Court Supervision For Traffic Offenses

Court Supervision is a way of keeping your traffic ticket off your public driving  record.   As long as you don't receive another traffic ticket within the given supervision time period your current ticket stays off your public record.

Court supervision can only be obtained if you have not received it within the past year.

There are two ways to obtain court supervision.  You may ask for it in the courtroom or take a traffic safety course.

If you wish to obtain court supervision through the courtroom, you need to appear in court on the date the officer gave you on your ticket and ask for court supervision.   Your court date and time are at the bottom of your ticket. 

If your offense is a minor one, and you are not required to appear in court, you may apply for Traffic Safety School.  This is a one time, four hour class through Rock Valley College in Rockford.  They also offer classes in Belvidere, Dixon, Freeport and Elizabeth, IL.  The classes are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM and Saturdays from 8:00am to 12:00 noon or 1:00pm to 5:00pm.   

Date and Time Cannot be Guaranteed.

To enroll in traffic school you need to come to the Ogle County Circuit Clerk's office, Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm, anytime before the court date on the bottom of your ticket.  There, you need to fill out the registration form and pay the $30.00 school registration fee plus your traffic fine of $75.00 or $95.00.   If your driver's license was held for bond, you would receive it at this time.   Your registration form will be sent to Rock Valley College, who, will in turn send you your scheduled class date.  If you have any conflicts, you can contact the school at 815-921-3940.  

If you live outside the area, you can also contact the school to check on a participating school in your area.  However, you can only obtain the appropriate forms from our office in Oregon, IL for the Traffic Safety School.  You can only take the traffic school once a year.  If you are found to be ineligible, the $30.00 registration fee is non-refundable.

Court Supervision Questions

Obtaining court supervision does NOT guarantee your insurance rates will not increase.  Your citation will still be reported to the Illinois Secretary of State.  It will be reported that you received court supervision as opposed to a conviction.  It is up to the discretion of each individual insurance company as to what action they take.  Every company differs in their policies & procedures.  The object of receiving court supervision is to keep a conviction off your driving public record.

Circuit Clerk - Traffic
106 S. 5th, Suite 300
Oregon, IL 61061

If you have any further questions regarding obtaining court supervision in the courtroom, please call the Ogle County State's Attorney's office at 815-732-1170;

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If you received your citation from the City of Byron, phone:  815-732-2101;

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If you received your citation from the City of Rochelle, phone:  815-562-2704.