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Do you want to have your traffic citation dismissed?

If it was issued no more than 21 days ago, your case may be eligible for Deferred Traffic Prosecution 

 

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What is Deferred Traffic Prosecution?

  • It's an option to have your traffic citation dismissed from your driving record
  • You can apply online by answering questions in a guided interview
  • You'll pay a total fine and an administrative fee (the total fine is the same as it would be if you appeared in court)
  • You'll enter a plea and agree to not get a traffic conviction in a 12-month period
  • The process is totally voluntary

You can choose not to participate in Deferred Traffic Prosecution. Instead, you would go through the normal processes. That would involve either paying a fine or going to court on your court date to challenge the ticket

What do you have to do?

  1. ​Login or create a MyCase account to determine your eligibility​
  2. Plead "no contest" to all offenses on the eligible citation ("no contest" means you don't want to contest — or challenge — the citation)​
  3. Pay an administration fee and a total fine for the offenses on the eligible citation in full today or within two weeks of your application
  4. Have no new traffic convictions in the 12-month period following your application
Successful completion:Unsuccessful completion: 
  • Your "No Contest" plea is automatically withdrawn at the end of the 12-month period
  • Your case will be dismissed
  • The administration fee and fine are non-refundable
  • You received a new traffic offense during the 12-month period
  • "No Contest" plea will be AUTOMATICALLY entered as a conviction on your driving record and you will NOT have an opportunity to appear in court
  • Your case will be closed without any further court-imposed consequence
  • The administration fee and fine are non-refundable

 

Are you eligible?

  • You need an eligible traffic citation received within the last 21 days
    • You can log into MyCase to find out if your traffic citation is eligible
    • Your citation must be for a moving traffic infraction under Utah Code Title 41, Chapter 6a or a local traffic ordinance that is an infraction
  • You need to be 21 or older
  • You need to have a valid Utah driver's license (commercial licenses aren't eligible)
  • You can't have any convictions for any of the following within the last 24 months: 
    • a felony traffic violation 
    • a violation of Utah Code Title 41, Chapter 6a that was a class B misdemeanor, a class C misdemeanor, or an infraction
    • a violation of a local traffic ordinance
  • You can't be charged with two or more moving traffic infactions related to the same episode
  • You can't be charged with one or more traffic infractions if none of the traffic infractions are moving traffic violations
  • Your infraction can't involve a traffic accident
  • You don't qualify if you were charged with speeding 20 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit
  • You can't already be participating in Deferred Traffic Prosecution

Utah Code 77-2-4.2

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