Bay County Court Facility
1230 Washington Avenue, Suite 736
Bay City, Michigan 48708-5737
Voice: (989) 895-4232
TDD/TTL: (989) 895-4049

To request a review of your traffic case or take steps to cancel your warrant please visit:www.courtinnovations.com/MID74.

  To pay your traffic ticket or court fines online please visit: Bay County Court Cases

Bay County's District Court, designated as the 74th District Court, hears all civil cases up to $25,000, small claims up to $7,000, and landlord/tenant conflicts. The Court also has jurisdiction over all criminal matters, involving minor traffic cases, misdemeanors, theft, assault and battery, possession of certain drugs, preliminary examinations on all felony cases and traffic misdemeanor cases such as drunk driving.

The geographic jurisdiction on the 74th District Court, includes all of Bay County. There are three District Judges, elected to 6-year terms. In addition, the District Court employs twenty-one workers plus a probation staff of six.

District Court Judges

 
Judge Mark Janer

 


Judge Timothy J. Kelly


Judge Dawn A. Klida

 

District Court Probation

1230 Washington Avenue, Suite 747
Bay City, Michigan 48708-5737
989-895-4275 - Voice
989-895-4049 - TDD/TTY

The Probation Department of the 74th District Court provides the Judges with information needed to properly sentence those found guilty of crime. The probation officers supervise all individuals placed on probation with the intent of rehabilitating that person and transforming that individual into a more productive member of the community.

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