Supervision is a manner in which a judge withholds entry of conviction on the reportable (moving) violation upon a guilty plea.  This is conditioned on the fact that you are not issued any other tickets within 120 days.  If you do not receive any other tickets and successfully complete traffic school, the case will terminate.  A report of supervision will be sent to the Secretary of State when supervision is granted.  The court supervision will remain on the record of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Not everyone is eligible for Option C. You are NOT eligible if any of the following apply to your situation:

• If you hold a CDL  
• If you are under the age of 18, you must appear in court with a parent or legal guardian to request supervision.
• You received multiple citations for the same incident (Please note if you received an additional citation for Failure to Carry Proof of Insurance you may still be eligible if you have proof of insurance for the date and time the citation was issued and are eligible for dismissal at the counter)
• You have been on supervision or have taken the defensive driving course for any violation committed within the previous 12 months.

 You are eligible to receive court supervision without coming to court:

• If you have not had court supervision for any violation committed within the previous 12 months from the date of the ticket in this case; and
• if you are willing to plead guilty on the traffic ticket, request court supervision, and pay the prescribed fines, costs and fees for such violation

If eligible, you will complete court supervision successfully without coming to court:

• If you complete the four hour traffic school course within the specified time of your court supervision; and
• If you do not receive any additional traffic tickets during the supervision period

If supervision is completed successfully, the violation will be reported to the Secretary of State as supervision.

1. Carefully read the step by step instructions on the Application for Driver Safety School  
2. Fill out the required information 
3. Mail or bring in your application, blue copy of your citation along with appropriate form of payment to assigned branch location. (This information is located on the bottom front of your citation.) If you do not have a "blue" copy or court communication copy of your citation please contact the branch court.

Please note this program is in conjunction with services provided by the College of Lake County. Substitute programs or applications are not accepted without court order. 

For further questions and information please contact the assigned branch court.  A full list of branch locations and contact information is located on our Locations page.