Alaska Traffic Ticket Lookup

Who handles traffic tickets in Alaska

Traffic tickets are minor offenses handled by the Alaska Court System; state and municipal motor vehicle or traffic offenses are the most common minor offenses. (Alaska Court System: Traffic Cases (Minor Offenses))

Statewide lookup: Alaska CourtView (linked from the court's payments page) (Tickets filed with the court; tickets issued by the cities listed on the payments page are not filed with the court).

Statewide online payment: Alaska Court System: Make a Payment to the Court (Court-filed tickets, online by credit card through CourtView, by mail, or in person at any court).

Tickets issued by certain cities, including recent Anchorage Police Department and Fairbanks Police Department traffic tickets, are not filed with the court and must be paid directly to the city; the court's payments page lists them. (Alaska Court System: City Tickets Payable Directly to a City)

Deadline to respond to a Alaska ticket

For an Optional Court Appearance ticket, you must respond within 30 days; if you do not, a warning notice gives you 15 additional days. A Mandatory Court Appearance ticket requires appearing on the listed date or filing a not guilty plea before it. (Alaska Court System: Traffic Cases (Minor Offenses))

If you miss the deadline

If you still do not respond, the court enters a default judgment for the fine, $70 in court and collection costs and any surcharges, points are assessed for moving offenses, and collection includes attaching your Permanent Fund Dividend. (Alaska Court System: Traffic Cases (Minor Offenses))

What paying the ticket means

Paying an optional-appearance ticket is a No Contest plea; for moving offenses the law requires DMV to apply the points automatically. (Alaska Court System: Traffic Cases (Minor Offenses))

How to contest a Alaska ticket

You can file a Not Guilty plea with the court to ask for a trial; there is no fee to fight a minor offense case, and you can ask to take part by telephone. (Alaska Court System: Traffic Cases (Minor Offenses))

Traffic school, deferral or dismissal

Completing a defensive driving course does not get the citation dismissed; the court says to check with the DMV whether a course may reduce license points. (Alaska Court System: Traffic Cases (Minor Offenses))

Fine amounts

Officers must cite offenses as listed in the court system's Uniform Table of Minor Offenses, which publishes the state statute, regulation and city ordinance lists. (Alaska Court System: Uniform Table of Minor Offenses (UMOT))