Philadelphia Municipal Court

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The Philadelphia Municipal Court is a limited-jurisdiction trial court in Philadelphia that handles minor criminal offenses, small civil claims, landlord-tenant disputes, and traffic cases within Pennsylvania’s unified judicial system.

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Generate an image of the Philadelphia Municipal Court (The Philadelphia Municipal Court is a limited-jurisdiction trial court in Philadelphia that handles minor criminal offenses, small civil claims, landlord-tenant disputes, and traffic cases within Pennsylvania’s unified judicial system.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
limited-jurisdiction trial court ⓘ
municipal court ⓘ
branchOf judicial branch of government ⓘ
city Philadelphia ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtType trial court ⓘ
employs court administration staff ⓘ
judges ⓘ
magisterial staff ⓘ
follows Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence ⓘ
fundedBy public funds ⓘ
governingBody Pennsylvania Supreme Court ⓘ
governingLaw Pennsylvania law ⓘ
hasAppealsTo Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County ⓘ
hasDivision Civil Division ⓘ
Criminal Division ⓘ
Traffic Division ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of minor criminal matters ⓘ
adjudication of small civil disputes ⓘ
adjudication of traffic and vehicle code violations ⓘ
resolution of landlord-tenant disputes ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver landlord-tenant disputes in Philadelphia ⓘ
minor criminal offenses in Philadelphia ⓘ
small civil claims in Philadelphia ⓘ
traffic cases in Philadelphia ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.courts.phila.gov/municipal/ ⓘ
hearsCases landlord-tenant eviction proceedings ⓘ
misdemeanor cases within statutory limits ⓘ
municipal code violations ⓘ
small claims civil actions ⓘ
summary offenses ⓘ
traffic violations ⓘ
isPublicInstitution true ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel limited jurisdiction ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction City of Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
operatesInLanguage English ⓘ
partOf First Judicial District of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania courts
regionServed Philadelphia County ⓘ
seat Philadelphia City Hall ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania courts → hasMinorCourt → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
Philadelphia City Hall → houses → Philadelphia municipal courts ⓘ
subject linked to: City Hall
linked to: Philadelphia Municipal Court
Government of the City of Philadelphia → hasJudicialBranch → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County → above → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
Criminal Division (Philadelphia Municipal Court) → partOf → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
subject linked to: Criminal Division
Civil Division (Philadelphia Municipal Court) → partOf → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
subject linked to: Civil Division
Traffic Division (Philadelphia Municipal Court) → partOf → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
subject linked to: Traffic Division
Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → hasLowerCourt → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Philadelphia Municipal Court ⓘ
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Philadelphia Traffic Court (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Municipal Court