Last year almost one million traffic tickets were issued in Miami-Dade County. If get a traffic ticket in Miami Dade you have three options: pay it, pay a reduced amount and elect traffic school, or fight it.
You must act fast. You have thirty days to make up your mind. After thirty days, the Court will impose a late fee if you want to pay it or attend traffic school, and a reset fee if you want to fight it. Also, remember that after thirty days you are subject to a driver’s license suspension by the Florida DMV (now called DHSMV). After ninety days, in order to elect traffic school or fight the ticket the administrative Judge must grant a motion, and he will only grant your motion if you show good cause.
Pay Your Ticket
You can pay your traffic ticket in person at any of the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Court office locations.
If you want to pay your traffic ticket by mail you can mail it to:
Miami Dade County Clerk of the Court
P.O. Box 02-5450
Miami, FL 33102-5450
If you want to pay your traffic ticket by phone with a credit card you can call:
(305) 275-1111
If you want to pay your traffic ticket online you can visit:
www.miami-dadeclerk.com/spirit/publicsearch/citationsearch.asp [http://www.miami-dadeclerk.com/spirit/publicsearch/citationsearch.asp]
Remember by paying your traffic ticket you could get points on your license, and that could cause your insurance rates to increase, and your driving license privileges to be suspended.
Elect School
If you do not hold a commercial driver’s license, and your traffic ticket is not a: tag, registration, driver license, insurance or mandatory appearance traffic ticket you can elect traffic school. You can elect traffic school, and pay the reduced fine amount the same way as listed above, and you would have 120 days to complete the traffic school. If you elect to attend traffic school and do not comply within 120 days of election, you will be subject to a license suspension, point assessment and additional fees.
Fight It
If you want to fight a traffic ticket in Miami Dade your best bet is to hire a traffic ticket attorney. Traffic ticket attorneys have the legal knowledge to try to help you get the case dismissed, and most will guarantee you no points on your driver’s license or your money back. In Miami Dade County you can take advantage of some of the most competitive legal defense fees in the nation.