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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 12-14-1 - Establishment; Jurisdiction. - (a) There is hereby established, effective December 27, 1977, for...
Section 12-14-2 - Provision by Municipality of Facilities, Court Personnel, Prosecutorial Services, Etc. - (a) The municipality shall provide appropriate facilities and necessary supportive...
Section 12-14-3 - Municipal Governing Body to Provide for Number of Judges and Times and Places for Holding Court. - The municipal court shall have the number of judges and...
Section 12-14-4 - Execution by Sheriffs and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers of Warrants and Processes Committed to Them for Service by Municipal Judges. - The sheriffs of the counties and law enforcement officers of...
Section 12-14-5 - Admission to Bail of Persons Charged With Violations of Municipal Ordinances; Waiver of Appearance Bond. - Municipal judges shall admit to bail any person charged with...
Section 12-14-6 - Cases to Be Tried by Judge Without Jury. - All cases in municipal courts shall be tried by a...
Section 12-14-7 - Courts to Take Judicial Notice of Ordinances of Municipality. - A municipal court shall take judicial notice of the ordinances...
Section 12-14-8 - Traffic Infractions Procedure. - All municipalities shall utilize the uniform traffic infractions procedure as...
Section 12-14-9 - Provision of Indigent Defense Services. - A municipality which retains its court shall provide indigent defense...
Section 12-14-10 - Powers of Courts as to Trial and Disposition of Cases Generally. - Municipal courts shall have the authority to continue the case...
Section 12-14-11 - Acceptance of Defendant's Bond Upon Showing of Inability to Make Immediate Payment of Fines and Costs; Issuance of Execution on Bond Upon Nonpayment of Fines and Costs. - Upon conviction, the court may, upon a showing of inability...
Section 12-14-12 - Requirement of Working Out of Amount of Judgment When Not Paid Within Time Prescribed. - The judgment of the municipal court may provide that if...
Section 12-14-13 - Probation. - (a) Municipal courts may suspend execution of sentence and place...
Section 12-14-14 - Court Costs. - In addition to any costs and charges fixed by law...
Section 12-14-15 - Power of Mayor to Remit Fines and Costs, Commute Sentences Imposed by Municipal Judges, etc.; Report of Actions to Municipal Governing Body. - The mayor may remit fines and such costs as are...
Section 12-14-16 - Reports as to Proceedings of Courts. - Municipalities shall report on the proceedings of their municipal courts...
Section 12-14-17 - Procedure for Abolition of Municipal Courts by Governing Bodies of Municipalities; Effect of Abolition Generally. - (a) The governing body of any municipality having a municipal...
Section 12-14-18 - Remittance of Court Costs, Fines and Forfeitures Previously Collected Upon Abolition of Municipal Court. - When a municipal court is abolished as provided by law,...
Section 12-14-19 - Procedure for Reestablishment of Municipal Courts and Effect Thereof. - (a) Any municipality which shall have abolished its municipal court...
Article 2 - Judges.
Section 12-14-30 - Appointment, Terms of Office and Qualifications; Designation, etc., of Presiding Judge; Filling of Vacancies; Oath; Grounds for Disqualification of Judges From Hearing of Cases; Practice of Law or Receipt of Unauthorized Remunerati... - (a) The governing body of the municipality shall, by vote...
Section 12-14-31 - Powers Generally; Designation of Other Municipal Officers to Approve Appearance and Appeal Bonds. - (a) A municipal judge may administer oaths, compel the attendance...
Section 12-14-32 - Issuance of Arrest and Search Warrants. - Municipal judges are authorized to issue arrest and search warrants...
Section 12-14-33 - Salary; Retirement. - (a) The salary of the municipal judges shall be fixed...
Section 12-14-34 - Acting Municipal Judges. - In the event of the absence from the municipality, death,...
Article 3 - Municipal Court Administrative Agency and Magistrates.
Section 12-14-50 - Municipal Court Administrative Agency Authorized; Powers and Duties Thereof; Persons Deemed Officials of Agency; Judicial Powers Thereof Generally. - The municipal court may have under its supervision a municipal...
Section 12-14-51 - Magistrates Deemed Chief Officers of Agency; Appointment and Powers of Magistrates. - (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of...
Section 12-14-52 - Supreme Court to Provide Rules of Administration for Agency. - The Supreme Court shall provide rules of administration for such...
Section 12-14-53 - Reimbursement by New Employer for Training Expenses. - In those instances in which a municipal court clerk or...
Section 12-14-54 - Certification Program; Continuing Education Requirements. - (a) Each municipal court clerk, within six months after taking...
Article 4 - Appeals.
Section 12-14-70 - Appeals to Circuit Courts From Judgments of Municipal Courts and Proceedings Thereon. - (a) All appeals from judgments of municipal courts shall be...
Section 12-14-71 - Appeals From Judgments of Circuit Courts and Proceedings Thereon. - From the judgment of the circuit court, the municipality, in...
Article 5 - Pretrial Diversion Program.
Section 12-14-90 - Establishment of Pretrial Diversion Program. - (a) The governing body of any municipality may establish or...
Section 12-14-91 - Admittance Into Program; Completion of Program; Eligibility; Liability Under Program. - (a) A person charged with a criminal offense under the...
Section 12-14-92 - Programs Established Under Local Law. - If, on May 24, 2013, a municipal pretrial diversion program,...