A Nassau County red light camera ticket costs $50, or up to $75 if you miss the due date on the notice. It carries no points on your license and no insurance consequences, but you do need to either pay it or request a hearing before the deadline printed on the Notice of Liability.1New York State Senate. New York Vehicle and Traffic Law 1111-B
What the Ticket Costs
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1111-b caps the fine at $50 per violation. The only permitted add-on is a late fee of up to $25 if you don’t respond by the due date, which puts the maximum at $75.1New York State Senate. New York Vehicle and Traffic Law 1111-B
There is no negotiating the amount down and no pleading to a lesser offense. The county’s program has no provision for reducing the penalty in exchange for a guilty plea, which is different from how ordinary traffic and parking tickets are handled.2Nassau County, NY. Red Light Camera Program
If Your Ticket Says $150, Something Is Wrong
For years, Nassau County stacked a “driver responsibility” fee and a “public safety” fee on top of the $50 base, bringing the total to $150. In November 2024, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court ruled in Guthart v. Nassau County that those extra charges were preempted by Section 1111-b and ordered the county to stop collecting them. The court called the surcharges “ultra vires, unconstitutional, preempted, void as a matter of law, or otherwise illegal.”3Justia Law. Guthart v Nassau County (2024) Any current notice should show only the $50 fine.
No Points, No Insurance Hit
A red light camera ticket in Nassau County is a civil liability tied to the vehicle, not a moving violation tied to the driver. It does not add points to your license, does not trigger a DMV driver responsibility assessment, and should not affect your auto insurance rates.2Nassau County, NY. Red Light Camera Program
This is different from a red light ticket written by a police officer at the scene, which is a moving violation and does carry points. The camera-generated version behaves more like a parking ticket, even though the dollar amount is similar.
See the Evidence Before You Decide
Before choosing between paying and contesting, look at what the camera captured. Go to violationinfo.com, click “View,” and enter the notice number and PIN from the top-right corner of your Notice of Liability. You’ll be able to review still images and video of the alleged violation. If you’ve lost the notice, call 1-866-790-4111.
Nassau County does not release camera photos or video through Freedom of Information Law requests; the images are exempt from FOIL under the authorizing statute. Getting the footage for use in another legal proceeding requires a court order or subpoena to the Traffic and Parking Violations Agency General Counsel at 801 Axinn Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530.2Nassau County, NY. Red Light Camera Program
How to Pay
You have three options. Online payment goes through violationinfo.com using the notice number and PIN. Mail payment takes a check or money order sent to the address on the notice. In-person payment is accepted at the Nassau County Traffic and Parking Violations Agency at 16 Cooper Street, Hempstead, NY 11550. Online and phone payments may add a small convenience fee.
How to Contest
To fight the ticket, follow the hearing-request instructions on your Notice of Liability and submit the request before the due date. You cannot walk in early to answer a camera violation the way you might with a routine parking or traffic ticket. Once your request is received, the agency mails a Notice of Hearing with your appearance date.2Nassau County, NY. Red Light Camera Program
At the hearing, a Judicial Hearing Officer reviews the evidence and returns one of two verdicts: Violation or No Violation. No Violation means you owe nothing. Violation means you owe the fine in full. There is no plea bargaining and no partial outcome.
If Someone Else Was Driving
The Notice of Liability goes to the vehicle’s registered owner regardless of who was behind the wheel, and under New York law the owner is liable. You cannot shift the fine to a friend or family member who was actually driving.
Nassau County does offer an Affidavit of Non-Responsibility, available through the Camera Violations portal at violationinfo.com, but it applies in only two situations: your license plates were stolen at the time of the violation, or a police officer already issued a separate traffic ticket to the actual driver for the same incident. The stolen-vehicle defense is written into Section 1111-b itself.1New York State Senate. New York Vehicle and Traffic Law 1111-B Outside those circumstances, the registered owner pays.
What Happens If You Ignore It
Nothing about a $50 fine makes it worth ignoring. Failing to respond triggers late fees, collection activity, and potentially booting or towing of your vehicle.2Nassau County, NY. Red Light Camera Program
The first consequence is the $25 late fee, bringing the total to $75. Continued nonpayment can push the debt to a collection agency. The unpaid ticket should not appear on your credit report, because the major credit bureaus stopped accepting unpaid traffic and parking citation data in 2016.
The consequence that actually bites is a registration hold. The New York DMV can block you from renewing your vehicle registration while camera violation judgments are outstanding, and you won’t be able to register or renew until every fine and penalty is cleared.4NY DMV. Traffic Ticket Payment Plans Add a boot or a tow to the picture and the fees quickly dwarf the original $50. Pay it, contest it, or at least request a hearing before the due date to keep your options open.