The alleged violation occurred 200 miles from my home. The citation shows a make and color that is NOT for the car I own. The attached letter shows my correct license plate number and correct vehicle model. I contact the ticketer, and they suspect someone may have forged the license plate. Any ideas if this has occurred to others?
2006-12-04 11:33:20 · 6 answers · asked by mad-dog101 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Fake licence plates are surprisingly common - and popular, for the reason youve discovered... other people get your tickets.
Contact the office issuing the ticket, state clearly, in writing, that you are not the owner of the vehicle cited. If they want to pursue it, they will first have to prove ownership.
2006-12-04 11:39:50 · answer #1 · answered by IanP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the court involved with the citation
Write a letter that:
1) Explains the problem (distance, possible error source, etc.)
2) Include a copy of your vehicle registration which shows the correct make and model and license number
3) Include a photo of your car with the license showing.
All courts have a process by which tickets can be contested. Usually allowing for written contests.
Send it registered mail (perhaps with proof of delivery) so you can verify that you responded to the citiation. That is the most important part.
good luck
2006-12-04 11:45:00 · answer #2 · answered by ca_surveyor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be a parking ticket judge, unfortunately the situation you describe occurs often enough to be disturbing. The only way you can beat the ticket is to have proof that you were not in that city. Your proof will need to be more than just your word. something like a reciept or other evidence. Unfortunately it sounds like the ticket is sufficiently close to describing your car that it wont be dismissed for being the wrong car. If you want more help check out my parking ticket guide at:
http://nefariousplans.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-beat-parking-ticket.html
Best of Luck
2006-12-07 07:40:19 · answer #3 · answered by thblckdog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to seriously check into this because the same thing happened to my mother and it turned out that another person had the same VIN number as she did and was racking up traffic tickets left and right and they were all going to my mother. She finally had to get a lawyer to straighten it all out for her. Turned out the origin of the problem was the The Department Of Motor Vehicles in our state capital. My mother had to cancel her tags and order a new one, she could no longer transfer her old tags to her new cars. Not sure what your exact problem is but this could be a clue.... not sure how they got the same tags are you though. Good Luck.
2006-12-04 11:45:01 · answer #4 · answered by jupitor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what happened is the officer that wrote the ticket, wrote down the wrong tag #. it so happened it was your tag #. they then contacted you by your regerstration info. if you can prove your where-a bouts that day. get a good lawyer and make them pay.
2006-12-04 11:44:04 · answer #5 · answered by DASH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably has.
2006-12-04 11:35:52 · answer #6 · answered by Silverstang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋