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Phone: (415) 444-7180
Email: traffic@marincourt.org
Location: Civic Center, Hall of Justice, Room C-10
Office Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm




The Court provides an Express Service Drop Box in the Room C-10 lobby for those individuals who do not want to wait in line to make a payment. For more information, please click here.

  • Cash payments may only be paid in person in Room C-10 between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday.
  • Checks, cashiers checks or money orders, payable to: Marin County Superior Court, may be sent by mail, or paid in person in Room C-10. Please note: When making a payment by mail, individuals must write the docket number, citation number, or name of the person who received the citation on the check, cashier's check or money order to ensure that it is applied to the correct court docket.
  • Credit card payments may be sent by mail, using the stub provided on the courtesy notice, paid in person in Room C-10, or paid by phone at (415) 444-7180 between the hours of 8:30am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday.
  • A 90-day installment payment plan may be established in some cases and must be requested in person. Please call (415) 444-7180 for more information.

Payment Installment Plans

The Court now offers 90-day payment installment plans for most citations. To set up a payment installment plan, individuals must come into the Traffic Clerk's Office and request the payment plan. There is a $35 fee for setting up the plan, which is added to the total amount due. At the time the payment plan is set up, individuals must pay at least 25% of the total bail and the $35 set up fee.

After the payment plan is established, individuals may make periodic payments over the 90-day period or may pay the entire amount in one lump sum before the due date. The Traffic Clerk's Office is not authorized to offer payment plans for longer than 90 days. For individuals who need more than 90 days to pay the entire bail, they will be required to request these payment plans from the judicial officer.

If all payments are not received within the 90 days allowed, the remaining balance will be subject to all regular enforcement procedures for delinquent bail, including additional penalties, DMV holds and referral to collections.

Overview

The Traffic Clerk's Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except holidays. The office is located on the Court Floor of the Marin County Civic Center Hall of Justice in Room C-10. For directions to the Civic Center, please click here.

The Marin County Civic Center has three drive-though arches. From the middle arch lobby only, take the elevator to the "C" floor. After passing through security screening, go left to the end of the hall to Room C-10. For individuals wishing to speak with a clerk in this office, please call (415) 444-7180 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Calls are answered in the order received. Since these phone lines are very busy, the best times to call are early afternoons.

The mailing address is:
Marin County Superior Court - Traffic
P.O. Box 4988
San Rafael, CA 94913-4988

Spanish Language Services

The Traffic Clerk's Office has several Spanish speaking clerks to assist the public and some forms are also available for review in Spanish. In court hearings, there is usually a Spanish language interpreter in the courtroom to assist non-English speakers at these hearings.

 
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