Boston Municipal Court | |
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(BMC) | |
42°21′47″N 71°03′42″W / 42.363007°N 71.061544°W | |
Established | February 23, 1822[1] |
Jurisdiction | Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
Location | Boston Massachusetts |
Coordinates | 42°21′47″N 71°03′42″W / 42.363007°N 71.061544°W |
Appeals to | Appellate Division of the Boston Municipal Court (Civil) Massachusetts Appeals Court (Criminal) |
Number of positions | 30 |
Website | Boston Municipal Court |
Chief Justice | |
Currently | Tracy-Lee Lyons |
Since | 2024 |
Lead position ends | 2028[2] |
The Boston Municipal Court (BMC), officially the Boston Municipal Court Department of the Trial Court, is a department of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The court hears criminal, civil, mental health, restraining orders, and other types of cases. The court also has an appellate division (composed of justices that sit in rotating panels of three) which reviews questions of law that arise from civil matters filed in the eight divisions of the department.