Traffic ticket fines in Missouri

60.5Typical speeding fine (about 10 mph over)

$60.50 fine for 6 to 10 mph over, $97.00 with $36.50 court costs (Festus schedule following the statewide fine schedule as amended September 2025).¹

The details

Speeding fines: Fines: 1 to 5 over $50.50, 6 to 10 $60.50, 11 to 15 $80.50, 16 to 19 $120.50, 20 to 25 $200.50. Court costs $36.50 each.¹
Running a red light: Electric signal violation, $60.50 fine, $97.00 total.¹
No seatbelt: Seat belt violation, $10.00 with no court costs.¹
Where fines are set: Uniform Fine Schedules are developed under Supreme Court Rules 37.495 and 38.09. Local courts adopt them and court costs vary.¹²

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

The statewide schedule files could not be read, so amounts come from one court's schedule that follows it. Totals differ by court.

Order and Fine Schedule, City of Festus Ordinance Violations, October 2025, Circuit Court of the 23rd Judicial Circuit, Jefferson County, checked 2 November 2026
Uniform Fine Schedules, Missouri Courts, checked 2 November 2026

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