If you got a ticket from St. Louis Metropolitan Police or the Highway Patrol inside city limits, your case is in the St. Louis City Municipal Court. We handle City tickets every week.
Quick answer: The St. Louis City Municipal Court is at 1520 Market Street, Suite 1120. A lawyer can resolve many traffic tickets without you going to court. A lawyer enters an appearance, asks the City Counselor’s office for a recommendation, and files the signed plea for you. Serious charges, such as DWI, driving while suspended or 25+ mph over, require a court appearance.
Can a lawyer get a St. Louis City ticket reduced?
In many cases, yes. For traffic tickets, we can often get the charge amended down to a non-moving violation, which puts no points on your license. For other ordinance offenses, we can also often get the charge amended to littering. However, every case is different, so we cannot promise a result.
St. Louis City Municipal Court at a glance
| Address | 1520 Market St., Suite 1120, St. Louis, MO 63103 (main entrance on Market) |
| Phone | (314) 622-3231 |
| Office hours | Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except City holidays |
| Find your court date | Missouri Case.net, 22nd Judicial Circuit |
| Court format | In person since Jan. 1, 2025. Virtual only by written request, for good cause, with a judge’s approval |
The court is a division of the 22nd Judicial Circuit. It hears City ordinance cases: traffic, minor criminal, housing, earnings tax and truancy. It does not handle parking tickets, state misdemeanors or felonies.
Which St. Louis City tickets require a court appearance?
The court lists these cases as requiring an appearance. You cannot pay them ahead of time:
- All non-traffic offenses, such as peace disturbance, petty larceny and resisting
- DWI
- Leaving the scene of an accident
- Driving while suspended or revoked
- Speeding 25 mph or more over the limit
- Two or more moving violation convictions in the past 24 months
- Any ticket involving a crash
Even so, for these cases a lawyer can still negotiate with the prosecutor before court and stand with you at the hearing.
How we handle a St. Louis City Municipal Court ticket
- Enter our appearance. All filings in City court go through Case.net e-filing.
- Request a recommendation. We email the City Counselor’s office, which prosecutes City cases, with your ticket and any proof of compliance, such as proof of insurance.
- Review the offer with you. Often the recommendation amends a moving violation to a non-moving one with no points. We explain the fine, costs and points.
- Sign and file. You sign the recommendation electronically. We sign it and file it with the court.
- Pay. You pay by the deadline on the recommendation, by money order, cashier’s check, Visa or Mastercard. No personal checks. Online payment through Case.net works, but allow up to 10 days after we file the signed recommendation.
If you need more time, we file a written continuance motion at least five working days before the court date, as the court requires.
What if you already missed a court date?
First, a missed date usually means a warrant. The City Counselor will not make a recommendation on a case in warrant status, and the request to recall the warrant has to go to the court. See failure to appear and municipal warrants. Since July 2026, unserved warrants no longer show on Case.net; our post on the Missouri arrest warrant search explains.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the St. Louis City Municipal Court?
It is at 1520 Market Street, Suite 1120, downtown St. Louis. Enter on the Market Street side.
Can I handle a St. Louis City ticket without going to court?
Often, yes. You can pay many traffic tickets ahead of time, or we can resolve them with a signed recommendation. Cases on the required-appearance list, like DWI or driving while suspended, need a court date.
Does the St. Louis City Municipal Court handle parking tickets?
No. The City’s parking system handles parking tickets separately.
Other municipal courts we handle: St. Louis County Municipal Court, St. Charles County Municipal Court, Florissant Municipal Court, Chesterfield Municipal Court, Maryland Heights Municipal Court, O’Fallon Municipal Court, St. Peters Municipal Court.
Talk to a lawyer about your St. Louis City Municipal Court ticket
Brian J. Cooke handles St. Louis City Municipal Court tickets, from speeding and careless and imprudent driving to DWI. See our St. Louis traffic ticket lawyer page, call (314) 439-8501, or contact us online.
This page gives general information as of October 2026. Court procedures change, so check with the court or a lawyer. It is not legal advice.
