Traffic Fine Lookup

How much is a speeding ticket in Utah?

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

$160state-set

15 mph over the limit, first offense, paid within 14 days, no enhancement zones — the full arithmetic is on this page.

Utah runs a statewide schedule, so the number printed is the number you pay anywhere in the state — 1–10 mph over: $130 · 11–15 mph over: $160 · 16–20 mph over: $210. 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 $160. What raises it: construction or maintenance zone with workers present; reduced speed school zone (20 mph); driving 100 mph or more. 30 mph or more in a reduced speed school zone — a criminal charge, outside a fine table's scope, noted here as a fact. Points: Speeding adds 35 to 75 points depending on severity: 35 points (1–10 over), 55 (11–20 over), 75 (21+ over); the assessment may vary by up to 10% either way. Suspension is possible at 200 points in three years for adults (70 points for drivers 20 and under). Every row on this page carries its citation — 6 primary sources (statute text, court fine schedules, DMV publications), each with a retrieval date, plus the local-variation caveat that applies in Utah. This is a reference to what the law and the schedules print; it is not legal advice.

How Utah sets it Utah's Judicial Council publishes a statewide Uniform Fine Schedule with an exact suggested amount for every speeding bracket, and the printed number is the all-in figure: it already includes the 35% statutory surcharge and the $60 justice-court security surcharge. Ordinary speeding is an infraction payable without a court appearance through 30 mph over. The schedule is guidance a sentencing judge may adjust — except where the legislature set floors: construction-zone speeding with workers present must be fined at least double, and 100+ mph at least 150% of the schedule amount.

The fine, tier by tier

Speeding fines in Utah 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 $130 state-set $130 state-set Utah Code 41-6a-601; 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule (Speeding Violations table)

The $130 printed in the schedule is the total suggested amount, inclusive of the 35% surcharge and the $60 justice-court security surcharge; the schedule does not break out the pre-surcharge fine.
11–15 mph over the limit $160 state-set $160 state-set Utah Code 41-6a-601; 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule (Speeding Violations table)

All-in suggested amount (surcharge and security surcharge included).
16–20 mph over the limit $210 state-set $210 state-set Utah Code 41-6a-601; 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule (Speeding Violations table)

All-in suggested amount (surcharge and security surcharge included).
21–25 mph over the limit $280 state-set $280 state-set Utah Code 41-6a-601; 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule (Speeding Violations table)

All-in suggested amount (surcharge and security surcharge included).
26–30 mph over the limit $380 state-set $380 state-set Utah Code 41-6a-601; 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule (Speeding Violations table)

All-in suggested amount (surcharge and security surcharge included).
31 mph and more over the limit at least $480 cap only at least $480 cap only Utah Code 41-6a-601; 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule (Speeding Violations table)

$480 at 31 over, plus $10 for every mph beyond 31 (e.g., 40 over suggests $570). This is the bracket where the schedule marks a mandatory court appearance.

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
Criminal surcharge (35%) 35% surcharge on moving-violation fines under Utah Code 51-9-401(1)(a)(ii) — INCLUDED in the schedule's printed speeding amounts, not added on top of them Utah Code 51-9-401(1)(a); 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule introduction
Security surcharge (justice court) $60 in justice court ($53 in district court) — INCLUDED in the schedule's printed amounts ('The total Suggested Fine and Security Surcharge. This includes the $60 security surcharge for justice courts.') Utah Code 78A-7-122(1); 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule introduction
Late-response enhancement +$50 if not paid or appeared within 14 days of the citation; a further +$75 after 40 days Utah Code of Judicial Administration Rule 4-701; 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule introduction
Accident enhancement +$30 recommended when a moving traffic violation results in an accident 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule introduction (Traffic-Related Offenses)

Worked example: 15 mph over the limit, first offense, paid within 14 days, no enhancement zones

Line Amount Citation
Suggested fine, 11–15 mph over — the schedule's printed amount, inclusive of the 35% surcharge and the $60 justice-court security surcharge $160 2026 Uniform Fine Schedule (Speeding Violations table)
Total $160 state-set lines sum to $160

Utah prints one all-in number: $160 resolves a 15-over infraction paid through a justice court, with the 35% surcharge and $60 security surcharge already inside it. The amount is the Judicial Council's statewide suggestion — a sentencing judge may adjust it (statutory ceiling $750 for an infraction before surcharges), and it rises by $50 after 14 days without payment or appearance and another $75 after 40 days. In a construction zone with workers present the court must impose at least double ($320 for this bracket); at 100+ mph, at least 150%.

What raises it

License points

Speeding adds 35 to 75 points depending on severity: 35 points (1–10 over), 55 (11–20 over), 75 (21+ over); the assessment may vary by up to 10% either way. Suspension is possible at 200 points in three years for adults (70 points for drivers 20 and under).

Violation Points
Speeding 1–10 mph over 35
Speeding 11–20 mph over 55
Speeding 21+ mph over 75

200 or more points in three years: possible suspension of three months to a year (adults); 70 or more points for drivers 20 and under: 30 days to a year. One violation-free year removes half the points, two consecutive years remove all; individual convictions age off after three years; an approved defensive driving course can cut up to 50 points once every three years. (Utah DLD Points System (dld.utah.gov))

When a court appearance is required

Ordinary speeding through 30 mph over is marked 'N' for mandatory appearance in the Uniform Fine Schedule and can be resolved by paying the suggested fine. A court appearance is mandatory ('Y') for speeding 31+ mph over, for every school-zone speeding row, and for the 31+ rows of the construction-zone and 100+ mph ladders. (2026 Uniform Fine Schedule (Mandatory Appearance column))

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 schedule itself is statewide and justice courts use it as the default for payable citations, but it 'is not intended to supplant or to minimize a court's authority to impose a just sentence' — a judge who hears the case may go below or above the suggested amount, up to the $750 statutory ceiling for an infraction (before surcharges; the schedule's own guide puts the all-in infraction maximum at $1,082.50). (2026 Uniform Fine Schedule introduction; Utah Code 76-3-301(1)(e))

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 Utah'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.