Traffic School and Traffic Ticket Help for San Anselmo, Marin County, California

Most California drivers with a non-commercial license, a non-commercial-vehicle citation, and no traffic school use in the prior 18 months can ask their court about attending traffic school to prevent the associated point from appearing on their public driving record. If you're eligible, the court — not the school — sets your deadline and confirms whether an online course is acceptable. San Anselmo citations are typically handled by the Marin County Superior Court's Traffic Division in San Rafael, and enforcement in San Anselmo is provided by the Central Marin Police Authority (CMPA), a joint agency serving San Anselmo, Corte Madera, and Larkspur. In 2013, the San Anselmo Police Department joined the Twin Cities Police Authority and this new authority was named the Central Marin Police Authority, which is administered under a joint powers authority to provide police services to San Anselmo, Corte Madera and Larkspur.

San Anselmo does not operate its own police department or its own traffic court. Traffic enforcement inside the town is provided by the Central Marin Police Authority, which maintains a local office on the first floor of San Anselmo Town Hall in addition to its Larkspur headquarters. Citations written by CMPA officers (or other agencies, such as the California Highway Patrol, on roads within or near San Anselmo) are filed with the Marin County Superior Court, which handles all traffic infractions countywide — Marin does not have a separate municipal traffic court. Your citation or the courtesy notice that follows it will identify your specific case number and any eligibility for traffic school; use that document, not general assumptions, to confirm your options.

The Marin County Superior Court's Traffic Division processes citations from throughout the county, including San Anselmo. According to the court, individuals can resolve infraction cases at any time, and the automated system lets the public locate and review citations, pay fines and fees, set up payment plans, sign up and pay for traffic violator school, review completion due dates, post bail for a contested trial date, and check scheduled court dates. The same automated system also allows a driver to request a one-time 30-day extension to pay a fine or appear in court, and separately a one-time 30-day extension to complete traffic violator school.

Marin County Superior Court — Traffic Division

• Address (Traffic Clerk's Office): Marin County Civic Center, Hall of Justice, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94903
• Mailing address: Marin County Superior Court – Traffic, P.O. Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 94913
• Traffic clerk phone: (415) 444-7180 (phone hours Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00–2:00 p.m.)
• Automated case/payment line: (415) 448-8230 (Monday–Friday, 5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Saturday, 5:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.)
• Counter hours: The Traffic Clerk's Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., except on holidays.
• Official traffic division page: marin.courts.ca.gov/divisions/traffic
• Online citation lookup and payment portal: marincourt.org/MarinTrafficWeb/TrafficMain.aspx
• Role and service area: Handles all traffic infractions countywide, including citations issued in San Anselmo by CMPA or other agencies. Your citation or courtesy notice will confirm that this is your assigned court; this page does not assume every San Anselmo ticket is necessarily filed here without checking the notice.

If you cannot afford the full fine, the court's MyCitations online tool allows you to enter a plea and make an ability-to-pay request on eligible infractions, including requesting a payment plan, more time to pay, or community service in lieu of paying fines and fees.

California law allows a driver to contest a ticket without appearing in person through a trial by written declaration, using court forms (TR-205 and the attached declaration MC-031) available through the Marin County Superior Court and the statewide Judicial Branch self-help site. This is a separate path from traffic school — you cannot both contest a ticket and simultaneously use traffic school to mask it unless the court's process for your specific citation allows that sequence; confirm this with the traffic clerk before choosing a path.

San Anselmo's primary east-west arterial, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, has been the subject of specific town-led traffic safety review. The Town of San Anselmo commissioned a traffic engineering study to evaluate a "road diet" for the section of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard immediately west of Butterfield Road, aimed at reducing speeds and improving safety in both directions along the four-lane corridor. Separately, a regional signal-coordination project covering 16 traffic signals along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Red Hill Avenue/4th Street found that twelve of the project intersections are owned and operated by the Town of San Anselmo itself, with the remainder controlled by neighboring San Rafael, Fairfax, and Ross — meaning drivers passing through San Anselmo cross signals under more than one local jurisdiction. This corridor has also been the site of documented collisions, including a solo-vehicle rollover reported by Central Marin Police Authority. Drivers who received a citation on this corridor should note that posted speed limits and signal timing may reflect these ongoing local safety adjustments; check the Town of San Anselmo's public works and police department pages for current conditions before assuming a fixed layout.

• California Traffic School Course Information — GoToTrafficSchool's statewide California course page, for general eligibility, course format, and enrollment details applicable to any California driver, including San Anselmo residents.
• Marin County Traffic School and Court Guide — the parent county page (when available) for broader Marin County court routing, since several agencies besides CMPA issue citations that are still processed by the same county court.
• Marin County Superior Court — Official Traffic Division — for case lookup, payment, extensions, and confirming whether an online course applies to your specific citation.