New
App Connects Public, Attorneys to Municipal Courts
The New Jersey Judiciary has
developed a mobile app that connects the public and attorneys to resources in
the state’s municipal courts, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced today.
The NJMC (New Jersey Municipal
Courts) app, available for Apple, Android and Windows mobile devices, presents
information about the municipal courts available on the Judiciary’s website,
njcourts. com, in an easy-to-use mobile format.
Using convenient one-touch links,
users can pay traffic tickets and access the location, court hours, court
leadership and contact information and directions to the state’s 506 municipal
courts and resources, including municipal division offices and information on
how the municipal courts operate.
“The development of the NJMC app
is another example of how the Judiciary is working to connect the public to
useful information on our website in a convenient way,” said Chief Justice
Rabner. “People come into contact with the municipal court more than any other
part of the court system, so we hope that this information will be extremely
valuable.”
The app is divided into three
sections. The first allows users to pay traffic tickets online through NJMCdirect,
the second is a searchable, alphabetical listing of the state’s municipal
courts, and the third includes links to the publication “Your Day in Municipal
Court,” which answers the most-asked questions about how a typical municipal
court case proceeds.
The NJMC app is the third app the
Judiciary has developed. The NJAttorney app, released last year, has
information attorneys use most frequently, including Notices to the Bar,
directions and contact information for courthouses and the court rules and rules
of evidence.
The NJJuror app, released in 2013,
offers jurors convenient access to information about their jury service,
including directions, parking information, call-off messages and announcements,
and contact information for local jury managers. A list of frequently asked
questions and a link to the “You, the Juror” introductory video that all jurors
watch at the beginning of their jury service also are available. All three apps
are available for Apple, Android and Windows mobile devices.
