Bexar County · TDLR CP018
Defensive driving for a San Antonio ticket. Six hours, online, TDLR-approved.
Cited in San Antonio? Our course is approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for use anywhere in Texas. What changes from city to city is the court, so this page is about San Antonio Municipal Court and what it asks for.
What San Antonio Municipal Court asks for
Verified against the court's own page on . Courts change their procedures, so confirm anything below with the clerk before you rely on it.
| Court costs | San Antonio requires the state and administrative fees to be paid at the time of the request, and does not publish the amount, noting that it changes with state law. Ask the clerk for the current figure before you file. |
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| Where | 401 S. Frio Street, San Antonio, TX 78207 |
| Phone | 210-207-8970 |
What to submit
- A plea of no contest or guilty on the citation
- A valid Texas driver license or permit. Proof of active military duty status also qualifies, as does being the spouse or dependent child of someone on active duty
- Proof of financial responsibility, meaning car insurance that is valid on the day you make the request and lists you by name as a driver on the policy
- Payment of the state and administrative fees at the time of the request
Does San Antonio want your driving record?
Plan on yes. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 45A.356(a) has you present both (a)(1) your certificate of completion and (a)(2) your Department of Public Safety driving record. San Antonio Municipal Court does not spell the record out in the requirements we could verify from its own page, but the statute is not specific to a city. The statute qualifies the record with "if any", and a judge may instead proceed under art. 45A.359, in which case the court will not ask you for one. Your court clerk is the authority on your own case.
What this court will not allow
- A driving safety course taken in the past 12 months to dispose of a citation
- Holding a commercial driver license
- Speeding 25 mph or more over the limit
- Driving 95 mph or more
- Passing a school bus loading or unloading children
- An offense in a construction or work zone with workers present
- Leaving the scene of a collision after damaging a vehicle that was driven or attended
Worth knowing about San Antonio specifically
A commercial insurance policy will not be accepted unless your own name appears on it. This catches out drivers who are insured only through a company vehicle.
Requests go through the court's citation web portal at https://6.municipal.cc/sanantoniocosatx/citationwebportal/.
The clerk's office at 401 S. Frio Street is open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and is closed on city holidays.
Source: San Antonio Municipal Court.
If your citation was written outside the San Antonio city limits, it will be heard by a Bexar County justice of the peace rather than the municipal court. See Bexar County's justice courts. The procedure is the same statute either way.
You need two documents, not one
The court asks for your certificate of completion and a certified Type 3A driving record. We can send you both, in one order.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 45A.356(a) names them together: (a)(1) your uniform certificate of completion, and (a)(2) a copy of your driving record showing you have not completed a driving safety course for dismissal in the previous 12 months. They are consecutive items in the same subsection.
- Document 1 Certificate of completion Issued the moment you finish the six-hour course, with nothing extra to pay for it. Comes with the course
- Document 2 Certified Type 3A driving record We place the order with DPS for you after checkout, and Type 3A is the only record type DPS allows for a driving safety course. Added to your order
Buy the course on its own and the clerk can still send you back for the record. Ordering both now means there is no second order to place later.
The statute qualifies the record with "if any", and a judge may instead proceed under art. 45A.359, in which case the court will not ask you for one. Your court clerk is the authority on your own case.
Course + Type 3A driving record
Both documents in one order for your San Antonio citation: the six-hour approved course and the certified DPS record you have to file with it.
Course only
The approved six-hour course on its own, only if you already hold your Type 3A record.
Driving record only
The certified Type 3A record, ordered from DPS on your behalf.
How it works, wherever you were cited
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Ask the court first
Enter a plea of no contest or guilty by the date on your citation and request a driving safety course. Taking the course before the court grants it does not qualify you.
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Complete the six hours
Online, at your own pace, on any device. Six hours is the TDLR minimum, so no approved provider can offer shorter.
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Order your Type 3A record
The certified DPS record is the second document the court needs. It is the only record type DPS permits for a driving safety course.
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File both with the court in time
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 45A.352 allows a 90-day period, but your court sets your actual date, so get it from the clerk in writing.
Dismissal is the court's decision, not ours. We are accountable for a TDLR-approved course and a valid certificate on time. Source: Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 45A.352.