NJ court ID, prefix and ticket number on NJMCDirect
NJMCDirect, the New Jersey Judiciary’s online portal for traffic and parking tickets and municipal court complaints, asks for three details from your ticket.
The three details are the Court ID, the prefix and the ticket number.
Each New Jersey municipal court has its own Court ID, listed by county in the Judiciary’s municipal court list.
| Municipal court | County | Court ID |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | Union | 2004 |
| Hamilton | Mercer | 1103 |
| Hamilton Twp, joint court | Atlantic | 0112 |
| Jersey City | Hudson | 0906 |
| Linden | Union | 2009 |
| Madison, joint court | Morris | 1417 |
| Newark | Essex | 0714 |
| Trenton | Mercer | 1111 |
| Union | Union | 2019 |
| Union City | Hudson | 0910 |
| Union Twp | Hunterdon | 1025 |
| Woodbridge | Middlesex | 1225 |
Check the county as well, because New Jersey has two Hamilton courts and several courts named Union.
This guide is not NJMCDirect and is not affiliated with the New Jersey Judiciary. To pay or plead, use the official NJMCDirect portal linked here.
The Judiciary’s sample ticket shows the Court ID, the prefix and the ticket number side by side.
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What is the court ID on a New Jersey ticket?
The Court ID is the code of the municipal court that handles your ticket.
The Judiciary’s sample tickets print it in a box labeled COURT I.D. The Judiciary’s court list calls the same number the Court Code, and municipal complaints also label it Court Code.
The Judiciary’s sample ticket on Municipal Court Case Search shows the court’s name and address beside the Court ID, prefix and ticket number.
Check that the code on your ticket matches the court name printed beside it. This guide does not state a length rule for NJ court ID codes, so copy the Court ID exactly as printed on your ticket. Copy the Court ID from the COURT I.D. box on your ticket or from the Judiciary’s court list, not from a private court-code list.
Every court’s ID, phone and session days are in the court finder.
What is the prefix on a New Jersey ticket?
The prefix is the short code printed in the PREFIX box next to the ticket number, as the Judiciary’s sample ticket shows.
Woodridge Borough Municipal Court’s page says not every ticket has a prefix. If yours has none, skip the Prefix field, as the portal’s own field note says. This guide does not decode prefix codes.
The Judiciary’s court list lists Irvington as Court ID 0709 in Essex County, and an Irvington ticket’s prefix is read from the ticket itself.
For the violation codes and the other boxes on the ticket, see how to read your ticket.
Where the ticket number is printed
Union Township’s municipal court page says the prefix and ticket number sit at the very top of the ticket, and the Judiciary’s sample labels the box TICKET NUMBER.
The Judiciary’s municipal court report field tables define the ticket number as ‘a number given to a summons to court’. NJMCDirect has separate fields for the prefix and the ticket number. A 2008 Judiciary directive form, Directive #2-08, lists the field label Uniform Traffic Ticket # for the same number.
For a reader who no longer has the ticket, this guide signposts how to find a ticket without the ticket number, linked at the end of this page.
What NJMCDirect asks you to enter
NJMCDirect’s search page requires the Court ID or court name and the ticket number, and the prefix only if your ticket shows one.
The search page also requires an additional search criterion: your license plate for a traffic or parking ticket, or your driver’s license for a traffic ticket. If a detail on your ticket looks wrong, contact the court that issued it. The search page first requires you to choose Traffic/Parking ticket or Other Municipal Court Complaint.
For a municipal court complaint, Evesham Township’s court page lists the Court Code, prefix, year and complaint number.
If NJMCDirect does not find the ticket with these details, see what to do about a ticket not found on NJMCDirect.
A ticket can be paid online by credit card only when no court appearance is required, according to the NJ Courts Self-Help page.
With the court ID, prefix and ticket number entered, you can pay online.
Read pay your ticket online for the payment steps.
This page is one of the ticket lookup and reading guides, for when you still need to find or read your ticket.
If the ticket is lost, see how to find a ticket without the ticket number. To search the court’s records by name or driver’s license number, see how to look up a ticket in Municipal Court Case Search.