DEFERRED TRAFFIC PROSECUTION AND

TRAFFIC PLEA IN ABEYANCE AGREEMENTS (TRAFFIC SCHOOL)

If you were cited for a traffic violation, you may qualify for “deferred traffic prosecution” through the 2nd District Court or you may qualify for a plea in abeyance agreement through the Bountiful City Prosecutor’s Office. If you would like to use either of these programs, you must do so before you pay your ticket. Here are the steps you should take to determine your qualifications for either program:

  1. To determine if you qualify for deferred prosecution, please visit https://www.utcourts.gov/deferredtraffic/

 To qualify for deferred prosecution of your traffic ticket you must:

  • Have a clean driving record for the 24 months prior to your citation;
  • Be over the age of 21;
  • Have a Utah driver license;
  • Have a non-CDL license;
  • Be charged with a moving violation that is an infraction;
  • Be charged with only one moving violation;
  • Not have received the ticket in connection with a traffic accident;
  • Not have been speeding 20 mph over the speed limit or speeding at 100 mph+.

 If you qualify for deferred prosecution of your traffic ticket, you must:

  • Go to https://www.utcourts.gov/deferredtraffic/;
  • Enter a no contest plea to the charge on the ticket;
  • Pay the ticket;
  • Pay an administrative fee to the courts;
  • Have no further violations of the law, including traffic violations, for the next 12 months.

If you do all these things, your ticket will be dismissed at the end of 12 months. No report of the ticket will be made to the Driver License Division (DLD); thus, no points will be added to your driving record. For further information regarding the DLD point system, please visit: https://dld.utah.gov/utah-point-system/

 If you have any questions about deferred traffic prosecution, you may contact the Bountiful 2nd District Court at 801-397-7000 or 2ndwilliamsteam@utcourts.gov.

  1. If you do not qualify for “deferred traffic prosecution,” you may contact the Bountiful City Prosecutor’s Office to see if you qualify for a plea in abeyance agreement (traffic school), at 801-298-6145 or prosecutoroffice@bountiful.gov.

 To qualify for a plea in abeyance through the prosecutor’s office you must:

  • Have a clean driving record for the 24 months prior to your citation;
  • Not be cited for (1) speeding in a school zone, (2) driving on a suspended or revoked license, or (3) operating a vehicle without insurance.

 If you qualify for a plea in abeyance, you must:

  • Sign a plea in abeyance agreement in which you plead guilty or no contest to the charge on your citation before you pay the ticket;
  • Pay a plea in abeyance fee, which is the amount of the ticket;
  • Attend traffic school* within 90 days of entering into the plea in abeyance agreement.
  • Not have any violations of the law, including additional traffic violations, for the next 12 months.

 If you do these three those things, your ticket will be dismissed at the end of 12 months. No report of the ticket will be made to the Driver License Division (DLD); thus, no points will be added to your driving record. For further information regarding the DLD point system, please visit: https://dld.utah.gov/utah-point-system/

 *Traffic School is an online course, which costs $50. Further details will be provided when you enter into your plea in abeyance agreement.