When an officer writes the wrong address...?

Question

When an officer writes the wrong address on a ticket, is there a way to get out of the ticket? and if so, how would I go about this?

Answer 1

The wrong address or other minor error does not invalidate the ticket. Most police agencies have an employee who enters tickets into an automated system and, in the process of doing so, finds those errors. The agency will then send you a "cite correction letter" that explains and corrects the error.

Even if the agency does not do so, the generally accepted rules of the courts say that a minor error such as a date or time error, spelling error, error in vehicle color, etc., will not invalidate a citation.

Here is my personal experience with these kinds of situations. I once dated a ticket a year back from the actual date of the offense. I wrote that the incident occurred on in January of 2005 when the incident actually occurred in January of 2006. When the ticket went to court the person who received the citation tried to make a big deal of this error. My response - Sorry, I made a mistake on the date. That was as far as it went and they were convicted.

Answer 2

No, there's not. You got handed the ticket, so you have Actual Notice of the Summons which is the ticket.

The best way to handle tickets is generally to hire a lawyer, plead Not Guilty, and some time before the trial you'll change your plea to Guilty in exchange for the ticket being Taken Under Advisement, which means if you don't get another in a set time (depending on the infraction), it goes away like it never happened. You'll probably pay your lawyer more than the fine would have been, but you'll save a bundle on insurance.

Answer 3

When you signed the ticket, you should have informed the officer of the error. And, since you signed the ticket, you agreed "without admitting guilt" to appear in court on or before the date and time indicated on the ticket. Sorry...

Answer 4

No, the ticket is still valid.

Answer 5

Nope.