Is there an official statewide Texas ticket payment website?

No. Texas has no statewide portal. City tickets are paid through the municipal court and DPS/sheriff tickets through a justice-of-the-peace court — the court is printed on the citation, and the OCA directory at card.txcourts.gov finds its official site.

How do I find where to pay my Texas ticket online?

Read the court name printed on your citation, look it up in the official OCA court directory (card.txcourts.gov), and use that court's own payment page. Avoid commercial sites offering to pay Texas tickets for you.

Should I just pay my Texas ticket?

Paying is a conviction. Most non-CDL Texas drivers have a statutory right to a dismissal course under CCP chapter 45A that removes the ticket entirely, and deferred disposition is a fallback at higher speeds. Check your options before paying.

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Paying a Texas ticket online starts with the court on your citation. “Statewide” pay sites? Not real.

Texas has no statewide ticket-payment portal. City tickets go through the municipal court, DPS and sheriff tickets through a justice-of-the-peace court — and the right one is printed on your citation. Search results around “pay Texas ticket online” fill with third-party brands anyway. One directory sorts all of it.

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Texas courts live on government domains — houstontx.gov, harriscountytx.gov, and hundreds more. The official finder is the OCA court directory at card.txcourts.gov: look up the court printed on your citation and follow its own payment link.

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Third-party sites buy ads on “pay Texas ticket” searches and resell what your court does directly — adding fees, delays, or a card form the court never sees. Texas has no statewide portal, so any site claiming to be one is not the court.
The tell is the domain, not the design. Texas courts pay through city and county government sites. If the address isn't a .gov you can match to the court on your citation, close the tab.
Skip search entirely: read the court name off the citation, find it in the OCA directory, and use that court's own payment page.

Paying is a conviction, and it lands on your record. Most non-CDL Texas drivers have a statutory RIGHT to a dismissal course instead (CCP ch. 45A) — the ticket goes away on completion. Run the Texas verdict machine →
Over the course limits (25+ over, 95+ mph)? Deferred disposition is the fallback that still keeps the conviction off — but you must ask before paying, not after. How deferred disposition works →
Compare the real numbers first — fine vs. course cost vs. the three-year insurance hit. Texas ticket cost calculator →

Not sure what the citation is actually charging, which court it names, or when the clock runs out? Photograph it — the scanner reads every legible line and routes you to your options. The photo is processed in memory and never stored. How Ticket Scan works →

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Official court directory (OCA)Houston Municipal Courts Harris County JP courts

No-statewide-portal status and OCA directory verified 2026-09-19 (TicketVerdict portal directory). Course right: CCP ch. 45A. General information, not legal advice; your citation and court control what applies.