Northern Virginia Traffic Courts & Tickets
Which court hears your ticket in Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun, Prince William or Alexandria — and what happens when you get there
Which general district court hears a ticket written in Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun, Prince William or Alexandria, and what happens on the court date.
Every page cites the Code of Virginia, links to the official text, and shows the date it was last checked. How these guides are researched.
The Courts
Which general district court hears a traffic charge in Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William or Alexandria, and what that court does with it.
- Fairfax County, VA Traffic Court: The General District Court
Fairfax County VA traffic court is the General District Court: what it hears, what it costs, how to ask for a continuance and how a 10-day appeal works.
- Manassas General District Court and the Prince William Docket
The general district court in Manassas VA is the Prince William court: which three localities it covers, what its traffic docket does and what a case costs.
- The General District Court in Arlington, VA: How a Ticket Is Heard
The general district court in Arlington VA hears every traffic charge written in the county: what it does with one, what it costs and how appeals work.
- Alexandria, VA General District Court and Its Traffic Docket
The Alexandria VA General District Court hears every traffic charge written in the city — a city that sits in no county at all. What a case there costs.
Tickets & Paying
What a Virginia traffic summons actually is, what prepaying one does to your record, and what it costs to settle a ticket in Fairfax or Loudoun without a trial.
- Pay a Fairfax County, Virginia Traffic Ticket, and What Paying Does
How to pay a Fairfax County Virginia traffic ticket, what prepaying does to your record, what the total comes to, and which charges cannot be paid.
- A Fairfax Traffic Ticket: What the Summons Says and What to Do
What a Fairfax traffic ticket actually is, which court hears it, the three things you can do with it, and what happens if you ignore it entirely.
- A Loudoun County Traffic Ticket: Cost, Court and Options
What a Loudoun County traffic ticket costs, which court hears it, what prepaying does to your record, and the charges that cannot be paid at all.
Speeding & Reckless
Where a Northern Virginia speeding charge stops being a ticket and becomes a Class 1 misdemeanor you have to appear for, and which court hears it.
- Reckless Driving in Fairfax, Virginia: The Court and the Charge
Reckless driving in Virginia is a crime, and a Fairfax charge cannot be prepaid. Which court hears it, what happens on the day, and what it costs.
- A Fairfax County Speeding Ticket: Cost, Points and the Reckless Line
What a Fairfax County speeding ticket costs under the statewide schedule, how many DMV points it carries, and the speed at which it becomes a crime.
- A Loudoun County Speeding Ticket and the Leesburg Docket
A Loudoun County speeding ticket is priced by the mile per hour, heard in Leesburg, and stops being a ticket at all above a line drawn by statute.