Welcome to Maryland heights, MO

Address: 11911 Dorsett Road. Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Court Administrator: Gerald Durfee
Municipal Judge: Kevin R. Kelly

We have returned to in-person dockets for first settings.

We will continue to utilize video dockets for attorney docket and some continued cases.

Welcome to the Maryland Heights Municipal Court. I would like to thank you for visiting our website. Please read the FAQs on the left hand side about the Court and our office. If you can't find your answers here, please contact our office.

As your court administrator, I am committed to providing you with the highest quality of customer service possible. My office is comprised of three court clerks and myself; we are located within the Maryland Heights Government Center at 11911 Dorsett Road. If you have any questions about your ticket, court summons or fine amount, please contact us. Our telephone number is (314) 291-6036 and our email is court@marylandheights.com. Municipal Court Fax is (314) 298-7388.

It is our desire to help you as much as possible. However, we cannot give legal advice. Thanks for visiting us.

Gerry Durfee
Municipal Court Administrator
gdurfee@marylandheights.com
(314) 291-6036

Judge Kelly has indicated that he will accept pleas on some cases that normally require a court appearance. If you would like to enter a plea on a case that is not payable in the violations bureau please email the judge at Court@Marylandheights.com .

We have returned to in person dockets. We will continue to utilize video dockets for some continued cases and by request. Check Casenet or email the court for more information.

We will try to accommodate defendants with concerns about in-person dockets. If you are scheduled for an in-person docket and you would be more comfortable with a video docket please contact the court at court@marylandheights.com. If you are scheduled for a video docket and would prefer an in-person docket please let us know.

Continuances

Motions for continuance must be filed at least five days prior to scheduled court date. Continuance requests filed less that five days prior to the the court date will be attached to the court file for attorney to call up the motion on the court date.

If you get notice for video conference please view the links below

Video Waiver Know Your Rights Video conference information: What to expect at video court

You can go to casenet and look up your case by case number. If you click on the tab marked Scheduled hearings & trials you will see a highlighted link to the virtual court room.

*** DO NOT ENTER A VIDEO CONFERENCE IF YOU ARE IN A MOVING VEHICLE ***

When the court resumes in person settings there will be a number of protocols put in case in order to continue to mitigate the Covid-19 virus. These will include limits on the number of people allowed in the court room, Social Distancing, and other requirements. When those protocols are decided and put into place we will list them here.

Tentative Continuity of operation plan: Click HERE

One of the goals of the Maryland Heights Municipal Court is to help you resolve your tickets and charges. To make this process more convenient and less burdensome for those we service,

To pay all parking tickets that were left on your car (not amended tickets) and all false alarms please click [[pay parking tickets and false alarms]

Note: Starting January 23, 2021 cases will be filed in casenet. To pay fines online for tickets issued after 1/22/2021 go to https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/base/welcome.do

If you have checked casenet and can't find your case you can contact the court by email at:

Court@Marylandheights.com

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING PROGRAMS LIKE DRIVING SCHOOL OR SATOP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK HERE

One of the goals of the Maryland Heights Municipal Court is to help you resolve your tickets and charges. To make this process more convenient and less burdensome for those we service, the City's municipal judge, Kevin R. Kelly, has established a violations bureau to which designated moving, non-moving and ordinance offenses may be paid without a court appearance.

Pursuant to the Ordinances of the City of Maryland Heights, and the Statutes of the State of Missouri, specifically Section 479.050, Revised, and Rule 37.49 of the Supreme Court Rules of the State of Missouri, the undersigned Municipal Judge of the City of Maryland Heights, hereby orders that the following designated offenses shall be payable to the City of Maryland Heights Violation Bureau. No court appearance is necessary unless specifically excepted as hereafter set forth:

Violation Fine Guidelines

Any defendant who is 16 or 17 years of age with a moving traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian.
Any defendant who is under 21 years of age at the time of an offense involving illegal possession of alcohol, drugs or drug paraphernalia must appear in court with a parent or guardian.
Speeding in excess of 25 miles per hour over the speed limit requires a court appearance.
In no event shall any traffic offense involving property damage or personal injury be payable to the Violations Bureau, and a court appearance is mandatory.
To pay fine and costs after hours, please put the amount of fine and costs in an envelope and deposit in the mail slot to the left of the window marked Violations Bureau. Receipts will not be mailed.

Violation Bureau Fine Schedule : Click HERE Add $31.50 court cost for total.

All transactions of the Violations Bureau shall be considered transactions of the Court and regular court records shall be kept. Gerald Durfee is hereby designated as Clerk of the Court pursuant to the Missouri Supreme Court Rule 37.49 (b) and Violeta Vasileva and Keuyna Abe' are hereby designated his assistants.

Any defendant who is 16 or 17 years of age with a moving traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian.
Any defendant who is under 21 years of age at the time of an offense involving illegal possession of alcohol, drugs or drug paraphernalia must appear in court with a parent or guardian.

Court Costs

Court Costs of $31.50 pursuant to the Statutes of the State of Missouri and the Ordinances of the City of Maryland Heights shall be collected on all violations paid in the Violations Bureau, except no costs shall be assessed on summonses issued for Failure to Use a Seat Belt.

Exceptions

Any officer enforcing the Ordinances of the City of Maryland Heights, may, in his or her own discretion, require a court appearance if he or she believes the circumstances warrant it. In no event shall any traffic offenses involving property damage or personal injury, or offenses not above mentioned, be payable to the Violations Bureau. If two or more moving violation citations are issued to the same defendant, a court appearance is compulsory for each of the offenses, excluding Failure to Use a Seat Belt violation.

For more information or questions concerning violations not listed, please contact the court clerk at court@marylandheights.com or call (314)-291-6036.

For tickets issued after 1/22/2021 please check casenet for case information:

https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/base/welcome.do

You can track your cases in casenet and have notices sent to you about upcoming court dates.

If your ticket was issued prior to 01/23/2021 please click [PENDING CASES NOT ON CASENET] to view a PDF file of outstanding/pending cases. Within the PDF document, you can use the keyboard command Ctrl + F to search by last name. If the court date listed is 12/31 the case is not docketed at this time. A hold order on your license has been sent to the Missouri Department of Revenue.

A case status of W indicates warrant status. Please contact the clerk’s office at (314) 291-6036 to determine options available to you.

Anyone with questions concerning the Municipal Court may contact the Court Administrator at court@marylandheights.com or call (314) 291-6036