Milford District Court

The Milford District Court sits at the junction of Worcester, Norfolk, and Middlesex Counties, along the I-495 corridor, and its docket reflects a working, diverse population for whom motor vehicle and immigration-sensitive charges are common. The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office prosecutes here, and for a non-citizen or a licensed worker the license and immigration consequences of a charge often matter more than the sentence. Attorney Joe Serpa defends each case with those collateral consequences mapped from the first call.

A dismissal here can come from the prosecutor or from a specific legal ground raised by the defense, such as a lack of probable cause or a denied clerk-magistrate hearing. Our page on how criminal cases get dismissed in Massachusetts lays out each path.

Location and Access. The Milford District Court, 161 West St., Milford, MA 01757, sits near I-495 and Route 16 with parking at the courthouse. The court’s phone is (508) 473-1260.

Communities Served. Milford, Bellingham, Hopedale, Mendon, and Upton.

Immigration-Sensitive and Unlicensed Operation Cases. Unlicensed operation and operating after suspension matters fill the clerk sessions, and for the non-citizen defendants among them the immigration analysis comes before anything else. A denial at the clerk-magistrate hearing is the difference between a private ending and a federal problem.

OUI and Motor Vehicle Cases. The I-495 corridor supplies the OUI docket, defended on the stop and the device records, with the four-day rule governing citation cases.

Domestic Violence, Drug, and Theft Calendars. The court carries domestic violence and 209A sessions, drug matters litigated at the suppression stage, and theft cases, each defended on its elements.

The Clerk-Magistrate Session. The court’s summons docket is screened at the show cause hearing under G.L. c. 218, § 35A, 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 free and confidential consultation before your Milford date.

Related Serpa Law Office Resources: Immigration Consequences • Unlicensed Operation • Clerk-Magistrate Hearings • OUI Defense • Criminal Traffic Citation • Courts We Serve