Superior Court of California County of Riverside

Subject:
 Automated Traffic Services
 
Date:
 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:39:00 -0700
 
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Superior Court of California
County of Riverside
July 19, 2013

PUBLIC NOTICE – AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SERVICES

Due to several consecutive years of state budget reductions, the court is 
forced to reduce the services that it can provide to the public. Effective 
immediately, the court will offer limited in-person, and no live operator 
telephone service, for litigants with traffic cases. In place of in-person 
service, the court is automating many routine tasks through available 
computers, kiosks, and telephones.

TRAFFIC CLERK APPOINTMENTS

Almost all traffic matters can be handled without having to come to a 
courthouse by visiting the court’s website at 
http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/ and clicking on the on-line services tab. 

For those who have more complex traffic matters and the need to speak with 
a court employee, Traffic and Collections Clerk Appointments may be 
scheduled online by visiting the court’s website at 
http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/traffic/scheduleappt.shtml Appointments 
may also be scheduled using the computers in the courthouse lobbies.
Appointments are available Monday through Friday, from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, 
in the following court locations:
• Banning Court
• Hemet Court
• Indio Larson Justice Center
• Moreno Valley Court
• Murrieta Southwest Justice Center


Appointments are available Tuesdays and Fridays ONLY, from 7:30 am to 3:30 
pm, in the following court location:
• Blythe Court 

Night Court Appointments are available as follows:
• Indio Larson Justice Center – 1st Tuesday of the month until 5:30 pm
• Moreno Valley Court – 3rd Wednesday of the month until 6:30 pm

There will be a limited number of pre-populated appointment types that you 
can choose from, such as request a third extension or request to change a 
citation to owner’s responsibility, and evaluation for hardship payments or 
community service. When requesting an appointment, you will be asked to 
provide your telephone phone number and email so you can receive a 
confirmation and other messages. 

Since a clerk appointment does not constitute a court appearance, an 
appointment can be scheduled in any of the appointment locations listed 
above, regardless of the jurisdiction of the citation. Please note, setting an 
appointment does not extend your date to appear or alter or extend any 
statutory or court ordered deadlines. 

An appointment may be scheduled up to two weeks in advance and each 
appointment will be scheduled for 15 minutes. 
 
REQUESTING A COURT APPEARANCE

Same-day court appearances are no longer offered in any traffic court 
location. Customers can reserve a court date 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 
through the court’s public website. Once calendared, the customer will be able 
to bypass the traffic counter and report directly to the courtroom without 
standing in line in the clerk’s office. 

To appear in front of a judicial officer for a traffic citation, you must reserve a 
court date. Please note that your appearance in court is OPTIONAL 
unless “Mandatory Appearance” is reflected on your Courtesy Notice. 
If “Mandatory Appearance” is indicated in the amount due section on your 
Courtesy Notice, you are required to appear. 

Court appearances will be scheduled in the court of jurisdiction (court location 
cited to appear) as follows: 
• Banning
• Blythe Court
• Hemet Court
• Indio Larson Justice Center
• Moreno Valley Court
• Murrieta Southwest Justice Center (beginning August 19, 2013)
• Temecula Court (until August 16, 2013)

Night Court will be an available option for court appearances at the following 
courts of jurisdiction:
• Indio Larson Justice Center on the 1st Tuesday of the month – 5:00 
pm
• Moreno Valley Court on the 3rd Wednesday of the month – 5:30 pm
 
To schedule a court appearance, customers may use the computers in the 
courthouse lobby, or go online from any location and visit the court’s website 
at http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/traffic/reqcourtappearance.shtml. 

Cases must be eligible for a court appearance, and scheduling a court 
appearance does not extend your date to appear or alter or extend any 
statutory or court ordered deadline. 

NOTE: The law enforcement officer who cited you will not be present at this 
hearing. If you wish to contest your citation (plead not guilty and proceed 
with a Court Trial to tell your side of the story and present evidence and/or 
witnesses) you must post the full bail amount (fine) of your citation and 
reserve a court date online at https://www.epay-it.com/.

POST BAIL (FINE) AND SCHEDULE A COURT TRIAL

Court customers who intend to contest a citation (plead not guilty) must post 
bail (pay the full amount of the fine) and reserve a court date online or by 
mail. 

To post bail and schedule a court trial by mail, payments should be mailed to 
the Payment Processing Center, 505 S. Buena Vista, Room 201, Corona, CA 
92882. To post bail and schedule a court trial online, customers may use the 
computers in the courthouse lobby, or go online from any location, and visit 
the ePay-it.com website at https://www.epay-it.com/. 

Court Trials will be scheduled in the court of jurisdiction (court location cited 
to appear) as follows: 
• Banning Court
• Blythe Court
• Corona Court
• Hemet Court
• Indio Larson Justice Center
• Moreno Valley Court
• Murrieta Southwest Justice Center (beginning August 19, 2013)
• Temecula Court (until August 16, 2013)

You will be advised that the court will set a trial date and you will receive 
notification within 7-10 days. The court will subpoena the officer(s) for trial. 
Eventually, you will be able to select a court trial date at the time you are 
scheduling.
 
For more information regarding contesting a traffic ticket, please visit the 
court’s website at http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/traffic/contesting.shtml.

PAYMENT KIOSKS

Payment kiosks are in the test stage and will be launched in traffic court 
locations. Details will be announced soon.

SHERRI R. CARTER
Court Executive Officer 
and Clerk of Court

 

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