Municipal Department
"The Municipal Department is divided into six geographic districts. Each district is supervised by a presiding judge.
The First Municipal District encompasses the City of Chicago. Municipal Districts Two through Six encompass the communities in suburban Cook County.
The Municipal Districts hear cases involving:*
- domestic violence
- housing
- eviction proceedings
- small claims
- licenses
- misdemeanor criminal proceedings (including drug treatment court)
- felony preliminary hearings
- ordinance and traffic enforcement
- contract cases decided by alternative dispute resolution process
- civil suits for damages up to $30,000 in the First Municipal District & up to $100,000 in Municipal Districts Two through Six
- mandatory arbitration (less formal proceeding with three-member panel deciding case) in suits with damages of $30,000 or less
- name changes
- marriage court
- The following types of cases are also heard in the municipal district courthouses: felony criminal cases; domestic relations cases; and law division tort cases seeking damages in excess of $100,000. "
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