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  "path": "/news/2026/02/04/cook-county-court-clerk-electronic-ticket-pilot",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T22:50:34.005Z",
  "site": "https://chicago.suntimes.com",
  "textContent": "<p>Drivers issued traffic citations in suburban Cook County may receive tickets through a quicker electronic process under a pilot program launched this week by the circuit clerk’s office.</p><p>Rather than waiting about a week or longer for a handwritten, mailed ticket to be entered in the court system, the new “e-citation” pilot program can make tickets available within a day or two.</p><p>Forty municipalities and the Cook County sheriff’s office are participating in the program, according to Circuit Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos’s office.</p><p>Her office is hoping to bring the Chicago Police Department and all other Cook County municipalities into the program.</p><p>Normally, when a driver is issued a citation, the responding officer writes a paper ticket and mails it to the circuit clerk’s office. The clerk’s office then retypes the ticket into the court system and the case is opened a day or two later.</p><p>The new program allows officers to issue the ticket electronically, which is sent securely to the clerk’s office for review before opening the court case.</p><p>Only moving violations, such as speeding, failure to stop, seat belt violation, uninsured vehicle and registration violation, are eligible for the program. Parking and camera-related violations do not apply to the program, according to the clerk’s office.</p><p>Payments can be made at <a class=\"Link\" href=\"http://cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/e-citation\" target=\"_blank\" ><u>cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/e-citation</u></a>.</p><p>The e-citation initiative is part of Spyropoulos’s effort to modernize the circuit clerk’s office, which has also included a mobile application for additional access to online payments and case searches, an online records center for archived files and court documents, as well as expanded language services through live interpretation.</p>",
  "title": "Cook County court clerk launches e-ticket pilot program",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-04T22:50:34.005Z"
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