Crime & Traffic

This Easy Form helps you ask the court to waive or reduce criminal court assessments. It can also help you ask the court to waive or reduce traffic court assessments in Cook County, Illinois.

​Discover how traffic violations can impact your immigration status. Understand how ICE handles different offenses and what may lead to detainment.

Learn how to get your driver’s license reinstated after a suspension for unpaid traffic tickets, parking fines, or tolls with these steps.

Learn how to handle Chicago traffic tickets. Find answers about paying, contesting, setting up payment plans, deadlines, and what happens if you miss a payment.

If your car is towed or impounded for outstanding parking ticket debt in Chicago you have several options. The cost of storage fees for impounded cars in Chicago is listed here together with links to the search tool offered by CPD called "Where's my car?"

Explains that you can challenge the City of Chicago's decision to impound your car at an administrative hearing

A blog on the possibility of a police officer searching your car and your corresponding rights

Learn about car impoundments in Chicago, including the reasons the city impounds vehicles, the fees involved, how notices are issued, and what to expect after your car is towed.

Understand the “Fresh Start” Chicago ticket program and how to use bankruptcy to get rid of tickets.