Lumberton Township Municipal Court
Lumberton Municipal Court: court info and ticket defense
The court for tickets written along Lumberton’s Route 38 corridor and local roads. Details below — and for most routine traffic matters, our clients never appear at all.
Court Facts
Lumberton Township Municipal Court: the details
Court information
Address: 35 Municipal Dr., Lumberton, NJ 08048
Court phone: 609-267-3389
Court sessions: 2nd Tuesday at 11 AM
Municipal judge: Hon. Stacey L. Schlosser, J.M.C.
Municipal prosecutor: Keith Trimble, Esq.
Court code: 0318 — the four-digit code printed on your ticket.
Court information verified August 2026. Session schedules can change; your summons controls.
This court's docket, officially
In the July 2025–June 2026 court year, Lumberton Township Municipal Court recorded:
- 2,111 moving-violation filings
- 39 DWI filings
- 957 criminal-case filings (disorderly persons & related)
- 3,204 filings in total — a mid-sized docket among the county's 40 municipal courts
Source: NJ Courts, Municipal Court Statistics, July 2025–June 2026. Court totals, not Shugar Law cases.
Official Lumberton court resources
Pay or look up a ticket: NJMCDirect (the state's official municipal ticket portal) · Court procedures & virtual-session info: njcourts.gov municipal courts
Some NJ municipal sessions are held virtually — your notice or the court's office will say whether your appearance is in person or remote. Paying through NJMCDirect is a guilty plea; talk to a lawyer first if the ticket carries points.
Know This Court
What makes Lumberton's court different
Lumberton's court on Municipal Drive hears a compact docket — 2,111 moving-violation filings in the July 2025–June 2026 court year, with 39 DWI filings — built largely on the Route 38 corridor that crosses the township. Court convenes once a month, which makes each session a full calendar and each missed date a real problem.
A single monthly session cuts both ways for defendants: matters move efficiently, but there is little slack for the unprepared. Arriving with the underlying problem addressed — proof of insurance in force, a restoration underway, discovery actually reviewed — is what separates a routine outcome from a better one.
What We Defend
Charges we defend in Lumberton
Each card opens the full guide for that charge: the statute, the real penalties, and the defenses that hold up.
Driving While Suspended
N.J.S.A. 39:3-40 starts at a $500 fine, MVC surcharges and up to six more months of suspension — and climbs to mandatory jail when the suspension traces to a DWI. Many cases begin with a suspension the driver never knew about, and that notice question is where the defense starts.
Driving While Suspended defenseDWI / DUI
Not a points case but a different fight entirely, with license forfeiture, interlock rules, and strict limits on plea deals. The defense lives in the stop, the field tests, and the breath readings.
DWI / DUI defenseDrug Possession
Disorderly persons drug and paraphernalia charges create a criminal record, and possession found during a car stop often arrives with companion motor-vehicle charges. Diversion programs may keep a first offense clean.
Drug Possession defenseReckless Driving
5 points, possible jail, and a charge that often arrives stacked on top of a speeding or careless ticket from the same stop. What it gets amended to is usually the whole case.
Reckless Driving defenseCharged with something not listed here? We defend the full range of municipal court matters. See all practice areas or call us with the charge on your summons.
How It Actually Goes
What happens with a Lumberton case
The outcome of most municipal cases is shaped before the judge says your name, in the conference between your attorney and the municipal prosecutor about what the charge should become. Shugar Law Office defends traffic tickets, DWI and municipal criminal charges in Lumberton from its Mount Holly office; consultations are free at 1-888-9-NOT-GUILTY (dials (888) 966-8484), and for most routine traffic matters we take the court date for you under Court Rule 7:12-3. Deeper guides: your first municipal court appearance and pay or fight.
Common Questions
Lumberton municipal court questions
Where is Lumberton Township Municipal Court, and what is the phone number?
Lumberton Township Municipal Court is at 35 Municipal Dr., Lumberton, NJ 08048. The court's phone number is 609-267-3389. Sessions: 2nd Tuesday at 11 AM. Session schedules change; the date and time on your summons control.
Which tickets end up in Lumberton’s court?
Any ticket written within Lumberton Township — including stops on the Route 38 stretch that crosses it — is returnable to Lumberton Township Municipal Court, because New Jersey tickets go to the municipal court of the town where the stop occurred. Neighboring stretches of the same road belong to neighboring courts, so the court name on your summons is what controls.
Do I have to appear in person at Lumberton Township Municipal Court?
For most routine traffic matters, no. Court Rule 7:12-3 lets an attorney appear on the client's behalf, and that is how we handle most Lumberton traffic cases — you approve the acceptable outcomes in advance and hear the result by phone. Some charges (DWI among them) and some judges require a personal appearance; we tell you which applies before you spend a dollar.
How do I look up or pay my Lumberton ticket?
Most New Jersey tickets can be looked up and paid through NJMCDirect, the state's official portal — but paying is pleading guilty, points and insurance consequences included, so talk to a lawyer before paying Lumberton Township Municipal Court anything that carries points. Your court date and the court's contact information are on the summons. Already missed a date? Call right away — failure to appear can mean a suspension or a warrant.
Summons from Lumberton Township Municipal Court? Call before the court date.
Read us the summons. We'll tell you how this court handles cases like yours, what the realistic outcomes are, whether you need to appear, and exactly what we charge — all before you decide anything.
Legal information on this page reviewed July 2026 against current New Jersey statutes. Laws change; nothing here is legal advice for your specific case.