Traffic Fine Lookup

How much is a speeding ticket in Illinois?

statewide schedule — one set of amounts everywhere · 5 tiers · every row cited · sources retrieved 2026-07-17

$164state-set

15 mph over the limit, first offense, resolved without a court appearance — the full arithmetic is on this page.

Illinois runs a statewide schedule, so the number printed is the number you pay anywhere in the state — 1–10 mph over: $164 · 11–14 mph over: $164 · 15–25 mph over: $164. Those totals already include every mandatory assessment and surcharge, and this page itemizes each one with its statute. For 15 mph over the limit, the all-in figure is $164. What raises it: school zone (children present, school days 6:30 a.m.–4 p.m.); construction or maintenance speed zone; 26+ mph over inside a school or construction zone. 26–34 mph over the limit; 35 mph or more over the limit — a criminal charge, outside a fine table's scope, noted here as a fact. Points: Illinois speeding points: 5 points (1–10 over), 15 points (11–14), 20 points (15–25), 50 points (more than 25). Points alone do nothing — three point-assigned convictions within 12 months trigger a suspension or revocation review, and the point total then sets the sanction length. Every row on this page carries its citation — 15 primary sources (statute text, court fine schedules, DMV publications), each with a retrieval date, plus the local-variation caveat that applies in Illinois. This is a reference to what the law and the schedules print; it is not legal advice.

How Illinois sets it For ordinary speeding (1–25 mph over), Illinois collapses everything into one statewide number: resolve the ticket by written plea of guilty without a court appearance and the circuit clerk collects exactly $164 — a single statutory 'Schedule 12' assessment, with no other fine, fee, or cost allowed. At 26 mph over, speeding stops being a ticket at all and becomes a criminal misdemeanor with a court-set fine.

The fine, tier by tier

Speeding fines in Illinois by speed over the limit. “Base fine” is what the statute or schedule names; “what you actually owe” includes the mandatory add-ons where state law fixes them.
Speed over the limit Base fine What you actually owe Citation
1–10 mph over the limit $164 state-set $164 state-set 625 ILCS 5/11-601(b); Ill. S. Ct. R. 529(a); 705 ILCS 135/15-60

The $164 is one indivisible statutory payment (allocated $100 to the county, $14 to the state, $50 to the arresting agency) — Rule 529 bars assessing anything else on a written-plea disposition without a court appearance.
11–14 mph over $164 state-set $164 state-set 625 ILCS 5/11-601(b); Ill. S. Ct. R. 529(a); 705 ILCS 135/15-60

Same $164 as 1–10 over; only the points differ (15 instead of 5).
15–25 mph over $164 state-set $164 state-set 625 ILCS 5/11-601(b); Ill. S. Ct. R. 529(a); 705 ILCS 135/15-60

Top of the petty-offense range — 26 mph over crosses into criminal territory (next rows).
26–34 mph over up to $1,500 cap only set by the local court court-set 625 ILCS 5/11-601.5(a); 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-60(e)

Class B misdemeanor — criminal, not payable by mail: up to 6 months imprisonment and a court-set fine ($75 minimum, $1,500 maximum), plus criminal case assessments. Outside the $164 ticket path entirely.
35 mph and more over up to $2,500 cap only set by the local court court-set 625 ILCS 5/11-601.5(b); 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-55(e)

Class A misdemeanor: imprisonment for less than one year and a court-set fine ($75 minimum, $2,500 maximum), plus criminal case assessments.

Worked example: 15 mph over the limit, first offense, resolved without a court appearance

Line Amount Citation
Schedule 12 assessment — the entire statewide payment (allocated $100 county / $14 state / $50 arresting agency) $164 705 ILCS 135/15-60; Ill. S. Ct. R. 529(a)
Total $164 state-set lines sum to $164

Illinois is the rare flat-total state: a written plea of guilty with payment closes the case at $164, and Rule 529 forbids assessing any other fine, fee, penalty, or cost on that disposition. The number does not vary by county or by how far over the limit you were, within the 1–25-over petty-offense band. Electing a court date moves the case onto the court-appearance track, where a conviction for a minor traffic offense carries a $226 Schedule 10 assessment plus a fine set by the court (petty-offense fine cap $1,000).

What raises it

License points

Illinois speeding points: 5 points (1–10 over), 15 points (11–14), 20 points (15–25), 50 points (more than 25). Points alone do nothing — three point-assigned convictions within 12 months trigger a suspension or revocation review, and the point total then sets the sanction length.

Violation Points
1–10 mph over 5
11–14 mph over 15
15–25 mph over 20
More than 25 mph over 50

Conviction of 3 or more moving violations within 12 months authorizes the Secretary of State to suspend or revoke (625 ILCS 5/6-206(a)(2)). With no prior sanction in 7 years, the point table runs: 15–44 points = 2-month suspension; 45–74 = 3 months; 75–89 = 6 months; 90–99 = 9 months; 100–109 = 12 months; 110+ = revocation. A prior suspension or revocation within 7 years doubles the early bands (15–44 = 4 months; 45–74 = 6 months; 75–109 = 12 months). (92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.30; 625 ILCS 5/6-206(a)(2))

When a court appearance is required

Rule 551 requires an appearance (in person or remote) for: all major traffic offenses — which sweeps in 26+ over, a misdemeanor; any traffic offense in a crash causing injury or death; offenses arising from multiple charges; and any minor offense whose statutory minimum fine exceeds $95 (school and construction zones). Ordinary 1–25-over speeding is satisfiable by written plea of guilty and the $164 payment. (Ill. S. Ct. R. 551; Ill. S. Ct. R. 529(a))

Where speed becomes a criminal charge

Criminal penalties are a courtroom matter and outside a fine table's scope — this page records the threshold as a fact and stops there.

Local variation — the honest caveat

The $164 payable amount is genuinely statewide — Rule 529 and Schedule 12 leave counties nothing to vary on a written-plea disposition. Variance appears once a case goes to court: a convicted minor traffic offense pays the $226 Schedule 10 assessment plus a court-set fine, a county over 3,000,000 population (Cook) may add up to $28 to that assessment by ordinance, and court supervision on written pleas exists only in counties designated by the Conference of Chief Circuit Judges, with traffic-safety-program fees that vary by program. (705 ILCS 135/15-50(1.5); Ill. S. Ct. R. 529(b))

Sources

Every figure above was compiled from these sources, with a verbatim quote of the sentence carrying each number stored in the dataset so any row can be re-checked against its origin.

This is not legal advice This page republishes what Illinois's statutes, court fine schedules, and driver-licensing publications print, for reference. Amounts change on legislative cycles, and the court named on a citation is the authority on what is owed in that court. Nothing here is advice about any citation or case.