Southampton Township Municipal Court
Southampton Township Municipal Court: where it actually sits
The single most important fact about this court: it does not sit in Southampton. Sessions are held at the Columbus courthouse in Mansfield Township — details below, though for most routine traffic matters you won’t need the directions, because we appear for you.
Court Facts
Southampton Township Municipal Court: the details
Court information
Where court is held: 3135 Route 206 South, Suite 2, Columbus, NJ 08022 — note that Southampton's municipal court sits in Mansfield Township, not in Southampton. Going to the wrong municipal building is a common way to miss a court date.
Court phone: 609-298-0542
Court sessions: 3rd Thursday at 9 AM; 2nd & 3rd Thursday at 10:30 AM
Municipal judge: Hon. Dennis P. McInerney, J.M.C.
Municipal prosecutor: George Morris
Court code: 0334 — 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, Southampton Township Municipal Court recorded:
- 3,401 moving-violation filings
- 70 DWI filings
- 453 criminal-case filings (disorderly persons & related)
- 3,930 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 Southampton 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 Southampton's court different
Southampton Township has no courtroom of its own. Its municipal court convenes at 3135 Route 206 South in Columbus — inside Mansfield Township — a building it shares with Mansfield's court and Springfield Township's court. Driving to Southampton's municipal building on your court date is a genuinely common way to miss court, and a missed municipal date can mean a license suspension or a warrant.
Don't mistake the arrangement for a sleepy docket: Southampton's court logged 3,401 moving-violation filings and 70 DWI filings in the July 2025–June 2026 court year, with the Route 70 corridor crossing the township. Same address as Mansfield's court, separate court, separate calendar — the court name on your summons is what controls.
What We Defend
Charges we defend in Southampton
Each card opens the full guide for that charge: the statute, the real penalties, and the defenses that hold up.
Speeding Tickets
2, 4 or 5 points depending on speed, with real defenses hiding in the radar and laser certification records.
Speeding Tickets defenseDriving 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 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 Southampton 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 Southampton from its office at 69 High Street in Mount Holly, New Jersey; consultations are free at 1-888-9-NOT-GUILTY (dials (888) 966-8484). For most routine traffic matters we take that court date for you under Court Rule 7:12-3 — you approve the acceptable outcomes in advance and hear the result by phone. If you do have to appear, our guide to your first municipal court appearance walks through the session step by step, and pay or fight covers the decision most people get wrong.
Common Questions
Southampton municipal court questions
Where is Southampton Township Municipal Court, and what is the phone number?
Southampton Township Municipal Court holds its sessions at 3135 Route 206 South, Suite 2, Columbus, NJ 08022 — inside Mansfield Township, not in Southampton. The court's phone number is 609-298-0542. Sessions: 3rd Thursday at 9 AM; 2nd & 3rd Thursday at 10:30 AM. Session schedules change; the date and time on your summons control.
Why is my Southampton court date at an address in Columbus?
Because Southampton Township’s municipal court sits in Columbus, inside neighboring Mansfield Township, at 3135 Route 206 South — it holds no sessions in Southampton itself. Your summons naming Southampton Township Municipal Court and listing a Columbus address is correct, not a mistake.
Do I have to appear in person at Southampton Township Municipal Court?
For most routine traffic matters, no. New Jersey Court Rule 7:12-3 allows many municipal cases to be resolved through an attorney appearing on the client's behalf, and that is how we handle the majority of our Southampton traffic cases: you approve the acceptable outcomes in advance, we take the court date, and you get the result by phone. Some charges — DWI among them — and some judges require a personal appearance, and we tell you which applies to you before you spend a dollar.
How do I look up or pay my Southampton ticket?
Your court date and the court's contact information are printed on the summons, and most New Jersey traffic tickets can be looked up and paid through NJMCDirect, the state's official municipal ticket portal. Understand that paying through NJMCDirect is pleading guilty — points, surcharges and insurance consequences included. If the ticket carries points, talk to a lawyer before you pay Southampton Township Municipal Court anything. And if you think you already missed a court date, call right away: failure to appear can mean a license suspension or a warrant, and both are easier to fix the sooner they're addressed.
Summons from Southampton 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.