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March 2023 by M E
If you call anywhere from half an hour to an hour before closing, they stop answering the phone. The phone advertises office hours advertise 9-12, but you'll be lucky to find anyone to help you during those hours.The only way to get actual assistant is to go in. And if they tell you to call back, hand you paperwork with a Contra Costa Traffic Court number, crumble it up and toss it that garbage back to them because calling is useless. Go in person. Just look at the only positive review on here, it's from someone who went in to traffic court and was helped. Everyone else attempted to call during there business hours and were ignored.Contra Costa Traffic Court ignores calls and for that they deserve negative reviews.
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April 2021 by Adriana M.
.My friend had two citations so we came to pay off his traffic tickets. The sheriff's at the door were very helpful and respectful. The clerk was very nice and helpful. My friend paid off his traffic tickets and was good to go wish all government institution had this kind of staff thanks Contra Costa county for forgiving our sin not criminalizing us . Justice was served long live democracy! Come early to avoid lines and find parking.
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August 2020 by Onur E.
I've recently submitted a request for trial by written declaration and the court found me 'not guilty' for a red light (21453(c)) violation. Don't get discouraged by 1-star review if you think you have a chance!
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March 2020 by Bruh Guy
Being put on hold for over an hour is unacceptable.
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February 2020 by Ca Y.
Too bad I could only give one star I would have given them negative 100 starts if I could. First of all the traffic law system is the most corrupt system in the overall California justice system. The root cause is simple, the whole system runs on traffic ticket fines. The police officers got paid for appearing in the court, the court commissioner is hired by the court, (That's why you never see a judge in a traffic case, all of them are commissioners). The court bailiff is hired by court and they think themselves a judge too even they didn't get a high school diploma. First of all when you entered the courts, you see a crow of people defend themselves for their tickets. Well too sad for them, this court is not a place to exercise the constitutional rights to defend themselves, they are just source of revenue of this highly corrupted system. Second you will wonder, why all the people there are grassroots, and surprisingly lots of them are minority ethical groups. The answer to me is simple, elite people won't get ticket with their fancy cars, if they got caught, their lawyer will do the work. Who will go to this crappy place try to fight for ticket of hundred dollars? Of course the grassroots. Apparently the commissioner, Jennifer Lee for my case, doesn't care too much of justice and constitutional rights. She knows well who is paying her payroll check and she did a pretty good job keeping her job. Not only herself, the court bailiff will not be just like a security guard, he will be proudly acting like a supreme court judge and asserting his privilege to stop defendant, educating them, yelling at them, throwing your presented evidence away, and above all, using force against defendant, he will not hesitate to drag you out of courtroom to end your hopeless fight against the corrupted traffic system.
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March 2019 by Mariah Bradford
Look, let's face it, if you are here you are not happy. But my experience there was really positive (despite the fact that I did not want to be there in the first place) because the clerks were very efficient, very nice, and I feel gave me great clear advice about my best course of action.
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October 2018 by Richard B.
Traffic court is never good but this place gets three stars when compared to other traffic courts. This court has enough parking to accommodate people. I went here to assist a family friend fight a traffic citation because I know something about that. Unfortunately a clerk told my friend that she could not have a trial by written declaration because she requested an extension which is not true. Unfortunately the officer showed up for my friends trial. The officer refused to accept a plea bargain to a 22526(a) blocking an intersection. My friend got commissioner Davis. My friend was charged with failure to stop at a circular red light signal. My friend was able to prove that the signal was an arrow signal and not a circular signal. Since the officer charged my friend with the wrong citation code she won at trial. My understanding was that every person who fought the cop based on contradicting the officer's testimony lost their case. Commissioner Davis did allow people who lost their case to take traffic school if they were eligible as opposed to some other judges. For those of you who are interested in fighting your citations I would strongly recommend the Nolo book, "Fight Your Ticket & Win in California." If you want to get a different judge or commissioner you can file a peremptory challenge. If you want to get the officer's notes and dashcam footage and body-cam footage you can file a discovery request. You must add a number "3." and "4." to the discovery request form and write "any and all dashcam footage" as well as "any and all body-cam footage." To get the forms go to the link below.
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June 2018 by Gary A.
When I asked to appear before the court i was asked if I was going to be represented by an lawyer. I marked no. When my case was heard, the Danville officer presented a dark and rather hard to see video from his helmet cam. I'm no lawyer, but thought this was unfair, as a lawyer could have argued the condition of the video which I couldn't do. Seems unfair to me to to let them know that no lawyer would be present and the judge allows the police to provide their evidence that you do not have a lawyer to argue for you. I agree that it seems a waste of time to go to court in CCC. Not a fair playing field.
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March 2018 by Black Angel Limousine
They have no idea what they are doing! It's not a court, its money collection center.
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January 2018 by Natalie B.
Unless you have a badge my advice would be to lawyer up or just pay the fine. It's your word versus the cops-you won't win. There won't be a discussion on reducing the fine. You will waste a paid day of work to wait 15 mins for the judge to tell you your guilty and that you need to pay in full. It's unfortunate for good, hard working people who don't break the law and feel that the punishment is unfair for something you know you didn't do. I will give one star for the clerks who are all very pleasant when I had to schedule my court date then unfortunately pay the fine. They deal with a high volume of grumpy people and still have a positive attitude. I've never been to court before and had no idea what I needed to do but they went over step by step what needed to be done and will even try and find a payment plan if the fine is too high to pay in full.
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October 2017 by Danielle C.
So I'm writing this review for other folks like me who like to at least know a little about what they're up against when it comes to situations that involve the court. So I received a ticket for driving on suspended as well as no proof of insurance. As soon as you sit down the judge (it was a woman the day I went) tells you she does not reduce any fines because she wants to be "fair" to everyone. She does give you the option of community service if you can't afford to pay. Oh and she will lecture you about driving when you're not supposed to. Also for any correctable violation you only have 48 hours to pay the dismissal fee or you will be forced to pay the full amount. Honestly if you can afford a lawyer I would encourage you to get one
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July 2017 by Michael G.
Went to court for a ticket I never got told them it was not me the told the office to look me in the face and if he was sure he gave me the ticket he look down and did not answer showed the judge and the officer that I was at work in sf at the time they told me it did not count it was irrelevant told them I don't owner a vehicle that they said I got pulled over in and they the officers got my birthday wrong they said the signature was kind of a like but they were not sure and they still found me guilty
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May 2017 by Harry R.
Go down & fight your ticket, don't let then system rob your wallet!
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January 2017 by Keisuke L.
Never like here never will. This court never reduce fine nor dismissed it. I had plenty here...
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December 2016 by Sivilay T.
Review #243 - 2016 Well, here's another place that I'd NEVER imagine myself writing a 4-star review for... Going to court is probably one of the worse thing that I could ever imagine doing on any given day, especially traffic court. My nephew got a speeding ticket and we ended up here twice because the first time we showed up, we were told he had to bring a parent or legal guardian since he was under 18, which I'm neither. The reason for my good rating is because I felt like we were treated like human beings rather than looked upon as criminals like other courthouses that I've been to. The officers up front who were checking us in were kind and polite, the cashier was helpful and nice, even the bailiff and judge were nice. I'm been to the Richmond courthouse plenty of times--so, if you want to see why I think this courthouse deserves a 4-star rating, you'll have to go experience the ghetto first.
