Paying a fine or ticket

Payments

What types of payment are accepted?

• Cash
• Check
• Credit / debit cards (there is a $2.50 service fee and 3.95% processing fee for all online transactions.)
• Money orders
• Cashier's checks

Please make checks payable to Louisville Municipal Court.

Can I pay online with a credit / debit card?

Yes, you can pay at this website. You will need your ticket / citation number.

There is a $2.50 service fee and 3.95% processing fee for all online transactions. 

Parking tickets

If I pay my parking ticket prior to my court date, do I have to come to court?

If you pay your parking ticket in full prior to your court date you do not have to appear.

What if I don't pay prior to my Court date?

• You must come to Court on the date indicated on your ticket. 
• You may call the Court for a new court date. If you do not come to Court as scheduled, a Failure to Appear charge may be added.   

Unregistered vehicles tickets

I received a ticket for an unregistered vehicle, what are my options so I don't have to come to court?

• You may register the vehicle and provide proof of registration to the court.
• If you have donated the vehicle to a non-profit you must provide the receipt from your donation to the court.
• If you have sold the car you must provide a bill of sale, receipt or some other acceptable documentation to prove that you no longer own the vehicle.

Upon receipt of proof of registration, donation or sale the court will remove the requirement to appear and lower the fees as follows:

• $500.00 fines will be reduced to $100.00
• $100.00 fines will be reduced to $50.00

Proof of insurance

If you are able to provide proof that you had valid insurance on the date and time of the violation, your charge for Failure to Provide Proof of Insurance may be dismissed by the prosecutor.

The letter must include: 

1. The insurance for the vehicle listed on the summons was valid on the date and time of the violation; and
2. The person driving the vehicle was an insured driver on the date and time of the violation, or the person driving is not an excluded driver on the valid policy, and the policy holder has authority to authorize the cited driver to operate the vehicle; or
3. The cited driver had a valid Broadform policy in the name of the cited driver, and the Broadform policy was valid on the date and time of the violation.

The Prosecutor does not follow the “12:00 a.m. Rule” on policies, and if coverage was put in place on the same date as the violation, the letter must be clear as to the time the insurance policy was purchased.  

The Prosecutor does not accept insurance cards, billing statements, or policy declarations as proof of insurance.  The above-referenced insurance letter must be provided. 

Providing the insurance letter does not excuse your appearance on the date indicated on your summons.  The Prosecutor will review your insurance letter on your court date. If the Prosecutor accepts the insurance letter, the Prosecutor will dismiss the charge for Failure to Provide Proof of Insurance.  If that was the only charge on the ticket, your case will be dismissed.  If there are additional charges on the ticket, you will be advised of your rights and options on your appearance date.   

Insurance after the fact: If you were not covered on the date and time of the violation, but you are covered on the date of your court appearance (regardless of whether the insurance is on the vehicle that was cited or another vehicle) and you can provide proof of that coverage, the Court may cut your fine in half.