DeKalb County Traffic Court suspends non-essential hearings

The DeKalb County State Court Traffic Division is suspending all non-essential hearings until further notice, due to COVID-19 mandates by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

DeKalb Superior Court Chief Judge Asha Jackson announced the following order today(April 13):

• All Traffic Court hearings scheduled from March 16 through May 13 have been suspended until further notice. These court dates will be rescheduled, and a notice of a new court date will be mailed.

• Please do not appear at Court during this period.

WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS?

The court will maintain enough staff to process certain case closure requests during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday. The DeKalb County solicitor-general has agreed to review certain cases which may be resolved without a court appearance.

Persons who have not otherwise been contacted by the court regarding an opportunity to resolve their case remotely may contact the court with any inquiry or request at: dcrcinfo@dekalbcountyga.gov. Requests will be reviewed by a judge and may be approved electronically. If approved, payments may be made by telephone or online to bring closure to the case.

Fines may be paid online at: https://payments.myfivepoint.com/dekalb/web/.

Pleas may be submitted electronically at: dcrcinfo@dekalbcountyga.gov.

Persons also can sign up for text message updates for the Court at: www.Courtinnovations.com/GADCSC.

 Additional operational updates will be available as issued and can be found at:

www.dekalbstatecourt.net.

 For more information, contact Traffic Division Call Center at 404-294-2099.