If you are eligible, you can use one of two forms to request to take a driver safety course and get your moving violation charges dismissed.
You are not eligible for a deferral for a moving violation if you received your citation while driving in a construction zone when workers were present. Otherwise, there are two ways to request to take a driver safety course and get your moving violation charges dismissed.
Statute-based driver safety course request
You can request to take a driver's safety course and pay $144—or $169 if the offense happened in a school zone—if all of the following information is true. You:
- Have a Texas driver’s license or active military personnel and their dependents.
- Have current, valid insurance.
- Do not have a commercial driver's license.
- Were not driving a commercial vehicle.
- Have not taken a driving safety course in the past 12 months.
- Were not cited for speeding 95+ mph or 25+ mph over the speed limit.
- Were not charged with leaving the scene of a collision.
- Were not charged with passing a school bus.
- Are placing this request before your initial appearance date.
Your request will be approved or denied based on whether you meet the criteria set out by Texas Statute.
Moving violation deferral request
If you do not meet the criteria above but you are eligible to request a deferral, you can request a deferral for a moving violation (with a driving safety course requirement) or request a deferral for a moving violation - no dsc (without a driving safety course requirement) and pay the associated fees, which you can find in the court's online case portal after your application is processed. The deferral option that does not require the driver safety course is $50.00 more than the option that does.