Sec. 20-2. - Powers, duties and jurisdiction.

The municipal court shall have jurisdiction to try all cases arising under the ordinances of the town. The court shall also have all such powers, duties and jurisdiction in criminal cases made under state law and conferred upon magistrates. The court shall have the power to punish for contempt of court by imposition of sentences up to the limits imposed on municipal courts by state statute. The court shall have no jurisdiction in civil matters.

(Code 1995, § 2.36.020; Code 2006, § 35.02; Ord. of 3-16-1995)