What a Missouri speeding ticket is
This page quotes the Revised Statutes of Missouri (revisor.mo.gov, retrieved 29 Oct 2026): parts of RSMo 304.010, headed “Definitions — maximum speed limits — cities, towns, villages, certain counties, may set speed limit, how set — slower speeds set, when — violations, penalty.”, and parts of RSMo 302.302, headed “Point system — assessment for violation — assessment of points stayed, when, procedure.” It also quotes rows of a Missouri fine schedule for traffic offenses in two copies: a copy posted on archive.org (Internet Archive), and a copy posted by the 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County (16thcircuit.org) with costs and totals, all retrieved 29 Oct 2026 and listed under Sources below. It does not apply them to any notice. Read any court, charge, statute or ordinance, speed limit, alleged speed, appearance date, and amount shown on your notice. Confirm what your notice says.
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The statute text below is quoted from the revisor.mo.gov section pages as shown when retrieved on 29 Oct 2026. Each revisor page shows “Effective - 28 Aug 2026” above the section text. Both schedule copies quoted below are dated before that date. Schedule rows are quoted cell by cell as printed, for the columns shown.
What RSMo 304.010 says about uniform maximum speed limits
RSMo 304.010, subsection 2: “Except as otherwise provided in this section, the uniform maximum speed limits are and no vehicle shall be operated in excess of the speed limits established pursuant to this section:”
- (1) “Upon the rural interstates and freeways of this state, seventy-five miles per hour;”
- (2) “Upon the rural expressways of this state, sixty-five miles per hour;”
- (3) “Upon the interstate highways, freeways or expressways within the urbanized areas of this state, sixty miles per hour;”
- (4) “All other roads and highways in this state not located in an urbanized area and not provided for in subdivisions (1) to (3) of this subsection, sixty miles per hour;”
- (5) “All other roads provided for in subdivision (4) of this subsection shall not include any state two-lane road which is identified by letter. Such lettered roads shall not exceed fifty-five miles per hour unless set at a higher speed as established by the department of transportation, except that no speed limit shall be set higher than sixty miles per hour;”
- (6) “For the purposes of enforcing the speed limit laws of this state, it is a rebuttable presumption that the posted speed limit is the legal speed limit.”
RSMo 304.010, subsection 3: “On any state road or highway where the speed limit is not set pursuant to a local ordinance, the highways and transportation commission may set a speed limit higher or lower than the uniform maximum speed limit provided in subsection 2 of this section, if a higher or lower speed limit is recommended by the department of transportation. The department of public safety, where it believes for safety reasons, or to expedite the flow of traffic a higher or lower speed limit is warranted, may request the department of transportation to raise or lower such speed limit, except that no speed limit shall be set higher than seventy-five miles per hour.”
That is the statute’s statement. This page does not say how that statement applies to a particular citation, license, or insurance policy. This page quotes all of subsections 2 and 3, and subsection 11 below. Section 304.010 has other subsections, 1 and 4 to 10, that this page does not cover, including subsection 1, which defines terms used above, and subsections 4 to 6, on speed limits set by cities, towns, villages, and county commissions. This page does not list the speed limits posted on particular roads, and it does not say whether a particular road is a rural interstate, a freeway, an expressway, or in an urbanized area.
The revisor page prints, at the end of the history line for section 304.010: “A.L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al., A.L. 2026 S.B. 1408”. This page does not quote 2026 S.B. 1408, and it does not say what that bill changed.
What RSMo 304.010 subsection 11 says about class C and class B misdemeanors
RSMo 304.010, subsection 11: “Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor, unless such person was exceeding the posted speed limit by twenty miles per hour or more then it is a class B misdemeanor.”
That is the statute’s statement. This page does not say how that statement applies to a particular citation, license, or insurance policy. This page does not quote the sections of the Revised Statutes of Missouri that set penalties for misdemeanor classes, and it does not say what charge or class appears on a particular notice.
What the September 2024 Fine Schedule for Traffic Offenses lists for RSMo 304.010 speed rows
The archive.org item page for this copy is titled “Missouri Statewide Traffic Offenses Fine Schedule Effective September 2024” and names as its creator “Missouri State Courts, Office of State Courts Administrator”, in the collection “Missouri State Publications”. This page quotes the archive.org copy of that PDF; it is a copy posted on archive.org, not a copy retrieved from a Missouri courts website.
The archive.org copy is headed “FINE SCHEDULE FOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES” and “EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 2024”, with columns headed “CHARGE CODE”, “STATUTE”, “DESCRIPTION”, “FINE”, and “PAY ON PLEAD & PAY EXPIRES”. It lists these rows. This page shows each row’s charge code, statute, description, and fine cells as printed; it does not show the “PAY ON PLEAD & PAY EXPIRES” column.
| Charge code | Statute | Description | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|
| “304.010-002N199954” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 1-5 MPH)” | “$50.50” |
| “304.010-003N199954” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 6-10 MPH)” | “$60.50” |
| “304.010-004N199954” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 11-15 MPH)” | “$80.50” |
| “304.010-005N199954” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 16-19 MPH)” | “$120.50” |
| “304.010-006N201154” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 20 - 25 MPH)” | “$200.50” |
Those are the schedule’s statements. The schedule has other rows that this page does not cover, including another row for statute 304.010, charge code “304.010-001N199654”, on vehicle weight. This page does not quote the Missouri courts’ own posting of the statewide schedule, which could not be retrieved for this page, or any edition later than the September 2024 copy shown above. It does not say which row applies to a particular notice.
What the 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County schedule lists for RSMo 304.010 speed rows
The 16th Circuit home page is titled “Home - 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri”. The 16th Circuit schedule, a PDF posted on that court’s site, is headed “FINE SCHEDULE FOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES” and “EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 2024 - updated 9/30/2025”, with columns headed “CHARGE CODE”, “STATUTE”, “DESCRIPTION”, “Costs”, and “Total”, and a column whose heading is printed on two lines as “Committee” and “Fine Amount”. It lists these rows. This page shows each row’s cells as printed.
| Charge code | Statute | Description | Committee Fine Amount | Costs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “304.010-002N199954” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 1-5 MPH)” | “$50.50” | “$69.50” | “$120.00” |
| “304.010-003N199954” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 6-10 MPH)” | “$60.50” | “$73.50” | “$134.00” |
| “304.010-004N199954” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 11-15 MPH)” | “$80.50” | “$73.50” | “$154.00” |
| “304.010-005N199954” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 16-19 MPH)” | “$120.50” | “$73.50” | “$194.00” |
| “304.010-006N201154” | “304.010” | “EXCEEDED POSTED SPEED LIMIT (EXCEEDED BY 20 - 25 MPH)” | “$200.50” | “$73.50” | “$274.00” |
Those are the court schedule’s statements. It is one circuit court’s schedule, and the costs and totals in it are that court’s. The schedule has other rows that this page does not cover. Court schedules are published court by court; this page does not say what costs or totals another Missouri court lists, and it does not say what amount appears on a particular notice.
What RSMo 302.302 subsection 1 lists for speeding
RSMo 302.302, subsection 1: “The director of revenue shall put into effect a point system for the suspension and revocation of licenses. Points shall be assessed only after a conviction or forfeiture of collateral. The initial point value is as follows:”
| Row | Entry | Cell |
|---|---|---|
| “(2) Speeding” | “In violation of a state law” | “3 points” |
| “In violation of a county or municipal ordinance” | “2 points” |
RSMo 302.302, subsection 3: “An additional two points shall be assessed when personal injury or property damage results from any violation listed in subdivisions (1) to (13) of subsection 1 of this section and if found to be warranted and certified by the reporting court.”
RSMo 302.302, subsection 4: “When any of the acts listed in subdivision (2), (3), (4) or (8) of subsection 1 of this section constitutes both a violation of a state law and a violation of a county or municipal ordinance, points may be assessed for either violation but not for both.”
RSMo 302.302, subsection 5: “The director of revenue shall put into effect a system for staying the assessment of points against an operator.” It continues: “The system shall provide that the satisfactory completion of a driver-improvement program or, in the case of violations committed while operating a motorcycle, a motorcycle-rider training course approved by the state highways and transportation commission, by an operator, when so ordered and verified by any court having jurisdiction over any law of this state or county or municipal ordinance, regulating motor vehicles, other than a violation committed in a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 302.700 or a violation committed by an individual who has been issued a commercial driver's license or is required to obtain a commercial driver's license in this state or any other state, shall be accepted by the director in lieu of the assessment of points for a violation pursuant to subdivision (1), (2) or (4) of subsection 1 of this section or pursuant to subsection 3 of this section.” It continues: “The completion of a driver-improvement program or a motorcycle-rider training course shall not be accepted in lieu of points more than one time in any thirty-six-month period and shall be completed within sixty days of the date of conviction in order to be accepted in lieu of the assessment of points.”
That is the statute’s statement. This page does not say how that statement applies to a particular citation, license, or insurance policy. Subsection 1 has other subdivisions, (1) and (3) to (19), that this page does not cover. Section 302.302 has another subsection, 2, that this page does not cover; subsection 4 has another sentence, and subsection 5 has other sentences, that this page does not cover. This page does not quote section 302.700. The revisor page prints, at the end of the history line for section 302.302: “A.L. 2013 H.B. 103 merged with S.B. 23 merged with S.B. 282, A.L. 2026 S.B. 1421”. This page does not quote 2026 S.B. 1421, and it does not say what that bill changed. This page does not say whether a court orders or accepts a program in a particular case.
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Sources retrieved 29 Oct 2026:
- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=304.010
- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=302.302
- https://archive.org/details/2024MoTrafficFineSchedule
- https://www.16thcircuit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/fine-schedule---state-traffic-offenses.pdf
- https://www.16thcircuit.org/
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Information on this page was last checked against official sources on November 3, 2026.