Eligibility Requirements for Taking a Defensive Driving Course for the Mesa Arizona Traffic Citation Court Dismissal:
- You have not attended an Arizona Defensive Driving Course for an eligible traffic ticket issued within the past 12 months. Your eligibility to attend an approved Arizona Defensive Driving School is based on the date of your current violation not on the date you last attended a Defensive Driving Course.
- If you are eligible, you can attend to have only one violation dismissed per 12 month period.
- If you were involved in a serious bodily injury accident or fatal accident, you are not eligible..
- If you hold an Arizona commercial driver's license you are not eligible for the Arizona Defensive Driving Diversion
program, regardless of whether or not you were driving commercially at
the time of the violation. In addition, those driving a commercial
vehicle requiring a commercial driver's license are also not eligible.
The only exceptions to this rule are: 1.) if the violation occurred
before the driver held CDL status or 2.) if the violation occurred after
the driver surrendered his or her CDL status. For further information,
view A.R.S. 28-3392.
- You must complete your course no later than 7 days before your court date.
- You
may take the class online. If you were specifically ordered by a judge
to attend the course in person, you must register for a class room
course.
Arizona Defensive Driving Courses
Requirements for Non-Arizona Residents
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