Traffic index
Find pages and step-by-step guides to help with traffic tickets.
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Traffic tickets in California
Overview of traffic tickets and what your options are.
After you get a ticket
If you can’t afford your traffic ticket fine
Learn how to ask the court to lower your fine, make payments, or do community service.
Fix-it tickets
Steps to take if you got a ticket for something you can fix, like a broken light.
Hide a point on your record
Traffic school
See if you qualify for traffic school to hide a point on your driving record.
Fight your ticket
Trial by written declaration
Send in a written statement instead of going to court.
In-person trial
Go to court and talk to a judge to fight your ticket.
After your trial
Appeal a traffic ticket decision
Ask a higher court to review the judge’s decision if you think there was a legal mistake.