Traffic Fine Lookup

How much is a speeding ticket in Ohio?

each local court sets the amount · 1 tiers · every row cited · sources retrieved 2026-07-17

set by the local courtcourt-set

15 mph over the limit, first offense, outside any construction zone — the full arithmetic is on this page.

Ohio has no statewide fine amount for ordinary speeding: each local court sets its own schedule. What IS uniform statewide — the caps, the mandatory add-ons, the points — is decomposed on this page, and where only your court can name the final figure, the page says so instead of inventing one. 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 zone (posted per orc §4511.98); distracted driving contributing to the violation. Repeat speeding offenses within one year; Absolute municipal/school-zone speeds — a criminal charge, outside a fine table's scope, noted here as a fact. Points: Speeding is 2 points — except it is 0 points at 10 or less over where the limit is 55+ (or 5 or less over where the limit is under 55), and it jumps to 4 points at 30 or more over. Every row on this page carries its citation — 9 primary sources (statute text, court fine schedules, DMV publications), each with a retrieval date, plus the local-variation caveat that applies in Ohio. This is a reference to what the law and the schedules print; it is not legal advice.

How Ohio sets it Ohio's statute sets only a ceiling: a first or second speeding offense is a minor misdemeanor, and a minor misdemeanor's fine cannot exceed $150. The number you actually pay is set by the municipal or county court that handles the ticket — every Ohio court is required to publish its own schedule of fines and costs for its traffic violations bureau — plus $39 of state-mandated court costs and whatever local costs that court charges.

The fine, tier by tier

Speeding fines in Ohio 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
Any speed over the limit (statute has no mph fine tiers) up to $150 cap only set by the local court court-set ORC §4511.21(P)(1)(a); §2929.28(A)(2)(a)(v)

Minor misdemeanor by default, so the fine is capped at $150 and each court's published schedule sets the actual amount. The classification — and the cap — rises for repeat offenses within a year and for certain absolute speeds in municipal areas and school zones (see criminal thresholds).

The mandatory add-ons

These attach on top of whatever fine the court sets:

Add-on How it is computed Citation
Reparations fund court cost $9 flat on conviction of any moving-violation misdemeanor (collected in all cases; deposited in the state reparations fund) ORC §2743.70(A)(1)(b)
Indigent defense support cost $20 flat on conviction of a misdemeanor other than a non-moving traffic offense (a speeding conviction qualifies); the court may not waive it unless the offender is indigent ORC §2949.091(A)(1)(a)(ii)
Moving-violation additional court cost $10 flat on conviction of any moving violation ORC §2949.094(A)

Worked example: 15 mph over the limit, first offense, outside any construction zone

Line Amount Citation
Fine — set by the court's published schedule; statutory ceiling shown $150 ORC §4511.21(P)(1)(a); §2929.28(A)(2)(a)(v)
Reparations fund court cost $9 ORC §2743.70(A)(1)(b)
Indigent defense support cost $20 ORC §2949.091(A)(1)(a)(ii)
Moving-violation additional court cost $10 ORC §2949.094(A)
Where it lands set by the local court court-set

The $39 of state-mandated costs is uniform, but the two biggest components are local: the fine itself (anything up to the $150 minor-misdemeanor cap, per the court's published waiver schedule) and the court's own costs, which Ohio law leaves to each court to set and publish (Traf.R. 13(C)). Two tickets for the same speed in different Ohio courts routinely total different amounts, so no statewide total exists and this page does not invent one.

What raises it

License points

Speeding is 2 points — except it is 0 points at 10 or less over where the limit is 55+ (or 5 or less over where the limit is under 55), and it jumps to 4 points at 30 or more over.

Violation Points
30+ mph over the limit (any limit) 4
More than 10 over where the limit is 55 mph or more 2
More than 5 over where the limit is under 55 mph 2
At or below those thresholds 0

12 or more points within a two-year period brings a class D license suspension from the registrar; the BMV mails a warning letter at 6 points within two years. (ORC §4510.037(A)–(B); Ohio BMV 12-point suspension page)

When a court appearance is required

Most speeding tickets can be resolved through the court's traffic violations bureau (payment of the scheduled fine and costs in person or by mail). Traffic Rule 13(B) lists the offenses a violations bureau may NOT handle — including a third moving traffic offense within a twelve-month period when jail is a possible penalty — and those cases go before the court. (Ohio Traf.R. 13(B), (D))

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

This is a maxima state twice over: each municipal and county court sets its own fine amounts under the $150 minor-misdemeanor cap, AND each court sets and publishes its own schedule of costs — Ohio Traffic Rule 13(C) requires every court to 'establish and publish a schedule of fines and costs for all offenses.' Only the $39 of state-mandated costs and the statutory caps are uniform statewide. (Ohio Traf.R. 13(C); ORC §2929.28(A)(2)(a)(v))

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 Ohio'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.