Traffic ticket fines in Colorado

135Typical speeding fine (about 10 mph over)

$135.00 penalty plus $16.00 surcharge for 10 to 19 mph over (C.R.S. 42-4-1701 penalty assessment schedule).¹²

The details

Speeding fines: 1 to 4 over $30.00 plus $6.00, 5 to 9 $70.00 plus $10.00, 10 to 19 $135.00 plus $16.00, 20 to 24 $200.00 plus $32.00 surcharge.¹²
Running a red light: Traffic signal violation (42-4-604), $100.00 penalty and $10.00 surcharge.¹
No seatbelt: Safety belts (42-4-237), $65.00 penalty and $6.00 surcharge.¹
Handheld phone: Mobile electronic devices (42-4-239), $75.00, $150.00 or $250.00 under subsections (4)(a)(I) to (III), each plus $10.00 surcharge.¹
Where fines are set: Penalties are set in the C.R.S. 42-4-1701 schedule. No penalty assessment notice may be issued for more than 24 mph over.¹

The sources we read do not say: driving without insurance, points system.

The full statute is from a secondary copy. The official General Assembly speeding summary dates from 2016 and matches the speeding amounts.

C.R.S. 42-4-1701 Violations, penalty assessment schedule, FindLaw (copy of Colorado Revised Statutes, current as of January 1, 2025) (secondary), checked 2 November 2026
Penalties for Speeding Violations, Colorado General Assembly, checked 2 November 2026

Checked 2 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.