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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 First Municipal District hears cases involving:
- housing
- eviction proceedings
- small claims
- licenses
- misdemeanor criminal proceedings except for those heard in the
Domestic Violence Division
- felony preliminary hearings except for those heard in the
Domestic Violence Division
- ordinance and traffic enforcement
- contract cases decided by alternative dispute resolution process
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- civil suits for damages up to $30,000
- mandatory arbitration (less formal proceeding with
three-member panel deciding case) in suits with damages
of $30,000 or less
- name changes
- marriage court
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The Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Municipal Districts hear cases involving:*
- orders of protection
- stalking/civil no contact orders
- housing
- eviction proceedings
- small claims
- licenses
- misdemeanor criminal proceedings (including drug treatment court
in the Fourth Municipal District and the Sixth Municipal District only)
- felony preliminary hearings
- ordinance and traffic enforcement
- contract cases decided by alternative dispute resolution process
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- civil suits for damages up to $100,000
- mandatory arbitration (less formal proceeding with
three-member panel deciding case) in suits with damages
of $30,000 or less
- name changes
- marriage court
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*The following types of cases are also heard in the municipal district courthouses: felony criminal cases; domestic relations cases; juvenile justice cases; and law division tort cases seeking damages in excess of $100,000.
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