Courts of limited jurisdiction include city courts and justice courts. These courts are called limited jurisdiction because they only handle certain case types. For example, they will not hear civil disputes involving sums over $10,000.00, and they do not handle felony cases.
Limited jurisdiction courts are the ones that handle civil and misdemeanor traffic violations in Arizona. Whether a defendant ends up in city court or a justice court depends on which law enforcement agency issues the ticket. If the city police issue the ticket, it will go to a city court. If the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Sheriff, or tribal police issue a ticket, it will go to a justice court.
Below is a list of all the justice courts in Arizona as well as some of the city courts. We haven't appeared in all of these yet, but we've been in over 60 of these courts, so odds are very good we have experience with the court handling your ticket.
Justice Courts
Maricopa County
- Agua Fria
- Arcadia Biltmore
- Arrowhead
- Country Meadows
- Desert Ridge
- Downtown
- Dreamy Draw
- East Mesa
- Encanto
- Hassayampa
- Highland
- Ironwood
- Kyrene
- Manistee
- Maryvale
- McDowell Mountain
- Moon Valley
- North Mesa
- North Valley
- San Marcos
- San Tan
- South Mountain
- University Lakes
- West McDowell
- West Mesa
- White Tank
Yavapai County
Coconino County
- Flagstaff
- Fredonia
- Page
- Williams
Apache County
- Chinle
- Puerco (Sanders)
- Round Valley
- St. Johns
Mohave County
- Bullhead
- Kingman/Cerbat
- Lake Havasu
- North Canyon
Cochise County
- Bisbee
- Douglas
- Benson
- Willcox
- Sierra Vista
- Bowie
Gila County
- Globe Regional
Graham County
- Justice of the Peace #1 (Safford)
- Justice of the Peace #2 (Pima)
Greenlee County
- Clifton
- Duncan
La Paz County
- Parker
- Quartzsite
- Salome
- Superior
Navajo County
- Holbrook
- Kayenta
- Pinetop-Lakeside
- Show Low
- Snowflake
- Winslow
Pima County
- Ajo
- Green Valley
- Pima County Consolidated (Tucson)
Pinal County
- Florence/Coolidge
- Casa Grande
- Eloy
- Mammoth/San Manuel
- Oracle
- Superior/Kearney
Santa Cruz County
- Precinct 1 (Nogales)
- Precint 2 (Sonoita)
Yuma County
- South County
- Wellton
- Yuma
City and Municipal Courts
- Avondale City Court
- Buckeye Municipal Court
- Carefree Municipal Court
- Chandler Municipal Court
- El Mirage Municipal Court
- Florence Municipal Court
- Gilbert Municipal Court
- Glendale City Court
- Litchfield Park Magistrate Court
- Maricopa Municipal Court
- Mesa Municipal Court
- Paradise Valley Municipal Court
- Peoria Municipal Court
- Phoenix Municipal Court
- Prescott Valley Municipal Court
- Scottsdale City Court
- Springerville Municipal Court
- Star Valley Municipal Court
- Surprise City Court
- Tempe Municipal Court
- Wickenburg Municipal Court
- Yuma Municipal Court
Some courts also have a special court for veterans known as veterans’ court.