Got a ticket filed at San Bernardino County's Barstow District? Here's the court's fee, how to request traffic school and finish the course online.
Serves: The Barstow District is San Bernardino County's traffic-filing court for the entire High Desert and the Big Bear mountain communities — including Barstow, Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, Adelanto, Phelan, Pinon Hills, Wrightwood, Lucerne Valley, Oak Hills, Helendale, Oro Grande, Yermo, Newberry Springs, Baker, Trona, Big Bear Lake, Big Bear City, Fawnskin, Sugarloaf, and Moonridge. Your filing location is the one on your citation or courtesy notice — confirm it before you start.
235 E Mountain View St
Barstow, CA 92311
Mon–Fri 8:00am–4:00pm
$55 — paid to the court (bail + $55)
Nonrefundable; separate from any course payment when you pass
Online at cap.sb-court.org, by phone (909) 481-4228, or in person
Note: the court’s separate MyCitations / Ability-to-Pay tool can’t sign you up for traffic school
Set on your reminder/courtesy notice — confirm your date via the Case Access Portal or the clerk
The Barstow District sits right at the interchange of Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 — the last major stop before the desert routes split toward Las Vegas and Arizona — so a big share of its citations go to travelers passing through, not just local residents. It's also San Bernardino County's traffic-filing court for a huge stretch of the High Desert: Victorville, Hesperia, and Apple Valley, the region's three biggest cities, all file their traffic tickets here even though each has its own courthouse closer to home — those local courthouses don't process these traffic-ticket filings, so confirm the filing court on your citation. The district's reach extends further still, out to Adelanto, Phelan, Lucerne Valley, Yermo, Newberry Springs, Baker, and Trona. Because the coverage area is so spread out, a trip to the counter at 235 E Mountain View Street can eat up a half-day for drivers coming from the far ends of the district — a good reason to handle your request by mail or phone instead of in person. If your citation was written in the Big Bear District, you don't have to drive down the mountain at all: the court allows infraction arraignments by remote video, though the case itself is filed and handled here at Barstow.
You generally qualify if the ticket is a moving violation, you haven't done traffic school in the past 18 months, you weren't more than 25 mph over, it wasn't in a commercial vehicle, and it isn't an alcohol/drug or mandatory-appearance offense. An out-of-state license doesn't disqualify you — the court can authorize out-of-state drivers to attend, so check with your court; that's common at a crossroads courthouse like Barstow, where plenty of tickets go to Nevada and Arizona drivers passing through — and holding a commercial license doesn't disqualify a citation you picked up in your personal vehicle. Look up your citation on the Case Access Portal or call the court to confirm.
You can request traffic school and pay the county's $55 fee online at cap.sb-court.org, by phone at (909) 481-4228, or in person — the only thing you can't use is the court's separate MyCitations / Ability-to-Pay fine-reduction tool, which can't sign you up for traffic school. Mail works too — if you send a check, write "traffic school" and your citation number on it. That $55 is paid to San Bernardino Superior Court and is separate from your course payment. Verify the current fee with the court — it can change.
Click "Start Free" above. There's no upfront course payment — give your school your name, date of birth, driver license number, and case/citation number so completion posts to the right case. Immediate access, self-paced lessons in English or Spanish, unlimited retries, pay only when you pass.
Pass the final and your completion is reported electronically to the court — you don't mail a certificate. Leave enough time before your due date for the court record to update.
Traffic-school completion is reported electronically, so you don't need a DMV trip just to report the course. If you need DMV services for another reason, the closest field office to the Barstow court is the Barstow DMV, 528 E Virginia Way, Barstow, CA 92311. If you're coming from Victorville, Hesperia, or Apple Valley, the Victorville field office may actually be closer to home — use the official DMV location finder to check current hours and find whichever office is nearest. Check your citation first; the court listed there controls where the case is handled.
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