Point Pleasant Municipal Court – What To Know

Reviewed by William A. Proetta, Esq. · Updated October 2026

Point Pleasant Borough’s municipal court operates out of Borough Hall at 2233 Bridge Avenue, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742, and the court sits on the first and third Monday of every month at 8:30 a.m., on Zoom through a link printed on your court notice. Its docket covers moving and parking summonses, drunk driving complaints, lower-level criminal charges and local code cases arising in Point Pleasant Borough, which is a separate town with a separate court from Point Pleasant Beach. With about 1,250 filings last court year, it is one of Ocean County’s smaller courts. If you have a Point Pleasant case, you can call us at (848) 238-2100 around the clock, and Spanish-language assistance is available.

Point Pleasant Criminal Defense Lawyer

Point Pleasant Borough lies along the Manasquan River and is crossed by the Point Pleasant Canal, with lift bridges at Route 88 and Bridge Avenue carrying traffic toward Route 35 and the shore. Charges here come from those crossings, from neighborhood streets, and from the summer traffic heading to the beach towns next door. A small court still imposes the same penalties as a large one: license penalties and an ignition interlock for a DWI, possible jail on a disorderly persons charge, and a permanent record. Our Ocean County criminal defense lawyers take borough cases from the first Zoom appearance through trial.

Why Point Pleasant Clients Call Us

• Two Point Pleasant courts. The borough and Point Pleasant Beach run separate municipal courts with different addresses, phone numbers and judges. We check which one issued your summons so you do not answer the wrong court.
• Only two sessions a month. Sessions run on the first and third Mondays, so a missed or postponed date can push a case back weeks.
• A required talk with the prosecutor. Defendants must discuss their case with the prosecutor before the court date, not during it.
• DWI is a bigger slice here. DWI filings were about 2.2% of the borough’s caseload last year, one of the highest proportions among Ocean County’s 33 municipal courts.

Point Pleasant Borough or Point Pleasant Beach?

People mix these two up constantly. Point Pleasant Borough’s court is the one at 2233 Bridge Avenue, with the phone number 732-899-1636. Point Pleasant Beach is a separate municipality with its own court, its own judge and its own phone number. Look at the court name and address on your ticket or complaint. If it names Point Pleasant Beach, this page is not about your court; use the Point Pleasant Beach court guide linked above instead.

The court’s mailing address is P.O. Box 25, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742. Use the Borough Hall street address to find the building, and use the P.O. box for anything you mail to the court.

Who Runs the Point Pleasant Court

Susan Clark, JMC, is the judge of Point Pleasant Borough Municipal Court, and Philip Miller, JMC, serves as the court’s magistrate.

Robert Michalkowski, CMCA, is the court administrator; Brian McAlindin is the municipal prosecutor, reachable at 732-363-0666, extension 280; and John Novak is the public defender.

What Point Pleasant’s Court Numbers Mean

Point Pleasant handles a modest caseload, and with counts this low, a handful of cases can move the percentages a lot. The NJ Judiciary’s July 2025–June 2026 report shows 1,248 filings, down about 20.7% from 1,574 the year before. Moving violations made up 711 of them, about 57%. There were 315 criminal filings, 59 of which were indictable complaints. DWI filings fell from 48 to 27, a drop of about 44%.

The borough’s court resolved 1,240 cases, a 99% clearance rate, so it kept up with what came in. At the end of June 2026 the statistics list 291 backlogged cases and 441 pending. The figures tell you how much the court handled; they are not a forecast for any one defendant.

How Zoom Court Works in Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant Borough holds its sessions on Zoom, and the court sets these requirements:

• Find the link on your notice. The Zoom link is printed on the label of the court notice mailed to you.
• Log in 30 minutes early. The borough asks defendants to join half an hour ahead to test the connection.
• Use your full name. Enter your full first and last name as your Zoom display name, which lets court staff match you to your case.
• Watch the opening statement. View the Official Municipal Court Opening Statement, available in English and Spanish, before the session.
• Speak with the prosecutor beforehand. You are required to discuss your case with the prosecutor before the court date. A defense lawyer can make that contact for you.

What Cases Does Point Pleasant Municipal Court Handle?

Driving offenses, drunk driving cases, the less serious criminal grades (disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons) and borough code violations make up this court’s docket. Representative charges:

Criminal and Disorderly Persons Offenses

• N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(a) — assault in Point Pleasant where no serious bodily injury is alleged
• N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10 — CDS possession charged in the borough after a downgrade from an indictable complaint
• N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2 — disorderly conduct involving fighting, threats or unreasonable noise
• N.J.S.A. 2C:20-11 — taking merchandise without paying
• N.J.S.A. 2C:25-19 — domestic violence complaints based on a disorderly persons offense

DWI and Traffic Offenses

• N.J.S.A. 39:4-50 — DWI cases in Point Pleasant
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.4a — failure to submit to a breath test
• N.J.S.A. 39:3-40 — a suspended or revoked license
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-97 — careless driving
• N.J.S.A. 39:6B-2 — no valid insurance policy on the car

Many Point Pleasant tickets come from Route 88, Route 35 and Route 13 and from the approaches to the canal bridges at Route 88 and Bridge Avenue, a route many summer drivers take toward the Manasquan Inlet and the ocean beaches.

Paying or Contesting a Point Pleasant Ticket

Payable borough tickets can be settled without an appearance. Your options:

• Online, at NJMCdirect or through the NJ Municipal Court payment portal, which also handles criminal complaint time payments.
• By mail or drop box. Payments go in the drop box in the police department foyer, in an envelope marked “municipal court.”
• On a payment plan. The court can set up a Time Payment Order and mail it to you. If you appear, the judge discusses payment options at that time.

A payment counts as a guilty plea and ends your chance to fight the ticket. The conviction goes on your record, and the Motor Vehicle Commission applies any points and surcharges. If the charge could affect your license, speak with a lawyer before you pay. If you want to plead without appearing, use the borough’s Plea-By-Mail form. To ask for the public defender, fill out the Financial Questionnaire to Establish Indigency and email it to the court administrator.

Preparing for Your Point Pleasant Court Date

• Read the court name. Make sure your notice says Point Pleasant Borough, not Point Pleasant Beach.
• Call the prosecutor early. The borough requires that conversation before the date; the prosecutor’s line is 732-363-0666, extension 280.
• Check your Zoom setup the day before. Find the link on your notice label and make sure your camera, microphone and connection work.
• Apply for counsel in time. Email the indigency questionnaire to the administrator well before a Monday session if you want a public defender.
• Have documents on hand. Keep your notice, license, registration, insurance card and any supporting papers within reach during the call.

When a Point Pleasant Charge Leaves Municipal Court

Fifty-nine indictable complaints were filed in Point Pleasant Borough last court year, and none of them can be tried on Bridge Avenue. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office reviews each one, and those that proceed move on to the county’s Superior Court, located in Toms River. When the county decides a lesser charge fits, it can downgrade the complaint and send it back to the borough court. Defendants with little or no record should ask whether a diversion program such as conditional dismissal or Pretrial Intervention could lead to a dismissal.

Nearby Courts

Point Pleasant Borough borders Brick Township and Bay Head, as well as Point Pleasant Beach and Mantoloking, which does not have a page on our site. Brielle, across the Manasquan River in Monmouth County, is also a neighbor. Each town has its own municipal court, and your case belongs in the court where the ticket was written.

Official court page: Point Pleasant Borough Municipal Court department page

Point Pleasant Municipal Court FAQs

Talk to a Point Pleasant Criminal Defense Lawyer Today

Since the court sits only twice a month and requires a conversation with the prosecutor beforehand, the time to prepare a Point Pleasant case is now. Dial (848) 238-2100 for a first case review that costs nothing and stays private. Calls are answered at all hours, and we can assist you in Spanish. We are glad to meet over the phone, on video, or in person if that is easier.