How much is a speeding ticket in your state?
Pick your state
- Alabama set by the local court
- Alaska $140
- Arizona set by the local court
- Arkansas up to $175
- California $274
- Colorado $171
- Connecticut $191
- Delaware $119
- Florida at least $208
- Georgia set by the local court
- Hawaii set by the local court
- Idaho $90
- Illinois $164
- Indiana up to $175
- Iowa $176
- Kansas $161 – $183
- Kentucky at least $160
- Louisiana set by the local court
- Maine $170
- Maryland $90
- Massachusetts at least $150
- Michigan set by the local court
- Minnesota $135
- Mississippi set by the local court
- Missouri set by the local court
- Montana $70
- Nebraska $220
- Nevada set by the local court
- New Hampshire $93
- New Jersey $106
- New Mexico $81 – $87
- New York $183 – $393
- North Carolina $221
- North Dakota $45
- Ohio set by the local court
- Oklahoma set by the local court
- Oregon $165
- Pennsylvania at least $153
- Rhode Island $205 – $230
- South Carolina $129
- South Dakota $138
- Tennessee set by the local court
- Texas set by the local court
- Utah $160
- Vermont $151
- Virginia $141
- Washington $168
- West Virginia set by the local court
- Wisconsin $175
- Wyoming $145
The figure shown is for 15 mph over the limit — “set by the local court” means exactly that (no statewide number exists, and this site doesn't invent one). See the full comparison →
How much a speeding ticket costs depends on your state twice over: on the amounts, and on WHO gets to set them. 17 states run a statewide schedule where the printed total is the total (California's $274 for 1–15 over is the same in every county's court); 20 write the amounts into statute; 6 cap the fine and let each court set it; 7 leave the number to local court schedules entirely. This site publishes all 50 states' speeding fine tiers — 237 rows — with the mandatory surcharges DECOMPOSED (the arithmetic that turns a $45 "fine" into a $274 payment), license points, enhancement zones, and a citation on every row from 324 primary sources: statutes, court fine schedules, DMV publications. Where the honest answer is "your court decides," that is what the page says — no invented totals, ever. Pick your state below. Reference, not legal advice.
Why the sticker number lies The “fine” and the payment are different numbers. California prints a $45 base fine for 1–15 mph over — and its own statewide schedule turns that into $274 owed, through eight mandatory add-ons this site itemizes line by line. Other states differ — starting with WHO even sets the number.
Four machines set America's speeding fines
- 17 statewide schedule
One schedule fixes the payment everywhere in the state, add-ons included. The printed total is the real total.
- 20 written into statute
The legislature put the amounts (or ranges) in the code itself — exact and citable, sometimes plus surcharges.
- 6 statute caps it
“Up to $125” is a ceiling, not a price. The court sets the amount; local costs attach on top.
- 7 each court decides
No statewide figure exists. Pages quoting one exact number for these states are quoting fiction.
That's why every figure on this site carries a certainty label — state-set, cap only, or court-set — and why some states honestly get a range instead of a number. The decomposition of what IS knowable (base, mandatory add-ons, points, zones) is on every state page, cited row by row.
Where the numbers come from
Statutes, judicial-council and court fine schedules, and state DMV publications — nothing else. Every row carries its citation on the page; the dataset behind the site stores each source's URL, retrieval date, and a verbatim quote of the sentence carrying the number, and is re-verified annually. The full methodology →
50 states · 237 tier rows · 160 itemized add-ons · 324 sources · data version state-fines-2026-07-18
This is not legal advice This site states what tickets cost — it contains no advice about citations or cases. Amounts change on legislative cycles; the court named on a citation is the authority on what is owed in that court.