Traffic Citations & Information
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Important: A traffic payment is due in the Clerk's office by the compliance date (within 30 days of receipt of the citation). Payments received, regardless of postmark, or made after the compliance date will incur an additional $23.00 late fee.
Your Options
Upon receipt of a traffic ticket for any violation where points may be assessed, you have 30 days from the date of issuance of the ticket to exercise any of one of three options:
- Pay the Ticket
Pay the Ticket
Pay Online or by Phone
If you choose to pay the ticket, points are assessed against your Driver's License.
- Go to Driver's Improvement School
Go to Driver's Improvement School
Printable Driver Improvement Course Affidavit Form
If you choose to go to school, you must sign the Driver Improvement Course (DDC) Affidavit Form and file it with the Clerk's office within 30 days of the date you received the ticket. Upon receipt of your DDC affidavit and payment you will be granted an extra 60 days to attend a driver improvement school in the State of Florida. Failure to attend the school or pay the fine will result in suspension of your license or late fees being assessed.
However, no points are assessed against your Driver's license if you attend a driver improvement school.
State of Florida approved list of Driving and Education Course Schools
Driver License Check
- Contest the ticket in court
Contest the ticket in court
Printable Court Election on Traffic Citation Form
If you choose to contest the ticket, you must make your request for a hearing in writing to the Clerk within 30 days of the date of the citation. You will be notified of your court date.
You may write the Clerk's Office at:
- Clerk of Court
- Traffic Bureau
- 201 E. University Avenue
- Gainesville, FL 32601
OR Email the Clerk's Traffic Bureau at:traffic@alachuaclerk.org(note: court filings cannot be accepted by email)
To file your Court Election form electronically:
www.alachuacounty.us/depts/clerk/traffic%20citations/pages/filingoptions.aspx