Pittsburgh Municipal Court addresses traffic, non-traffic and criminal matters. Magisterial District Judges are assigned to preside over more than 70,000 cases annually in this court. Jurisdiction includes the following matters:
- Non-traffic summary offenses that occur within the corporate limits of the City of Pittsburgh
- Traffic offenses that occur within the corporate limits of the City of Pittsburgh, excluding parking tickets and citations issued by the agents of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority
- Violations of City of Pittsburgh ordinances
- Preliminary hearings on misdemeanor and felony criminal cases, including private criminal complaints, that occur within the corporate limits of the City of Pittsburgh
- Preliminary hearings on homicide cases that occur within Allegheny County