Harlingen Municipal Court Live Sessions!

*IMPORTANT NOTICE*

If you are an attorney, defendant, witness, or juror required to appear in court, and you are experiencing any flu-like symptoms, have a fever, or are coughing or sneezing, please do not come to court. Instead, please contact the court by: (1) calling the courtroom deputy clerk at (956) 216-5121 or (2) emailing the courtroom deputy clerk at hgncourt@harlingentx.gov.
 
At this time, there are no uniform, city-wide changes to court operations. However, individual judges, at their own discretion, may implement accommodations or changes in their own courtroom procedures as appropriate.
 
Any chambers-specific information, such as rescheduling or special accommodations for hearings, will be announced on the “Scheduling Notes” section of the Court's home page.

*Scheduling Notes*

Mission Statement
The Municipal Court provides a forum for the City of Harlingen and its citizens for consideration of matters within the court's jurisdiction. It accepts complaints of class "C" misdemeanors, bears and enters appropriate pleas, sets cases for trial and tries cases, prepares appeals, send appeals to the County Court at Law, conducts post-arrest hearings for defendants charged with serious offenses, sets bonds, issues arrests and search warrants, conducts driver license suspension hearings, accepts fines, maintains the Court's Docket, and reports convictions to the Department of Public Safety. The City retains one full-time presiding judge and four part-time associate judges, who preside over the Municipal Court.