When you receive your citation from law enforcement, on the top portion of the citation it should read either "CRIMINAL" or "CIVIL". If your citation states CRIMINAL or CIVIL, your citation can be paid at: Allpaid 8422.
Below are the procedures for handling your CIVIL TRAFFIC infraction citation. These procedures are only for a CIVIL TRAFFIC citation, not a citation that you have received that remains a criminal matter.
Any person who receives a civil traffic infraction citation shall respond to the citation not later than 90 calendar days after the date on which the citation is issued. Meaning, you have 90 days from the date on the civil citation to respond to this court.
PAY THE CITATION IN FULL:
If the person does not desire to contest the civil citation, they must indicate the intent not to contest and pay the citation in full on or before the 90 calendar days after the citation was issued. Partial payments can be made as long as the citation is paid in full on or before the 90 calendar days after the citation was issued.
Payment(s) for Civil Traffic Infraction Citations can be paid online at Allpaid 8422. If you pay your civil citation at Allpaid 8422 you must enter your name and the citation number.
You can also pay for the citation in person at the Court or by mail. If you mail in your payment, you must write down your name and civil citation number on the cashier’s check, or money order. Do not send cash in the mail. All cashier’s checks and money orders should be made out to the “City of Sparks”. You can mail your payment to Sparks Municipal Court, 1450 C Street, Sparks NV 89431.
If a person does not respond to the Court regarding the civil citation, 30 days before the 90-day deadline, the Court will send a reminder that the person must respond to the civil citation within the 90-day deadline on the citation.
REQUEST FOR LENIENCY OR A REDUCTION (ODR):
A person may ask the Court for leniency or a reduction in the civil penalty by emailing the court at municlerks@sparksnv.gov and request to “resolve the traffic citation online without a formal hearing (ODR)”.
A person may have to provide the Court with documentation and should follow the Court's instructions to do so. The Court’s review can include waiving or reducing the civil penalty and/or ordering community service in lieu of the civil penalty.
If you have further questions you can contact the Court at (775) 353-2286.
A person can request traffic school through DMV, however a person must contact DMV to sign-up for traffic school, this request is no longer an option through the Court.
Once reviewed by the Court, the Court’s sentencing penalties are FINAL, and a person cannot change their plea once the Court orders the penalty. If a person does not want online resolution and would like to have the matter heard in front of the judge, they must contest the matter.
CONTEST THE CITATION AND REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING:
If the person wishes to contest the civil traffic citation, the person must respond by emailing the Court at municlerks@sparksnv.gov and “requesting a formal hearing to contest the citation”. The Court shall notify the person in writing of the time, place, and date of the hearing.
If you have further questions you can contact the Court at (775) 353-2286.
The person who is requesting to contest the civil citation may be required to post a bond equal to the amount of the full payment of the infraction, the administrative assessments, and any fees specified in the civil citation. Any bond posted or cash deposited with the Court must be forfeited upon the Court’s finding that the person committed the civil infraction.
The person who requested the contested administrative hearing may, at his or her expense, be represented by counsel, and may subpoena witnesses, including, without limitation, the peace officer who issued the citation and has the right to present evidence and examine witnesses present in Court.
After consideration of the evidence and argument, the Court shall determine whether a civil infraction was committed by a preponderance of the evidence. If it has been established by a preponderance of the evidence that the infraction was committed, the Court must enter in the Court’s records an order including a monetary penalty. If it has not been established by a preponderance of the evidence that the infraction was committed, the Court must enter an order dismissing the civil infraction into the Court’s records.
An appeal from the Court’s determination or order may be taken in the same manner as any other civil appeal in a Municipal Court except that the notice of appeal must be filed not later than 7 calendar days after the Court enters in the Court’s record an order. A person must post a bond in order to secure a stay of execution of the order of the Court that must equal the amount of the monetary penalty and administrative assessments which the Court has ordered the appellant to pay. Any bond must be forfeited if the order of the Court is affirmed on appeal.
If the person does not respond to the civil citation on or before the 90-day deadline, the Court must enter an order finding that the person committed the civil traffic infraction and assess the monetary penalty and administrative assessments, and add a collection and DMV fee for the civil citation. Additionally, the Court will send an order to the DMV suspending the person’s driver’s license.
If any person who fails to appear for their requested administrative hearing, the Court must enter an order finding that the person committed the civil infraction and assessing the monetary penalty and administrative assessments for the civil infraction and the suspension of the driver’s license of the person to the DMV. If a person fails to appear at a hearing, they may not appeal an order.
In addition to any penalty imposed, any person who is found by the Court to have committed a civil infraction at a contested hearing shall pay the witness fees, per diem allowances, travel expenses and other reimbursement as may be required.