a traffic ticket, hadn't had one in a long time. I go to the court and the clerk says that they don't take checks, just cash, money orders or credit cards. Give her my check card and wait, she can't find my ticket.
"Do you have your copy with you".
"Sure."
Hand it over.
"We don't have this in the system."
"So, if I hadn't given you the ticket, no one would have known?"
"Yep."
Great, just great!!
And then
2 years later, you get a knock on the door with a warrant and the film crew of Cops and you go kicking and screaming being hog tied in the back of a squad car.
It was not in the system, It was not in the system he yelled as they whisked him away to the pokey.;-)
And then
Randy is right, keep your paperwork!
My son had some parking tickets, that I paid, promptly. Several years later he went to renew car registration and they told him he had outstanding parking tickets so he couldn't renew. They gave him a citation number that was out in left field and didn't match the series of the tickets he had gotten (I had copies). A call to the parking clerk in the town where he was ticketed took care of it in about 5 minutes, after I found all of my paperwork. Don't you love computers they are spying on you, everything is stored and they WILL get you. I wonder if St.Peter has a computer.
T.W.
And then
Trust me that receipt is going into a file that I can access quickly!! I don't trust anything that just happened:-(
How long ago did you get said ticket?
I have found in small communities cops don't turn in their tickets immediately.
Happened to me once. I went in to pay one day and the Clerk told me to come next week. Sure enough. Ticket paid - all $10.
Also, what court was it turned into? Superior or Probate. Some counties keep their shii...shtuff separate - but they don't tell you that. This happened to me almost two years ago. Come to find out, my thing was turned into Probate court. Lucky for me I found out.
Probate Court, to me after tutoring two different people through criminal justice, means to me stuff, like child custody, wills, estates, trusts and the like. Nothing at all about traffic stuff.
Might want to check around. Make them check around.
A few years back I got a ticket in the neighboring state, they mailed me the fine amount and paperwork. I promptly sent them a check for the amount due, a few days later, I got a piece of mail from the court, assuming that it was a receipt I just tossed it.
Fast forward about 3 years I got pulled over in the same state in a town because I 'failed to signal' because some arse in front of me jammed on his brakes and turned right, I never saw the cop behind me he was so close. He took me to the judge in cuffs due to an unpaid ticket years earlier and my driving privileges had been suspended in the state.
The judge let me go, had to call for a ride, fought the whole mess and was cleared of all wrong doing. Seems what I thought was a receipt was my check coming back with a note telling me they don't accept checks.
The 13th, I should be good, was at the correct court, went back and found out they had my names reversed
Troopers are bad about turning only so many actual tickets per week and saving some to keep up their average tally, aka quotas.
Keep you receipt from paying the ticket.
That will not find its way to record either and they will issue a warrant for you again, so best to have proof of payment.
I know this from experience..........
They thought you were Moe Mighty?
Yeap! Exactly!
> Yeap! Exactly!
not to be confused with his big brother , Al Mighty...
😀
Al is my cousin;-)
Oh No! MightyMo! it's a conspiracy!! :-O They all know you're son recently graduated and is practicing law...Barney with his one bullet revolver is on the lookout for y'all. :excruciating:
Pablo B-)
Pablo, he is driving his little Aveo in NC with Steamboat plates still on it. He gets pulled over for speeding on an interstate.
The officer asks if he is a visitor and he says no he is newly employed and hasn't gotten plates yet. Officer asks where he is employed and he says he is an attorney with xyz law firm.
The officer closes his book and says, "you have a nice day sir, and try and slow down"
I guess there are perks for all that money I spent.;-)
As an aside, I don't know how I'm going to do it, but somehow I need to blame you for all this new global warming I'm getting, they say 12" of snow (already a good 6"-I'm thinking it's going to almost double the 12) through sunday and -15 Saturday night, it's really time for spring:-(
I've got a party chief that's driving me crazy; cooped up all week. He just doesn't have the temperament for office work.