San Mateo County traffic school rules
Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo handles tickets in San Mateo County. It applies the California rule and adds the facts below.
Rules checked
What this court adds
San Mateo County: the court's own facts, each with the court page it comes from.
- Court fee for the course
- $82non-refundable $82.00 administrative fee
- How to ask
- Ask by mail or online.
- Open to drivers licensed in another state
- No
Against the California rule
- Court fee: $82 in San Mateo County. The California rule: not published.
- How to ask: by mail or online in San Mateo County. The California rule: through the court clerk.
- Drivers licensed in another state: not accepted in San Mateo County. The California rule: not published.
Deadline, in the court's words
60 days to complete traffic school after a mail request.
Source: Traffic School, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo (opens in a new tab)
Left out at this court, in its own words
- seat belt, mechanical, or equipment violations
- Vehicle Code section 22406.5 (tank vehicles)
- speed more than 25 mph over the speed limit
- violations carrying more than one point
- failure to have insurance
- a citation that became a failure to appear, unless the failure to appear is resolved and any fine or civil assessment is paid
The rule this court applies
The court's values laid over the California rule, with the level of each row. Who qualifies, the points and every other field of the state rule are on the California page.
The rule, court and state together
- The program
- Traffic Violator School
- What it does
- Conviction held confidential, no point
- Speed limit for the course
- Up to 25 mph over
- Open to drivers licensed in another state
- No
- How often
- Once every 18 months, counted from the ticket date
- Deadline to ask
- Set by your courtYour court sets the date and prints it on your notice.
Courses that serve California
No court publishes its own list of schools, so these are the courses for the state.
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- Aceable, $49 (opens in a new tab)
- Best Online Traffic School, $27.99 (opens in a new tab)
- DriversEd.com, $21.95 (opens in a new tab)
Listed by name; prices are each provider's own, as of October 2026. Length, format and approval for each course are on the California page.
Check a ticket from San Mateo County
The form opens the checker with San Mateo County chosen as the court.
Sources
Checked against these pages in .
The court's own page: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo (opens in a new tab). The sources of the state rule are listed on the California page.