A.R.S. 28-737TBWD eligibleCarpool / HOV
HOV lane violation
Use of a high-occupancy-vehicle lane without meeting occupancy requirements.
Arizona Revised Statutes A.R.S. 28-737 — statutory text
Official source ↗A. The director, in cooperation with other state, federal or local transportation agencies, may designate any state highway lane, or any lane of an entrance to or exit from a state highway, as a high occupancy vehicle lane. The director shall post signs designating the high occupancy vehicle lane and providing notice of the required minimum number of occupants. B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a person shall not drive or operate a vehicle in a high occupancy vehicle lane unless the vehicle meets the minimum occupancy requirements posted.
Quoted from the California Legislative Information website. The full section may contain additional subdivisions not reproduced here — click “Official source” for the complete text as currently in force.
Base fine
$400.00
Does not include court fees or assessments.
DMV points
0
No DMV points.
Filing window
30 days
From citation date, use form AZ-CIVIL-MAIL-2024.
You can file a Trial by Written Declaration
Arizona uses a two-stage process under ARS §28-1558 and Rule 10, Ariz. R. Civ. Traffic P. Step 1: file a Request for Documentary Hearing explaining substantial hardship (AZ-CIVIL-MAIL-2024). If the court grants it, step 2: file a Declaration for Documentary Hearing with your defense before the assigned hearing date (AZ-DOCUMENTARY-HEARING-2024). Criminal citations excluded.
Defenses our AI considers (15)
- Equipment fixed — correctable violationhistorical success ~80%Equipment violations (window tint, exhaust, lights, plates, wipers, etc.) are correctable in every supported state. Proof of repair signed by a qualified inspector resolves the citation administratively.
- Documentary cure — proof on date of citationhistorical success ~75%Many "failure to produce" charges (insurance, registration, license) are dismissed on proof the document existed and was valid on the date of citation. This is codified in most state fix-it / correctable-violation statutes.
- Photo-enforcement personal-service defect (AZ)historical success ~55%A.R.S. 28-1592 and related rules require personal service of photo-enforcement complaints within 120 days unless the defendant waives the defect. Service by mail alone is not personal service.
- Sign obscured, missing, or recently changedhistorical success ~50%A driver cannot be held to a regulation that was not reasonably communicated. An obscured, damaged, missing, or recently-changed sign at the cited location is both a mistake-of-fact defense and a due-process notice defect.
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