Haverhill District Court


The Haverhill District Court serves the Merrimack Valley city of Haverhill and its surrounding towns, along the New Hampshire border. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office prosecutes its docket of OUI, drug, motor vehicle, and domestic violence matters, and Attorney Joe Serpa has defended in Merrimack Valley courtrooms for thirty years.

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Location and Access. The Haverhill District Court, 45 Ginty Blvd., Haverhill, MA 01831, sits near I-495 and Route 110. The court’s phone is (978) 521-7300.

Communities Served. Haverhill, Boxford, Bradford, Georgetown, and Groveland.

OUI and the Border Corridor. I-495 and the Route 97 and Route 110 corridors to the New Hampshire line feed the OUI calendar, defended on the stop and the device records, with the four-day citation rule in play.

Drug, Domestic Violence, and the Clerk Session. The court carries drug matters litigated at the suppression stage and domestic violence and 209A sessions, and its clerk-magistrate sessions screen the summons docket, where a denial ends the matter with no record.

Prepared for Trial From Day One. See Massachusetts Criminal Defense Results. Call 617.936.0201 for a confidential consultation before your Haverhill date.

Related Serpa Law Office Resources: Clerk-Magistrate HearingsOUI DefenseDrug Crimes DefenseDomestic Violence DefenseCriminal Traffic CitationCourts Across Greater Boston Nearby: Newburyport District CourtIpswich District Court

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Mr. Serpa was very helpful with my family member ‘s case. He was able to get it dismissed quickly and easily. He is very professional and very good at what he does. I’m so glad he hired him. You will be glad too if you hire him.

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