Updated: 6/29/2020 DC COURTS' LATEST CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
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The DC Courts will be closed on Friday 7/3/2020 in commemoration of Independence Day. Per DC Code, adult arraignments, juvenile new referrals and scheduled preventive detention hearings will be held.
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Criminal matters are those relating to illegal conduct that is considered to be harmful to society or its members. The Criminal Division hears all local criminal matters including felony, misdemeanor, and serious traffic cases.
Staff are working remotely. Please direct all correspondence to: criminalcasemanagement [at] dcsc.gov
For court-wide updates on the Coronavirus click here.
The criminal counter is closed. For more information on bond payments, click here.
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The public information viewed on the Court Cases Online system reflects the docket entries in civil, criminal, criminal domestic violence and tax cases, probate cases for large estates and small estates, disclaimers of interest, major litigation, wills and foreign estate proceedings.
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The public information viewed on the Court Cases Online system reflects the docket entries in civil, criminal, criminal domestic violence and tax cases, probate cases for large estates and small estates, disclaimers of interest, major litigation, wills and foreign estate proceedings.
Contact
Criminal Division
Presiding Judge: Hon. Juliet McKenna
Deputy Presiding Judge: Hon. Danya Dayson
Director: William Agosto
Moultrie Courthouse
500 Indiana Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20001
Hours of Operation
Mondays-Fridays:
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Criminal Finance Office: Mondays-Fridays: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
(All other hours, go to C-10 to arrange to post a bond – bond payments are accepted until C-10 adjourns for the day)
Arraignment Court (Courtroom C10)
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays:
1:00p.m.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Citations are heard at 10:00 am and Lockups are heard at 1:00 pm
Holidays 11:00 am
Sundays closed
Telephone / Fax Numbers
Criminal Information
(202) 879-1373
Criminal Finance Office
(202) 879-1840
(202) 638-5352
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