Ticket costs, verified

What traffic tickets actually cost

By Mario Bailey · Data updated June 2026

The internet is full of guessed ticket prices. Every figure here traces to a statute, an official fee schedule, or hearing records we process ourselves, with the citation on the page.

By violation, state by state

Guides: what happens next, and how tickets get dismissed

• Va. Code 46.2-646, plainly: what Virginia's expired registration law says and costs

  The statute on your summons, walked through plainly: the $25 prepayable fine, the dismissal path, DMV's late fee, and how it differs from 46.2-613.

• No Proof of Insurance Ticket: Cost and How to Dismiss It

  Insured at the stop but could not show it? Most states dismiss the ticket or cap it at $10 to $25 on proof. Eight statutes, real costs, dismissal steps.

• Florida license suspension for no insurance: the timeline, the fee ladder, and the way out

  Florida does not fine an insurance lapse. FLHSMV suspends your license and plate and charges $150, $250, then $500 to reinstate. Timeline, fees, the way out.

• Driving With an Expired License: Ticket Cost and Penalties

  An expired license is not a suspended one. Fines run $100 in California to a Georgia misdemeanor, with dismissal windows in Texas, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.

• How to Get an Expired Registration Ticket Dismissed

  In Texas, Arizona, and California, renewing can erase an expired-tags ticket by statute. Step by step, plus the 11 states where it only helps.

• How much is a ticket for driving without registration? Eight states, from the statutes

  Never registered, no plates, or past the new-resident deadline is a different ticket from expired tags. Fines from $25 to $300 by state, plus dismissal rules.

• Can you go to jail for driving without insurance? Where jail is on the statute's face, and where it is not, in 14 states

  In 12 of 14 verified states, no jail term exists for a first no-insurance offense. Georgia and Michigan allow up to a year; the real cost is suspension.

• ARS 28-2532: Arizona Expired Registration Law, Explained

  A.R.S. 28-2532 sets a $300 civil penalty for expired Arizona registration, but the statute forces dismissal if you register first.

• Pulled over on expired tags: the ticket, the late fee, the tow, and the points

  The ticket is the small part. What an expired-tag stop costs after the officer leaves: DMV late fees in 8 states, tow rules, points, grace periods, dismissal.

• Accident without insurance: what happens to your license

  A crash turns a no-insurance ticket into a financial-responsibility case. Five states verified: who gets suspended, who can still sue, and what it costs.

All guides

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of June 2026 · methodology

General legal information, not legal advice. State pages carry their own citations and verification dates.