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How much is a speeding ticket in Texas?
Three taps, and the number comes from published county fine schedules, not a blog guess.
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Question 1 of 3
How far over the limit were you clocked?
14 MPH OVER
- Harris County Justice Courts posted speeding schedule: $135 total at 1–10 over, rising $5 per mph to $280 at 39+; school zone adds $25. Harris County JP fine schedule (PDF)
- Bexar County schedule: $190 (1–10 over) to $336 (31+); school-zone speeding is a flat $359; construction zone with workers present doubles all fines. Bexar County ticket fine schedule
- "Typical Texas court" shows the range between those two published schedules. Your court's exact total controls; it is printed on your citation or one phone call away.
- Dismissal-course and deferred-disposition rules: Tex. Code Crim. Proc. ch. 45A. CCP ch. 45A
- Texas repealed its points-and-surcharge program in 2019, but a paid ticket is still a conviction on your record, and insurers read records. The course keeps the conviction off entirely.
- The deadline is the answer date printed on your citation. Miss it and the automatic right to the course is gone, though judges can still allow it. art. 45A.352