Municipal Court Traffic Division - Los Angeles, California

Jessy Adorno

Super great place! Pretty much no line which is great for a government building. Window tellers are fast paced and do a very good job! Overall had a great experience and if you have a eye for it you will very much enjoy its architecture. Don't forget to have 10 bucks for public parking. I won't get tickets and ill have my insurance payed I promise.

Rachel Hunter

I don't like coming here as it is the biggest time wasting courthouse with it's Kafka-esque lines. So much of this would be eliminated if they upgraded their online services such as requesting court dates and made it more flexible to search their website. Also, I found a majority of the staff to be helpful but not always and some were quite rude and somewhat condescending. I was there for Traffic Court and had to sit through the very end just to request the judge to reopen my case. FYI if you pay online you forfeit your right to trial, complete BS!

Mia Evans

Ok so yes this court is very outdated and slow at times but the supervisor in the clerks office specifically, has been extremely helpful after I faced paying a large ticket. Majority of the employees I’ve encountered here are nice each time I’ve been here. The judges have been kind and fair towards me and towards other cases I’ve witnessed. Best day to get in and out are Friday’s.

Google Email

I would give no stars but that's not an option. How in the hell do you guys not have operators on the phone anymore? I don't have time to go to the courthouse and the website doesn't answer my question. You sure like to hand tickets out but are not available when it comes to asking questions. ....... typical broken down government failure. Tax us, cite us and don't offer any services.

Tae Yoon

It would be great if an earthquake happened underneath this place from 8AM to 4PM.

There is no way to pay for tickets using the automated or online system. No one answers phones. They will however find a way to suspend licenses, issue warrants and pay cops overtime to show up for tickets.

D Smith

Only thing I need to do is to make a payment, yet the only way to pay is to come here and when I go, no one knows where I can make a payment at? No cashier's counter at least? I have to explore and find out where I need to go to pay? This is almost laughable if it wasn't so very real. Even the compton courthouse has a cashier's counter and guess what? It's right on the first floor with a big sign above it. This is the metropolitan courthouse just outside of downtown LA and no cashier's counter?

Forget the occasionally somewhat rude employees, who respond as if I should know...I don't work here and it's only my second time here. Yet I can understand that. I'm sure it gets tiring answering the same questions everyday.

But the fact that I can't just walk to a cashier's desk or that there aren't any signs or labels for the cashier and I have to explore through all the floors and rooms that look basically the same, by default is worth 1 star alone. No one knows where it is? What's so difficult about having a cashier's desk? Especially if you expect people to make their payments here and there is no where else to go to do that...

Marvin F

WOW! Our court system is in shabbles. Got a ticket in Aug., sent in my bail and courtesy notice receipt with the TRIAL BY DECLARATION box clearly marked with an "X" to the Metro Court 1945 S. Hill St. LA, CA 9007

What did the understaffed and undereducated court personnel do. They closed out my case as if I was not going to contest it. So, I tried calling to get some recourse.....futile effort, there's no one there to answer the phones...it's all automated. So, in effect, they broke the law, denied me my right to defend myself knowing full well I could not come after them. WHAT A RACKET....so sad that our corrupt government stoops to this level to pick our pockets. SHAME ON YOU!

Ryan Ring

This is a very difficult courthouse to deal with! For some reason they had a massive lay-off recently of numerous employees, and they don't have anyone to answer their phones. The only way to contact this courthouse is to physically show up there in person. They have an automated phone system you can call into to take care of general traffic issues, but if you cant get anywhere with that, your only option is to drive down to the courthouse and wait in line to talk to the clerks.

I live 500 miles away from this courthouse and am fighting a small traffic violation that occurred almost a year ago. Between a mix-up on the officer's part in misfiling my ticket, and the wrong information I was given by the clerk, I have never had an opportunity to pay my ticket for the correct amount, they have suspended my license, and more than doubled my total fines. "Frustrated" doesn't quite capture the way I feel about this specific court! I don’t understand how an agency can get away with fining people, anywhere in the country, hundreds of dollars and fail to have someone able to answer their phones! It is ridiculous!