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A standing order of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno, Standing Order No. 20-0701 regarding the traffic division, dated the 1st day of July, 2020 and signed by Hon. Arlan L. Harrell, Presiding Judge: court staff authorized to grant one ninety (90) day continuance for the initial payment of traffic fines, one ninety (90) day continuance once monthly payments have been established and one change of the day of the month the payment is due, requests for a continuance of more than ninety (90) days made to a judicial officer in writing or in person; the bail reduced by half for a defendant charged under Vehicle Code § 16028, subdivision (a) who obtains proof of insurance after the date of the violation; sixty (60) days to complete traffic school and one ninety (90) day continuance; proof of completion accepted when traffic school is completed by the due date; requests to attend traffic school within one hundred and eighty (180) days of payment of the fine, bail forfeiture or a guilty verdict, with the sixty-seven dollar ($67.00) administrative fee; citations with errors returned to the issuing agency for correction, and an incomplete filing stricken if no corrected citation is received within six (6) months; the payment options - in full on the date of the appearance, in full by a future date with a thirty dollar ($30.00) administrative fee, or a monthly or traffic school payment plan with a thirty-five dollar ($35.00) installment fee - and the conversions between them; overpayments refunded, or transferred to another case with an outstanding balance; and Standing Order 16-0701 revoked.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF FRESNO Standing Order Regarding the Traffic Division of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno Standing Order No. 20-0701 This standing order addresses the method by which the Court manages the processing and disposition of traffic cases. The Court seeks to improve the efficiency and uniformity in handling of traffic court matters throughout Fresno County. The Court finds that the following procedures will further this goal. Payment of Traffic Fines Court staff is authorized to grant: one ninety (90) day continuance for the initial payment of traffic fines; one ninety (90) day continuance once monthly payments have been established; and one request to change the specific day of the month that the monthly payment is due. Any requests for a continuance of more than ninety (90) days shall be made to a judicial officer either in writing or through a personal court appearance. Violations of Vehicle Code § 16028, subd. (a). The court staff is authorized to reduce the bail amount by half for a defendant charged with a violation of Vehicle Code § 16028, subdivision (a) who obtains written evidence of financial responsibility (i.e., proof of insurance) after the date of the charged violation. Completion of Traffic School Defendants are currently allowed sixty (60) days to complete traffic school. Court staff is authorized to grant one ninety (90) day continuance to complete traffic school. Any requests for a continuance of more than ninety (90) days shall be made to a judicial officer either in writing or through a personal court appearance. Acceptance of Traffic School Proof of Completion Court staff is authorized to accept proof of completion of traffic school provided traffic school is completed by the due date. Requests for Traffic School After Payment of Fine or Forfeiture of Bail or Guilty Verdict Provided the defendant is otherwise eligible to attend traffic school, Court staff is authorized to accept requests to attend traffic school if made within one hundred and eighty (180) days of payment of the fine, bail forfeiture or a guilty verdict. To be valid, the sixty-seven dollar ($67.00) administrative fee must accompany the request. Incomplete Traffic Infraction Filings All traffic citations will be processed and entered into the Court’s case management system in a timely manner. In the event that an error is identified on the face of the citation prior to entry, the citation will not be entered. The incorrect citation shall be returned to the issuing agency for correction. When the Court receives the corrected citation the citation will be entered into the Court’s case management system. In the event that an error is identified via the Department of Motor Vehicles interface and reported to the Court via the DL DMV Report/Court’s case management system after entry, the citation will be returned to the issuing agency for correction. The filing shall not be completed until the Court receives the corrected citation. In the event that a corrected citation is not received from the issuing agency within six (6) months of return to the agency, the incomplete filing will be stricken from the Court’s case management system. Requests for Monthly Payments Following an Order That The Fine Be Paid in One Payment Defendants who appear in Court are currently given several options for paying, including: (1) pay in full on the date of their Court appearance; (2) pay in full [including an additional thirty dollar ($30.00) administrative fee] by a future date; (3) a monthly payment plan [including an additional thirty-five dollar ($35.00) installment fee]; or (4) a traffic school payment plan [including an additional thirty-five dollar ($35.00) installment fee]. For defendants who elect in Court to pay their fine in full on the date of their court appearance and fail to do so, Court staff is authorized on that same day to either: (1) add the thirty dollar ($30.00) administrative fee and give the defendant ninety (90) days to pay in full; or (2) add the thirty-five dollar ($35.00) installment fee and convert the defendant to a monthly payment plan. For defendants who elect in Court to either pay their fine in full by a future date or by monthly payments, Court staff is authorized to delete the thirty dollar ($30.00) administrative fee or the thirty-five dollar ($35.00) installment fee if the defendant pays in full on the date of their court appearance. For defendants who elect in Court to pay their fine in full by a future date, Court staff is authorized to convert those defendants to either a monthly payment plan or a traffic school payment plan if the defendant’s request is made prior to the date by which the fine was ordered to be paid in full. When this request is made, Court staff is authorized to delete the thirty dollar ($30.00) administrative fee and add the thirty-five dollar ($35.00) installment fee. For defendants who elect in Court to pay by monthly payments, Court staff is authorized to vacate the thirty-five dollar ($35.00) installment fee and add a thirty dollar ($30.00) administrative fee if the defendant pays in full by their first monthly payment due date. Transferring Overpayments In the event a defendant remits more money than is due on a case, the overpayment shall be refunded to the defendant, unless the defendant has an outstanding balance in a different case with the Court that has a disposition, in which case Court staff is authorized to transfer the overpayment to the case with an outstanding balance. This Standing Order revokes Standing Order 16-0701 and shall remain in full force and effect until revoked or modified by further order of the Court. Dated this 1st day of July, 2020. HON. ARLAN L. HARRELL PRESIDING JUDGE FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF FRESNO Standing Order Regarding the Traffic Division of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno Standing Order No. 20-0701 This standing order addresses the method by which the Court manages the processing and disposition of traffic cases. The Court seeks to improve the efficiency and uniformity in handling of traffic court matters throughout Fres
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-14 (California T4 Fresno build 2026-10-14) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-fresno/docs/_pdfs/rules/July 2020 Traffic Standing Order Rev 07.01.20 signed.pdf (446098 bytes, sha256 296e8e1a41603d3771df45ca8991cfe75f2fe62076224c7abf3cd5bac429c5c1; 5 pages; page images, no text layer): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi (vision/img/tso-p01.png to tso-p05.png); checked against three RapidOCR readings of the images (at 200, 300 and 150 dpi), never published: of the transcription's 955 words, 169 6-word windows were not found in a reading, in 28 spans - 22 split into consecutive pieces each found (a page break or the readings' line order) and 6 read again on the page images and found as transcribed (vision/check-log.txt; evidence/vision-check-2026-10-14-run2.log). The day of the date, “1st”, is handwritten in the blank. Not part of the text: the pleading paper's line numbers 1 to 28, the left-margin label (“COUNTY OF FRESNO Fresno, CA” on page 1, “FRESNO SUPERIOR COURT Fresno, CA” on pages 2 to 5), the caption's column of closing parentheses and the rule under it, the footer “July 2020 (Traffic Standing Order) (Rev 07.01.20)” with the page numbers “-2-” to “-5-”, and the Presiding Judge's signature. The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published. Review note: The Local Rules page links the order as “Traffic Standing Order No. 20-0701 – Effective July 1, 2020”. The Traffic page (carded) allows 90 days from sign-up to complete traffic school - the review task is on that card.
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