Amador County Traffic School

Amador County had 41,876 residents in the Census estimate for July 1, 2025, up from 40,487 in 2020. State Route 49 strings together Plymouth, Amador City, Sutter Creek and Jackson, State Route 88 climbs east through Pine Grove and Pioneer, and State Route 16 runs west toward Sacramento. In 2023 the California Office of Traffic Safety counted 240 people killed or injured in county crashes, 31st of 58 counties in a ranking where 1st is the worst. Crashes where a driver under 21 had been drinking rank 12th.

Every ticket goes to the Amador Superior Court at 500 Argonaut Lane in Jackson, where the Traffic Division handles infraction violations of all laws, boating and Fish and Game citations included. A ticket from the California Highway Patrol's Amador Area lands in this court just as one from a city police officer does. A new citation may take time to show in the court's online case search, and your citation number sits in the upper right corner of the ticket.

When the court allows traffic school, it adds its own fee to the bail on your courtesy notice and sets the date to return your completion, counted from the order or your payment. If the completion arrives late, or you decide not to go, the fee becomes bail and is forfeited, and the violation shows on your record.