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Mayor’s Court Information |
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“ COMMITTED TO SERVING & PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF NEW BOSTON OHIO” |
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Mayor’s Court is held at the New Boston Community Center at 3980 Rhodes Avenue in room number 16. Currently, the Mayor’s Court is held every Tuesday and Friday of each week at 8:30 A.M.
If you have been summoned or bonded to appear in Mayor’s Court on a traffic citation or criminal charge and you fail to appear at your scheduled date and time, a arrest warrant will be issued for your arrest. Anyone needing information about their appearance can call the police department at 740-456-4109 or the Mayor’s Court Clerk Office at 740-456-4103.
In Mayor’s Court, the Mayor of the Village of New Boston presides over all cases and has the same authority as a regular judge. If defendants do not want the Mayor to hear your charges you can have your case transferred to Portsmouth Municipal Court where a Municipal Judge will hear the case.
All misdemeanor criminal cases are prosecuted by the Village Solicitor/Prosecutor.
If you want to file a criminal charge in Mayor’s Court, you must first make a police report at the police department and a investigation will be conducted on the complaint and if criminal charges are warranted than a complaint will be filed with the Mayor’s Court.
You can call the police department for a current bond or fine amount on a traffic ticket or criminal charge, or parking ticket.
All traffic tickets and parking tickets can be paid at the dispatcher’s office at the police department |