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JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

Municipal court is where most New Jersey residents actually encounter a judge: motor vehicle offences, local ordinance violations, disorderly persons charges. The judge is appointed by the municipality's governing body — or by the Governor in a joint or central court — for a three-year term.

Municipal judges must be admitted to the New Jersey bar. They are appointed rather than examined, and unlike Superior Court judges they are not in the Judicial Retirement System, a distinction worth knowing before assuming the two offices work alike.

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Code: 02219 Local Unknown

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Judge of the Municipal Court is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator.

Definition

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