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Aurora Traffic Court, Supervision, and What to Do Next

If you were ticketed in Aurora, the first question is which county the ticket was written in. Aurora sits in four counties — Kane, DuPage, Will and Kendall — and the place of the stop, not the address on your license, generally decides which courthouse, which prosecutor, and which local procedures apply. Angelillo Law, based at 2325 Dean Street, Ste 800F, in St. Charles, represents drivers ticketed in the Kane County and DuPage County portions of Aurora.

This page is general information about Illinois law, not legal advice about your situation, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every case turns on its own facts, and no lawyer can promise a particular result.

Where Aurora Traffic Tickets Are Heard

Kane County traffic and misdemeanor calls for the Aurora area are generally heard at the Aurora Branch Court, 1200 E. Indian Trail Road, Aurora, in the Circuit Court of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. Some related criminal matters, and jury trials transferred from a branch court, are heard at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles. Read your ticket carefully. Going to the Judicial Center when the ticket lists Indian Trail Road — or the other way around — is a common and avoidable problem.

If the stop happened in the DuPage County part of Aurora, the ticket is a DuPage County case. DuPage traffic courtrooms are on the first floor of the DuPage County Judicial Center (also called the DuPage County Courthouse), 505 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Always confirm the courtroom on the ticket or with the Circuit Clerk.

Tickets from the Will County or Kendall County portions of Aurora are heard in those counties’ courts. We do not list those courthouse addresses here. If your ticket names Will or Kendall County, check the courthouse printed on the ticket and call us so we can tell you whether we can represent you in that court.

The Aurora Police Department is headquartered at 1200 E. Indian Trail, Aurora, IL 60505, at the same campus as the Kane County Aurora Branch Court. The department’s published Traffic Division number is (630) 256-5330, and the main number is (630) 256-5000. A city police ticket is still a circuit-court case if it was written as a state or county traffic charge; some parking and code matters are handled by the city instead of the circuit court.

What Your Aurora Ticket Can Mean

Not every ticket is a minor petty offense. Driving on a suspended or revoked license, speeding 26 miles per hour or more over the limit, and reckless driving are criminal misdemeanors in Illinois. Some offenses carry license consequences that go beyond a fine. Even a petty ticket can affect insurance and, if it becomes a conviction, your driving record.

Many eligible tickets can be resolved with court supervision. If you successfully complete the conditions, the charge is dismissed and is not a conviction for most purposes (730 ILCS 5/5-6-1 and 5/5-6-3.1). Eligibility has limits, including for some repeat or serious moving violations and for many commercial-driver tickets. Our traffic court supervision page explains how supervision works in Kane and DuPage Counties. For DuPage-side Aurora tickets, see also our guide to court supervision for DuPage County traffic tickets.

What to Do After a Ticket in Aurora

• Read the ticket and write down the county, courthouse, courtroom, and date. If the location of the stop is unclear, note nearby streets or landmarks while they are fresh.
• Do not ignore the date. Missing court can lead to a failure-to-appear warrant, a license suspension, or both. See our article on missed court dates and warrants in Kane and DuPage County.
• Be careful about simply paying the ticket if you care about your record or insurance. Paying is often a conviction.
• If the ticket came with a DUI or a license suspension, other deadlines start running at the same time, including the 90-day window to petition to rescind a statutory summary suspension. Our Kane County DUI overview and DuPage County criminal defense and DUI guide explain those tracks.

Attorney Joseph S. Angelillo represents Aurora drivers from the St. Charles office, a short drive from both the Aurora Branch Court and the Kane County Judicial Center. To talk about your ticket, call (630) 688-7511 or use our contact form to schedule a free consultation.

For a broader picture of Kane County traffic and criminal court, see our Kane County criminal defense guide. For local court contacts and other Aurora matters, see our Aurora service-area page and our main traffic violations page.

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