Bakersfield Metropolitan Traffic Division
Metropolitan traffic payments and phone services at Arrow Street. Use your assigned branch for cases outside the Metropolitan area.
Street address: 3131 Arrow Street, Bakersfield, CA 93308Online course · California DMV license E1745
Kern County traffic school, online
Take Freeway online after Kern processes your school request and court payment. Use the assigned branch's approval and deadline.
$39 through October 29, 2026 (regularly $49). Court permission required. Court fees are separate.
- Saved progress
- English & Spanish
- Automatic electronic completion reporting
Before enrolling
Get court approval
Check your notice
Find the assigned branch and any required appearance. Contact that branch before the citation date if no notice arrives.
Submit the school request
Use the traffic payment service if it offers school, or the branch's mail or counter route. The payment page excludes fix-it transactions and not-guilty pleas.
Wait for school instructions
Kern sends the completion date after the request and payment. Attendance before court payment is not accepted.
Ready to start
Enroll with your court details
Court branch
Use the branch on your notice. Cases outside Metropolitan Bakersfield do not automatically go to Arrow Street.
School approval and deadline
Save the court's response with its assigned completion date.
After the course
Confirm your completion
Freeway reports completion electronically for California-licensed drivers after you pass and pay. How reporting works.
Finish in time for receipt
Keep your course confirmation for any reporting question.
Ask the correct branch
Use Email Traffic Court and select your location. Include the case number, completion date, and receipt question.
Need another step?
Common questions
Requested school but have no deadline?
Contact the assigned branch about the school packet. Do not count from the date you bought the course.
Ticket issued near Taft or Kern River Valley?
The current venue appendix routes Taft-area communities to Lamont and Kern River Valley to Ridgecrest. Confirm your citation's assignment.
Have a fix-it charge?
Submit correction proof and request the reduced amount before ordinary online payment.
Is the case delinquent or on a combined payment plan?
Revenue Recovery at 5555 California Avenue, Suite 100 handles delinquent cases and plans combining new and delinquent balances. Ask that office about your agreement and the branch about school.
Court services
Kern County traffic locations
Follow your hearing notice and check counter hours before visiting.
Court locations & contact details →
Bakersfield Metropolitan Traffic DivisionDelano CourthouseLamont CourthouseMojave CourthouseRidgecrest CourthouseShafter Courthouse
Delano Courthouse
Traffic branch at the Jefferson Street court complex; approach from 11th Avenue.
Street address: 1122 Jefferson Street, Delano, CA 93215Lamont Courthouse
Traffic branch serving assigned cases, including Taft-area routing. The court is west of Main Street, south of the Post Office Complex.
Street address: 12022 Main Street, Lamont, CA 93241Mojave Courthouse
Traffic branch on State Highway 58 Business. Match your department to the court's remote-hearing instructions.
Street address: 1773 State Highway 58 Business, Mojave, CA 93501Ridgecrest Courthouse
Traffic branch serving assigned cases, including Kern River Valley routing. The complex is south of Coso Avenue near North China Lake Boulevard.
Street address: 132 E. Coso Avenue, Ridgecrest, CA 93555Shafter Courthouse
Traffic branch on the west side of Central Valley Highway; turn west into the parking lot.
Street address: 325 Central Valley Highway, Shafter, CA 93263Follow the dates and instructions on your own case. Confirm current court services before traveling.