San Mateo County

Traffic court information

Traffic Court Website

Traffic Ticket Lookup

Traffic Court Phone Number: (650) 363-4300

Financial Hardship? Appear before the judge to request a reduction in fines, payment plan, or community service based on financial hardship. To set a date for a hearing you can call the clerks’ office, go in person, or do it online. There is no walk-in court.

Driver’s License Hold/Suspension for Failure to Appear? You can get the hold removed by paying in full OR by setting up a payment plan (the hold is removed when you make your first payment which is usually half the total fine), OR if your ticket is still in “active” status, you can schedule a court date and appear before the judge and the hold will usually be removed (without you having to pay first).

Criminal records remedies

San Mateo County Bar Association

• Website: https://www.smcba.org/
• Address: 333 Bradford Street, Suite 200, Redwood City, CA 94063
• Phone: (650) 369 4149

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

• Website: https://clsepa.org/
• Address: 1861 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
• Phone: (650) 326-6440

Stanford Community Law Clinic

• Website: https://law.stanford.edu/community-law-clinic/#slsnav-clc-blog
• Address: 2117 University Avenue, Suite A, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
• Phone: (650) 725-9200

San Mateo County Probation Department

• Website: http://probation.smcgov.org/
• Address: 400 County Center, 5th floor, Redwood City, CA 94063
• Phone: (650) 363-4244

Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights

• Website: https://www.lccr.com/ 
• Phone: (415) 814-7610