Traffic Citations
Phone: (205)254-2152
Fax: (205)254-2896

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The Traffic Citations Bureau is located in the Municipal Justice Center at 801 - 17th Street North. The hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Pursuant to Birmingham City Code Sections 8-3-8 and 8-3-10 certain minor traffic and misdemeanor offenses and parking violations may be paid without making a court appearance. See the Schedule of Fines for a listing of these offenses.

These include traffic moving offenses, equipment offenses, general non-traffic offenses, public services offenses, and parking violations. Alabama State Code (link opens a new window) Title 32 provides statutes on the operation of motor vehicles in the State of Alabama.

If you have received a traffic ticket and the offense for which you have been charged is on the fine schedule, a court appearance is not required. If you wish to go to court on the ticket, you must sign a protest bond. This can be done any day before your court date. You must come into the court office to sign the bond, and at that time you will be given a date and time to appear in court. This can be done Monday through Friday from 8:00AM to 4:45PM.

You must sign a protest bond in order to go to court on a ticket that is listed on the schedule of fines.

If the traffic or misdemeanor offense or parking violation for which you have been charged is not on the schedule of fines, then you must appear in court. Your court date is listed on the traffic or parking ticket. Be sure you are in court on your court date. Otherwise, forfeiture will be ordered by the judge and a writ of arrest will be issued for you.

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