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Defensive Driving Requests

You may request a defensive driving course in person or by mail on or before your ticket due date. You are eligible for the course if you have not completed a defensive driving course for dismissal of a ticket within the past 12 months and your ticket is not in failure to appear status.

There are some traffic offenses that are exceptions and defendants charged with those offenses are not eligible for a driving safety course. The following traffic offenses are exceptions from taking a driving safety course:

  • offenses committed by a CDL holder (Article 45.0511(a), C.C.P.);
  • offenses committed in construction and maintenance zone when workers are present (Sections 472.002, 543.404, and 729.004, T.C.)
  • offense of speeding 25 miles or more over the posted limit (Article 45.0511(c)(4), C.C.P.);
  • offense of passing a school bus loading or unloading children; or
  • offense of leaving an accident scene after causing damage to a vehicle (Article 45.0511(p), C.C.P.)


Requests by Certified Mail must include the Following:
1. A written statement requesting the opportunity to take a defensive driving course for the dismissal of the citation. Said request must include a plea of Guilty or NoLo and a sworn statement that you have not completed a defensive driving course within the last 12 months for dismissal of another offense and must be received by the court on or before your ticket due date.

2. A copy of your ticket

3. A copy of your current insurance policy (the insurance must be in your name or you must be a listed driver on the policy); and

4. A copy of your valid Texas driver's license.

5. A $95.00 payment in the form of a cashier's check or money order. Do not put cash in the mail.

6. A $120.00 payment in the form of a cashier's check or money order if your violation is for speeding in a school zone.

7. If the issue date of your citation was before September 1, 2003 and was not in a school zone, you must submit a cashier's check or money order for $65.00.

Once your payment and request has been received and approved, your case will be put on a "DDC Hold" status and you will have 90 days to complete the defensive driving course.

The driving record can be obtained from the Texas Department of Public Safety. This form is necessary to prove that you have not taken the course within the past 12 months. It takes approximately 3 to 6 weeks to get your driving record from the Department of Public Safety.

Or, you may now request your driving record on line at www.TexasOnline.com. The process for ordering a driver record on line is simple. A person only needs information from their current driver license to complete the transaction. The fee for a Type 3A record, the Certified Complete Driving History, is $12. This record is acceptable for a driver safety course. The printed driver record will be postal-mailed within five business days after successful completion of the online transaction.

If you do not complete the course and submit the completion forms to the court in the time period prescribed, your case will be set for a show cause hearing by written notice to you at the last known address on file with the Court. It is your responsibility to update any address change with the Court. Failing to appear at the show cause hearing will result in the issuance of a capias warrant for your arrest.