Bellflower traffic court is heard in Department 1 and can get extremely crowded. The line for the traffic clerks window is often more than a one hour wait. The Bellflower courthouse has a unique local policy of allowing people with multiple failures to appear to see a judge on a same day basis but only on Wednesdays and Fridays and only to the first 5-10 people in line on a first come first serve basis.   This creates a “race to the clerk” scenario where people literally arrive at the courthouse as early as 7AM to be the first in line.  Once the doors open you will see people literally running to the traffic clerk’s window in an effort to get that elusive same day appearance.   If you are one of the lucky ones, your case will be heard by about 10AM on the same day.  After the appearance it’s back to the line so even if you are successful at getting added on to the daily calendar, you are looking at a time commitment of at least 4-5 hours to take care of your court appearance.

The reason people are willing to get up at 5AM and wait in line to get into traffic court like it’s Best Buy on Black Friday is that they are trying to have holds released from their drivers license without paying GC Services.  If you find yourself in a suspended license situation and you would like to get it cleared as cheaply and efficiently as possible while minimizing the damage to your traffic record and potentially your criminal record, you should contact an experienced LA traffic attorney.