Moraga, CA Online Traffic School: Ticket Help and Course Information

Not automatically for every court or every driver. Statewide, California courts allow eligible drivers to attend traffic school to keep a qualifying point off their public driving record, but eligibility and provider acceptance are set court-by-court, and drivers must confirm eligibility with their specific court before assuming an online course will be accepted. Your citation or the court's follow-up notice will tell you whether traffic school is offered for your specific ticket.

Moraga does not have its own municipal traffic court. Traffic citations issued within Moraga are handled by the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa, at its Walnut Creek location. The court's own location page confirms this directly: "The Traffic Court in Walnut Creek serves the communities of: Alamo, Avon, Canyon, Clayton, Clyde, Concord, Danville, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pacheco, Pleasant Hill, Rheem, Rossmoor, San Ramon, St. Mary's College, Walnut Creek, and Ygnacio Valley."

Walnut Creek Juvenile and Traffic Center

• Court/division: Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — Traffic Division (housed at the Juvenile and Traffic Center)
• Street address: 640 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
• Phone: (925) 608-1000
• Building hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
• Traffic clerk window hours: The court states clerk's windows are open "Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m." The page also notes that "Traffic clerks accept payments for traffic cases only" and that "Juvenile and traffic clerk windows open to the public at 8:00 AM and close at 4:00 PM."
• Filing option: For after-hours submissions, the court explains that its "Walnut Creek drop box is located to the left of the entrance to the courthouse... Any document deposited in this drop box between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM will be deemed filed on that same day."
• Official court page: Walnut Creek Juvenile and Traffic Center | Traffic Division
• Online case services: Court Traffic Portal (case lookup) and Pay Traffic Fines (payment)

Your citation or the court's mailed notice — not this page — identifies your specific case number, response deadline, and whether traffic school is offered for your violation. If your notice does not clearly state your options, contact the traffic clerk's window above directly.

The Moraga Police Department is the primary local law enforcement agency for traffic stops within town limits; Contra Costa County agencies and the California Highway Patrol may also issue citations on certain roads. The issuing agency is separate from the court that processes your case and from any traffic school provider — Moraga PD does not decide traffic school eligibility or approve course providers. If you need to reach the department about a citation-related matter (not court scheduling), its listed contact is:

• Moraga Police Department: 329 Rheem Boulevard, Moraga, CA 94556
• Non-emergency/front desk: (925) 888-7055
• Dispatch: (925) 284-5010

California's statewide framework (verified in the operator-supplied state research) governs eligibility for all Contra Costa County drivers, including those cited in Moraga:

• You are generally eligible for traffic school if you hold a valid noncommercial driver's license, your ticket is for a noncommercial vehicle, and you have not attended traffic school in the past 18 months.
• Certain violations do not qualify, including equipment-related tickets and alcohol/drug-related citations.
• Commercial license holders and commercial-vehicle citations follow different, court-determined rules — ask the Walnut Creek traffic clerk how this applies to your specific case.
• Completing traffic school does not erase the underlying citation. For an eligible noncommercial violation, it can keep the resulting point from appearing on your public DMV record, which is what keeps insurers from seeing it. It does not remove points from DMV's internal driving record or reinstate a suspended license.

GoToTrafficSchool.com offers a 100%-online, self-paced California traffic school course intended to satisfy an eligible court-ordered or court-approved traffic school requirement. The company states the course is licensed by the California DMV and reports completions to the state, and that students can switch devices and retake the final exam if needed. These are company statements; independent confirmation of GoToTrafficSchool's specific license status on the DMV's public traffic-school list, and confirmation that the Walnut Creek Traffic Division specifically accepts this course, were not completed in this research pass. Before enrolling, Moraga drivers should confirm with the Walnut Creek traffic clerk (925-608-1000) that online traffic school — and this provider specifically — will satisfy their citation.

If you disagree with a citation handled through Walnut Creek, California's statewide trial-by-written-declaration process lets you contest by mail using forms TR-205 and MC-031, filed with your response by the deadline on your notice, instead of appearing in person. This is a statewide option, not a Moraga-specific procedure, and it does not substitute for confirming your specific case number and deadline with the court.

Moraga's town government has identified safety concerns on St. Mary's Road, where a proposed project would construct roundabouts at the Rheem Boulevard and Bollinger Canyon Road intersections; official project documents describe the goal as improving "traffic operations and pedestrian and bicycle access and safety" along that corridor. A related environmental review states the roundabouts are proposed "to alleviate the current congestion, reduce intersection delays and queues, improve multimodal safety" at those intersections. As of this research date, this project is in the planning/environmental-review stage, not completed construction — drivers should expect continued current conditions on that stretch of St. Mary's Road pending final approval and construction scheduling.

• Contra Costa County Traffic School Guide (county-level page, when available) — for broader Contra Costa court and provider information beyond Moraga's assigned court.
• California Traffic School Course Information — GoToTrafficSchool.com's California state page — for statewide eligibility rules, the company's course details, and enrollment.
• Walnut Creek Juvenile and Traffic Center — official court page — for case lookup, payment links, and the court's own procedure pages, since this court, not GoToTrafficSchool.com, controls your case status and deadlines.

Sources reviewed for this page (accessed 2026-09-23):

• Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — Walnut Creek Juvenile and Traffic Center
• Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — Traffic Division
• Town of Moraga — Police Department and Contact page
• Wikipedia — Moraga, California (incorporation status/geography verification only)
• CEQA project filings — St. Mary's Road Double Roundabouts Project environmental documents (files.ceqanet.opr.ca.gov / files.ceqanet.lci.ca.gov)
• Operator-supplied California state research packet (statewide traffic school, DMV, and insurance rules)

Verification date: 2026-09-23