City Hall will be closed on
November 27th and 28th.

We will also be closed on
December 24th, 25th, 31st and January 1st.

 

Court staff are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and may be reached by phone or email.

 

Payments may be made in person, online, by mail or put in the red drop box in the City Hall parking lot. In person payments at City Hall may be made Monday - Thursday from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Treasurer's window in the lobby.

Our recommendations regarding your citation(s) are as follows:

•If you are pleading GUILTY or NO CONTEST: You may simply send payment for your fine by your court appearance date or you can do nothing and we will enter a default judgment.  Either way, you do not need to appear in court.  Our office will send you a letter (to the address listed on your citation) that gives you 60 days to pay and payment instructions. Monthly payment plans can be set up by calling the court office.

•If you are pleading NOT GUILTY: You must appear in court on your court date to enter your plea and have a pre-trial conference with the City Prosecutor.

Please contact our office by phone or email with any other questions. Our office is operating on limited staff and will do our best to answer your call or return your email as quickly as possible!

The Municipal Court is headed by the Municipal Judge and staffed by the Municipal Court Clerk and Judicial Assistants who ensure that traffic and ordinance citations issued by the City of La Crosse Police Department are processed for court. Court staff also monitors payments on citations, issues warrants, suspends driving privileges of delinquent payers and submits unpaid debt to debt collection agencies.

Court is held every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. for adults. A closed court session is also held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays for juvenile defendants. Trials are also scheduled on Wednesdays.

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