Plettenberg Bay is recorded as a periodical court rather than a permanent magistrate court. It sits at the police station on scheduled days, and its postal address in the departmental record reads simply See Knysna.
Official contact channels
- Court: 044 501 1900
Services and responsibilities
A periodical court is a sitting of a court from elsewhere, held at a venue in a smaller centre on set days rather than operating continuously. Plettenberg Bay falls under the Knysna sub district within the Garden Route district, so the administration sits at Knysna.
Office and address information
The venue is 1 Main Street, at the Plettenberg Bay police station. Because it is a periodical court it has no post box of its own: the department directs correspondence to Knysna instead.
Applications and escalation
Check the sitting days before travelling, since the court is not open every working day. Anything requiring an office rather than a sitting, such as filing documents or a maintenance enquiry, is handled at Knysna.
Sources
- justice.gov.za/contact/lowercourts_full.html, the Department of Justice lower courts directory, read 2 September 2026.