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kolive
My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California
I received my courtesy notice for a speeding ticket I received in San Diego county. VC22350. My violation was for 13 over. I want to request a breakdown of the total bail amount they sent me so I know exactly what I'm paying for and if they charged me the correct amount for my violation. Is there somewhere online I can find this information? I have searched high and low and cannot find this info anywhere. I just know I should be charged $35.00 for the violation itself and my total bail is $235.00. I want to know what the other $200 is for. If I called the court would they be able to provide this info for me? Thanks!
There are associated fees and assessments that are tacked onto the basic fine, and some of these are calculated as a multiple of the base fine.
Here is a general breakdown:
III. Additional Penalties and Surcharge
A. An “additional penalty” of between $21 and $26 ($10 state penalty required by Penal Code section 1464; state court
construction penalty of $5 required by Government Code section 70372(a); a DNA Identification Fund penalty of $4 required by
Government Code sections 76104.6 and 76104.7 (amended effective June 10, 2010); and a county penalty of up to $7 required
by Government Code section 76000(e)) shall be levied upon every $10, or part of $10, of every fine, penalty, or forfeiture
imposed and collected by the courts for criminal offenses. The “additional penalty” may increase by $2 for every $10, or part of
$10, of the base fine if the county board of supervisors elects to levy an emergency medical services (EMS) penalty assessment
under Government Code section 76000.5.
B. Government Code section 70372(a) requires imposition of a state court construction penalty on every fine, penalty, or
forfeiture collected by the courts for criminal offenses, including, but not limited to, all offenses, except parking offenses,
as defined in Penal Code section 1463, involving violations of the Fish and Game Code and Vehicle Code or local ordinances
adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code. Section 70372 specifies a state court construction penalty of $5 for every $10,
or part of $10, of the criminal fine, penalty, or forfeiture.
C. Penal Code section 1464(b) provides that in the case of multiple offenses, the amount of “additional penalties” is to be
determined by the total base bail or fine for all the offenses cited, and if the fine or base bail is suspended in whole or part,
the “additional penalties” shall be reduced in proportion to the amount of suspension.
D. Penal Code section 1465.7(a) requires imposition on criminal offenses of a state surcharge equal to 20 percent of the base
fine used to calculate the state penalty assessment as specified in Penal Code section 1464(a). Penal Code section
1465.7(b) requires that the surcharge be imposed in addition to the state penalty assessment pursuant to Penal Code section
1464 and not be included in the base fine used to calculate the state penalty assessment as specified in section 1464. For the
limited purpose of calculating the fee to attend traffic violator school under Vehicle Code section 42007, Penal Code section
1465.7(g) provides that the surcharge is excluded from the “Total Bail” amount used to determine the fee but is collected and
distributed according to section 1465.7. The surcharge is part of the “Total Bail” in other circumstances, such as when a
defendant requests a trial by written declaration or when a court permits payment of the “Total Bail” in installments.
E. In counties with bonded indebtedness for court facilities, the count penalty assessment amount under Government Code section
76000(e) is $7 for every $10 or part of $10 of the base fine. In counties without bonded indebtedness for court facilities, if the
county penalty assessment amount listed in Government Code section 76000(e) is less than $7, the penalty for every $10, or
part of $10, of the base fine is equal to the amount listed in Government Code section 76000(e) plus the amount obtained from
multiplying the difference between $7 and the amount listed in Government Code section 76000(e) by the ratio of the square
footage of court facilities transferred from the county to the state to the total court facility square footage in the county.
F. Under Government Code section 76000.10(c)(1), a penalty of $4 for emergency medical services (EMS) is imposed for every
conviction of a violation of the Vehicle Code, or a local ordinance adopted under the Vehicle Code, committed on or after
January 1, 2011. (Assem. Bill 2173; Stats. 2010, ch. 547.)
The state 2011 Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule indicates a total of about $233 for most CVC 22350 violations (assuming an excessive speed of 15 MPH or less).