Deferred Traffic Prosecution (DTP) and Traffic Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)

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Your Traffic Ticket Choices

When you get a traffic ticket, you can:

  • Pay the fine (pleading guilty, points may go on your record).

  • Go to court (appear before a judge).

  • Join Deferred Traffic Prosecution (DTP) (program to keep points off your driving record).

  • Join Traffic Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) (chat with the prosecutor online to reach an agreement).

If you are not eligible to join DTP or ODR, you can still choose to pay the fine or go to court. See our Traffic Offenses page to learn more. This page explains the two online programs:

  • Deferred Traffic Prosecution (DTP): Lets you keep points off your driving record if you follow the rules and keep your record clean for one year.

  • Traffic Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) is a free, voluntary pilot program currently available through the Carbon County Justice Court and Orem City Justice Court that lets you send messages back and forth with a prosecutor online to reach an agreement.

Tell me about Deferred Traffic Prosecution (DTP)
Tell me about Traffic ODR

To check your eligibility and start: You must log in or make a MyCase account. When you log in, MyCase will automatically show you if you are eligible for DTP or Traffic ODR.

Login to MyCase

What is Deferred Traffic Prosecution?

  • If you get a ticket, Deferred Traffic Prosecution can keep points off of your driving record
  • If you qualify, you pay a fine like a normal ticket. Depending on your record, you might also have to take traffic school online and pay for that. Then the charge gets dismissed if you have a clean record for 1 year

Utah Code 77-2-4.2

Choose one of the options below to learn more about Deferred Traffic Prosecution

  1. Make sure at least 5 days have passed from when you received your citation. If you try before this, your case might not be in the court's system yet
  2. ​Make a MyCase account - it checks your eligibility
    • Note: MyCase only works with these browsers:
      • Chrome
      • Edge
      • Firefox
      • Safari
  3. Register for Deferred Traffic Prosecution - register within 21 days of when you got your citation
    Follow these Registration Steps
  4. Plead "no contest" to the ticket. This means you do not want to fight it
  5. Pay a $5 registration fee plus your fine. Pay now or within 14 days 
  6. If required, you might also have to pay a $40 fee for online traffic school and attend class online within 28 days
  7. Get no new tickets for a year
If you finish:If you get a new ticket within 1 year:
  • After 1 year, we take back the "no contest" plea 
  • Your case goes away. It is dismissed
  • You do not get your money back
  • Your "no contest" is automatically on your driving record 
  • You cannot go to court about it
  • Your case is closed. There is no other penalty
  • You do not get your money back

Log into MyCase to find out if your traffic citation is eligible.

To qualify you must:

  • Apply within 21 days of receiving your citation 
  • Be 21 or older
  • Have a valid Utah driver's license (commercial licenses are not eligible)
  • Have no more than one:
    • traffic infraction conviction in the last 24 months 
    • citation that was for 2 or more moving traffic violations from the same incident
    • infraction for involvement in an accident - but the accident cannot result in serious bodily injury
    • citation for speeding between 20 and 30 miles per hour over the speed limit - but you cannot have been speeding more than double the speed limit
  • Not have a conviction for a felony traffic violation or traffic violation within the last 24 months - a traffic violation includes convictions: 
  • Not be charged with 3 or more moving traffic infractions related to the same episode
  • Not be charged with multiple traffic violations related to the same episode if any of the offenses is a misdemeanor or felony traffic violation

Utah Code 77-2-4.2

You can still:

  • Pay the ticket. This means you admit the charge. See our page on Traffic Offenses
  • Go to court on your court date and:
    • try to lower the fine
    • go to trial

Choose one of the options below to get help

This guide walks you through each step in the Traffic School Deferred Prosecution process.

What is traffic ODR?

Traffic ODR is an online program that lets you send messages back and forth using an online chat to come to an agreement on your traffic ticket with a prosecutor. You do not have to go to court. (You don't need to be online at the same time as the prosecutor).

You can agree to things like paying a fine, a payment plan, or doing community service. You can also ask for a Plea in Abeyance (a way to put the case on hold so you can earn a dismissal). The final agreement must be approved by a judge. You can stop negotiating with the prosecutor and go to court at any time before the final agreement is approved.

Choose one of the options below to learn more about traffic ODR. 

  1. ​Make a MyCase account - it checks your eligibility. Follow these Registration Steps.
    • Note: MyCase only works with these browsers:
      • Chrome
      • Edge
      • Firefox
      • Safari
  2. MyCase will check if your case is eligible for traffic ODR. A case can be eligible for both DTP and traffic ODR but you can only choose one. 
  3. If the system tells you that you are eligible for traffic ODR, choose traffic ODR where it says "you have options to resolve your case."
  4. Answer Questions: The website will ask you questions to complete your sign-up.
  5. Wait for the prosecutor: The prosecutor will start the chat (must send message within five days of your sign-up). You must respond to that first message within seven days to continue with the program.

Log into MyCase to find out if your traffic citation is eligible.

A case can be eligible for both DTP and traffic ODR but you can only choose one.

To qualify for traffic ODR:

  • You must sign up within 21 days of receiving your citation.
  • Your case cannot already be in DTP.
  • You cannot have a lawyer.
  • The court that gave you the ticket must be one of the participating courts: Carbon County Justice Court or Orem City Justice Court.
  • Your ticket can only be for a minor traffic violation (infraction). 

You cannot join traffic ODR if your case involves: 

  • A commercial driver's license. 
  • An accident where someone died or was seriously hurt.
  • Paying money back to a victim (restitution), possible jail time, possible probation, or a plea other than Guilty or No Contest.

You can still:

  • Pay the ticket. This means you admit the charge. See our page on Traffic Offenses.
  • Go to court on your court date and:
    • try to lower the fine
    • go to trial

Your case will be referred to court if you or the prosecutor do not send a message for seven days.

Your case will be referred to court if an agreement is not reached within 28 days. 

This guide walks you through each step in the sign-up process for traffic ODR. 

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