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Traffic Infractions (green)
If you have received a traffic ticket (a green ticket), please refer to the back of the ticket for a list of your options. You must respond within 15 days of the date of your ticket. To respond fill out the back of your traffic ticket and return it to the court location listed on the front of your ticket.
If you were issued the traffic ticket together with a criminal ticket (a gold ticket), you must respond to the traffic ticket separately from the criminal ticket. In other words, the two matters are treated separately and each matter must be responded to separately. If you do not respond to the parking or traffic citation, a $52 state penalty will be added to any amount you owe, and the state will suspend your privilege to drive.
Traffic School
The Des Moines Municipal Court offers a traffic safety education program for drivers who have been cited for a minor traffic infraction. It is designed to improve the driver’s knowledge and understanding of traffic laws as well as safe driving techniques and strategies. To attend you must meet certain criteria. Your application will be processed in order to determine if your violation and driving record meet the standards for the program. An extensive driving record may disqualify you. If you have not had a traffic deferral within the past seven (7) years and your infraction is a moving violation, then you may be eligible to attend. Successful completion of the one-day class and no other similar violations for one year will allow you to keep one moving violation from being added to your driving record. For further information please contact the court at (206) 878-4597.
