I got a ticket and had to appear today at 1p.m .The ticket says 1/24 at 8a.m. .can that be thrown out??
2007-01-23 13:03:01 · 5 answers · asked by thomasgencon 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The citation is valid. It is very likely that you will receive a "cite correction letter" of some form in the mail that will indicate that the officer forgot to sign the citation and address the issue. The clerks at the agency where I work cross check the names and numbers and courts dates on citations to ensure that they match up. When the information does not match, the clerks return citations to the issuing officer for these type of corrections and a correction letter is sent out to ammend the error. Our courts will not accept such a citation until the error is fixed.
That being said, and even if yu do not receive a correction letter, errors never invalidate a citation. The officer will likely appear in court if you request a hearing. He will idenfity you as the driver and that will be what the judge uses in coming to his decision. I have probably written 1000+ tickets in my career and have *on occasion* made a mistake. When someone points it out in court I apologize for the mistake and move on. I have never lost a ticket over a minor error.
Your best bet is to go to court and challenge the ticket and maybe no one will show up on the police side and the ticket will get thrown out.
2007-01-23 17:16:36 · answer #1 · answered by James P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/24 at 8:00am is tomorrow morning. What is wrong about that? Even if the officer put the wrong date on the ticket, the most the court will do on that basis is reschedule your court appearance.
2007-01-23 22:34:14 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Administrative errors will not result in dismissing a citation.
A factual error will.
Listing the wrong time/date on a ticket will not result in dismissing the ticket.
2007-01-24 00:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who told you to appear today at 1 p.m.?
If it isn't in writing, then appear on the ticket date........or you owe the $$$ on the ticket.....it's that simple.......this is COURT, and it's rare that you beat the LEGAL SYSTEM....
2007-01-23 21:11:41 · answer #4 · answered by logicalgal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
steven f is right, you are screwed
2007-01-24 00:06:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋