fine is $750 in addition to the 6 month suspension. For a third or subsequent offense, the fine is $1,000 in addition to the suspension.

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