[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Camden as Ch. 33 of the 1987 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
The Municipal Court heretofore established within the City, pursuant to the provisions of N. J. S. A. 2B:12-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented, is hereby continued.
The name of the Municipal Court so established shall be the "Municipal Court of the City of Camden."
The Municipal Court shall have a Seal, which shall bear the impress of the name of the Court.
[Amended 2-14-1991 by Ord. No. MC-2621]
A. 
Each of the Judges of the Municipal Court appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, as provided in § 7-15 of this Code, shall serve for a term of three years from the date of this appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
B. 
Any appointment to fill a vacancy caused other than by expiration of term shall be made for the unexpired term only.
C. 
There shall be one Judge who shall be the Presiding Judge, who may be full-time or part-time and shall be so appointed or, if appointed, retained in that title for the period of his/her term.
D. 
The Municipal Court system of the City of Camden shall consist of two full-time Municipal Court Judges and three part-time Municipal Court Judges.
[Amended 10-11-2016 by Ord. No. MC-5001]
E. 
Limitations of practice of law by full-time Judge. The two full-time Judges appointed pursuant to this section shall not engage in the practice of law or other gainful employment during his/her respective term as a full-time Judge, except to sit in another municipal jurisdiction as a Municipal Judge.
[Amended 7-8-2014 by Ord. No. MC-4846]
The Judges of the Municipal Court shall be compensated by an annual salary as is more particularly set forth in the Salary Ordinance adopted by the Council. Their salaries shall be payable in the same manner as the salaries of other municipal officers. The compensation so paid shall be in lieu of any and all other fees, costs and any other allowances whatsoever.
The Municipal Court and the Judges thereof shall have, possess and exercise all the jurisdiction, powers, functions and duties which are or may be conferred by law and the applicable rules of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
A. 
There shall be a Municipal Court Director who, under the direction of the Chief Municipal Court Judge, plans, organizes and directs all phases of the operation of the Municipal Court.
B. 
The Municipal Court Director shall be assisted by a Municipal Court Administrator and a deputy Municipal Court Administrator who, subject to the direction and supervision of the Municipal Court Director, shall perform those functions and duties assigned to their positions by N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq., and the rules governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey.
C. 
The Municipal Court Director, the Court, Municipal Court Administrator and the Deputy Municipal Court Administrator shall be selected and appointed pursuant to the procedures set forth in N.J.S.A. 1:34-3 of the rules governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey.
D. 
. § 38- 9 and 10 are deleted.
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
The Municipal Court Director, the Municipal Court Administrator and the Deputy Municipal Court Administrator shall be compensated for their services by an annual salary as more particularly set forth in the Salary Ordinance adopted by the Council, and said salaries shall be payable in the same manner as the salaries of other municipal officers.[1] The compensation so paid shall be in lieu of all fees and costs and any other allowances whatsoever.
[1]
Editor's Note: Salary ordinances are on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 38-9, Functions and duties of Clerk, and 38-10, Deputy Clerk, were repealed 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232.
The Municipal Court shall be held in the City Hall.
The Judge of the Municipal Court shall sit at stated intervals and at such other times as the business of the Court may require, subject to the rules of the Supreme Court applicable to Municipal Courts.
[Added 3-22-1990 by Ord. No. MC-2532]
A. 
The Municipal Court of the City of Camden shall be authorized to charge the appropriate fees as set forth in N.J.S.A. 22A:3-4:
[Amended 1-24-2002 by Ord. No. MC-3720]
Type
Fee
Certificates of judgment
$6
Certified copies of papers filed with the Court as a public record:
First page
$6
Each additional page
$2
Copies of papers filed with Court as a public record:
First page
$3
Each additional page
$2
B. 
Any applicant applying for the services of the Camden City Municipal Public Defender shall be required to pay an application fee of not more than $50, which fee may be waived upon the discretion of the City Municipal Judge.
[Added 11-10-1994 by Ord. No. MC-3047]