Clean Slate referrals
Stanislaus County
Traffic court information
Request to Vacate Civil Assessment
Motion and Declaration Instructions
Traffic Court Phone Number: (209) 530-3100, option 1
Financial Hardship? * Note – Stanislaus County is currently formulating a new process to address Ability to Pay concerns. Currently, to request a reduction or modification in fines your option is to submit a letter to the commissioner and get a written answer in the mail. You can do that even if the ticket is in collections. If your case is NOT yet in collections but the court has imposed a civil assessment fee, you can fill out a form and submit it to the clerk’s office to request that the fee be vacated. You will get a decision by mail as long as you include a self-addressed stamped envelope. If the ticket IS in collections, you have to write a motion to vacate the civil assessment rather than filling out the form. Motion hearings take months to schedule (as of 6/28/17 motion hearings are being set for November)
Driver’s License Hold/Suspension for Failure to Appear? Appear in court on FTA walk-in day. (Wednesdays, 8:00am to 9:30am). Ask the judge to remove the hold.
Criminal records remedies
Stanislaus County Public Defender’s Office
- Website: http://www.stancounty.com/publicdefender/
- Address: 1021 I Street, Suite 201, P.O. Box 3428, Modesto, CA 95354
- Phone: (209) 525-4200
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