Traffic Fine Lookup

How much is a speeding ticket in Missouri?

statewide schedule — one set of amounts everywhere · 6 tiers · every row cited · sources retrieved 2026-07-17

set by the local courtcourt-set

15 mph over the limit, first offense, state-law ticket outside any work zone — the full arithmetic is on this page.

Missouri runs a statewide schedule, so the number printed is the number you pay anywhere in the state — 1–5 mph over: set by the local court · 6–10 mph over: set by the local court · 11–15 mph over: set by the local court. 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 honest answer is set by the local court — the page decomposes what is knowable statewide instead of inventing a total. What raises it: construction or work zone — speeding with a highway worker present (signs posted); construction or work zone — any moving violation (no worker-present enhancement); 20 mph or more over the limit. Speeding as a criminal misdemeanor — a criminal charge, outside a fine table's scope, noted here as a fact. Points: State-law speeding adds 3 points; the same conduct charged under a county or municipal ordinance adds 2. Speeding by 5 mph or less carries no points at all. Every row on this page carries its citation — 10 primary sources (statute text, court fine schedules, DMV publications), each with a retrieval date, plus the local-variation caveat that applies in Missouri. This is a reference to what the law and the schedules print; it is not legal advice.

How Missouri sets it The Supreme Court of Missouri publishes a statewide fine schedule that fixes the FINE for payable state-law speeding tickets by mph-over tier — the same fine in every county. Court costs are then added per case and their components vary by county, so the amount actually owed differs by where the ticket is handled. Above 25 mph over there is no scheduled amount at all: the case goes before a judge, who sets the fine within misdemeanor maxima.

The fine, tier by tier

Speeding fines in Missouri 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
1–5 mph over the limit $51 state-set set by the local court court-set Supreme Court of Missouri, Fine Schedule for Traffic Offenses (rev. 9.2024); RSMo §304.009

By statute this tier is an infraction, not a misdemeanor, and carries no license points. Court costs are still assessed on top of the $50.50 fine.
6–10 mph over the limit $61 state-set set by the local court court-set Supreme Court of Missouri, Fine Schedule for Traffic Offenses (rev. 9.2024); RSMo §304.010
11–15 mph over the limit $81 state-set set by the local court court-set Supreme Court of Missouri, Fine Schedule for Traffic Offenses (rev. 9.2024); RSMo §304.010
16–19 mph over the limit $121 state-set set by the local court court-set Supreme Court of Missouri, Fine Schedule for Traffic Offenses (rev. 9.2024); RSMo §304.010
20–25 mph over the limit $201 state-set set by the local court court-set Supreme Court of Missouri, Fine Schedule for Traffic Offenses (rev. 9.2024); RSMo §304.010

At 20 mph or more over, the offense classification rises to a class B misdemeanor — but the statewide schedule still lists a payable fine through 25 mph over.
26 mph and more over the limit set by the local court court-set set by the local court court-set Supreme Court of Missouri, Fine Schedule for Traffic Offenses (rev. 9.2024) — no scheduled row above 25 mph over; RSMo §304.010; RSMo §558.002

The uniform schedule stops at 25 mph over. Above that the case is handled in court and the judge sets the fine, up to the $1,000 class B misdemeanor maximum (20+ over is a class B misdemeanor).

The mandatory add-ons

Already inside the totals above — this is the arithmetic that turns the base fine into the payment:

Add-on How it is computed Citation
Court costs (state and county surcharges) Added to the scheduled fine on every payable citation; the per-case total is shown in Case.net Plead and Pay. Components include state-mandated surcharges plus county-varying items, so the amount differs by county (example: the 7th Judicial Circuit's violations bureau posts $73.50 for most speeding tiers). courts.mo.gov Plead and Pay FAQs; 7th Judicial Circuit TVB fines and costs (example)

Worked example: 15 mph over the limit, first offense, state-law ticket outside any work zone

Line Amount Citation
Fine — statewide schedule, 11–15 mph over $81 Supreme Court of Missouri Fine Schedule for Traffic Offenses (rev. 9.2024)
Where it lands set by the local court court-set

The fine itself is fixed statewide at $80.50 for 11–15 mph over. Court costs are then added, and those vary by county — for example, the 7th Judicial Circuit's violation bureau posts $73.50 in costs for this tier on its own schedule. Because the cost components differ by county, no single statewide total exists; the exact amount owed for a specific ticket is displayed in Case.net's Plead and Pay.

What raises it

License points

State-law speeding adds 3 points; the same conduct charged under a county or municipal ordinance adds 2. Speeding by 5 mph or less carries no points at all.

Violation Points
5 mph or less over (any speeding) 0
Speeding in violation of state law 3
Speeding in violation of a county or municipal ordinance 2

The Director of Revenue suspends the license of a driver who accumulates 8 points in 18 months; drivers are notified by mail at 4 points in 12 months. (RSMo §302.304.3; §302.304.1)

When a court appearance is required

No scheduled amount exists above 25 mph over, so those citations are handled in court rather than paid through Plead and Pay (the 7th Judicial Circuit's bureau schedule, for example, marks 'over 25' as mandatory court). A case not resolved through Plead and Pay is heard in the court named on the ticket. (Supreme Court of Missouri Fine Schedule (rows end at 25 mph over); 7th Judicial Circuit TVB schedule; courts.mo.gov Plead and Pay FAQs)

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 fine is uniform statewide for payable state-law tickets, but court costs vary by county (county-option surcharges ride on top of state-mandated ones), so identical tickets in different counties cost different totals. City tickets written under municipal ordinances follow the separate statewide Municipal Fine Schedule and carry 2 points instead of 3. Local bureau pages can also lag the current statewide schedule — the 7th Circuit's posted speeding fines (eff. 1/1/2024) are older amounts than the current statewide file. (courts.mo.gov Statewide Fine Schedule page (Rule 37.495, Rule 38.09); courts.mo.gov Plead and Pay FAQs)

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 Missouri'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.