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 160 courts in Arizona, so odds are very good we have experience with the court handling your ticket.
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
Mayer
Prescott
Seligman
Verde Valley
Yarnell
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
Pioneer
Casa Grande
Central Pinal
Western Pinal
Copper Corridor
Apache Junction
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.
