Sacramento County Traffic School

Sacramento County stretches from the Delta towns on the Sacramento River to the foothills around Folsom and Rancho Murieta. Interstate 5 runs north and south through downtown Sacramento and past Elk Grove toward San Joaquin County. Interstate 80 crosses the north side of the city between Yolo and Placer counties, and US 50 runs east through Rancho Cordova and Folsom into El Dorado County. State Route 99 heads south through Elk Grove and Galt. On the rural edges, Route 16 runs east past Rancho Murieta and Route 160 follows the river past Walnut Grove and Isleton. The Census Bureau counts 1,618,460 residents, many of them outside the seven cities, in places such as Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks and Orangevale.

The California Office of Traffic Safety counted 11,407 people killed or injured in Sacramento County crashes in 2023, placing the county 27th of California's 58 counties. OTS gives rank 1 to the county with the worst result. That total sits in the middle of the table, but the figures for people outside a car do not. Crashes killed or injured 529 bicyclists, 4th in the state, and 653 pedestrians, 7th.

Adult and juvenile traffic infractions from across the county are heard in one building, the Carol Miller Justice Center at 301 Bicentennial Circle in Sacramento. It houses the court's Traffic Division and its public counter, and the court's traffic contact page lists the counter's current hours. The traffic call center answers at (916) 669-5712. Most DUI cases take a different route, and the court handles them at the Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye Sacramento County Courthouse downtown. The CHP's North Sacramento, South Sacramento and East Sacramento Areas patrol the county, and their tickets reach the same Traffic Division as tickets from sheriff's deputies and city police.

When the court grants traffic school, you pay the full bail, any required proof of correction fees and an administrative fee that the court does not refund. The court sets one due date for both the payment and the course and prints it on your Agreement to Attend Traffic Violator School, which you can find through its case search. It allows no extensions or partial payments, and if either the payment or the course comes in late, the point goes on your DMV record.

Ask the court for traffic school before you start any course. The court warns that a driver who attends without being eligible still gets the conviction reported, with no refund of fees paid. The court says all certificates of completion reach it electronically. If a point still shows up later, the court suggests checking that the name, date of birth, citation number and case number you gave the school are accurate, since the school may then resubmit the certificate.