Nassau County, NY Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine
- $50 per violation
- Late penalty
- $25 if unpaid after 42 days
- Camera cap
- 100 intersections countywide at a time
- Liability
- Vehicle owner, not driver, cited
- School-zone speed cameras
- Repealed 2014, no longer in law
Summary
Nassau County runs a traffic-camera enforcement program authorized by Local Law 12-2009, ticketing vehicle owners, not drivers, $50 per red-light violation at up to 100 monitored intersections countywide.
The Department of Public Works, for purposes of implementation of such program, shall be authorized to install traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices and to operate such devices at no more than one hundred intersections within and under the jurisdiction of the County at any one time.
b. Such demonstration program shall utilize necessary technologies to ensure, to the extent practicable, that photographs produced by such traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems shall not include images that identify the driver, the passengers, or the contents of the vehicle. Notwithstanding this requirement, however, no notice of liability issued pursuant to this title shall be dismissed solely because a photograph or photographs allow for the identification of the contents of a vehicle, provided that the County has made a reasonable effort to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
c. All funds collected pursuant to this local law shall be deposited into the County’s General Fund.
Full Breakdown
Under Title 72 of the Miscellaneous Laws (Local Law 12-2009, amended 2012 and 2018), the Department of Public Works may operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring cameras at no more than 100 intersections countywide at any one time. Liability falls on the registered owner, not the driver, and isn't reported to insurers or added to a driving record. The fine is $50 per violation, plus a $25 penalty for not responding within 42 days. Adjudication runs through the Nassau County Traffic and Parking Violations Agency. A companion school-zone speed-camera title (72-b) was repealed by Local Law 19-2014 and does not currently exist in county law.
Violations & Fines
Violation: $50 civil fine per red-light-camera ticket, plus a $25 penalty for failing to respond within 42 days; owner liability only, adjudicated by the Traffic and Parking Violations Agency, not a moving violation on your license.
Frequently Asked Questions
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