Im 18 and received an illegal consumption ticket I blew a .243 is there anyway to get this off my record?

Question

I'm trying to avoid telling my parents. I received a ticket for underage drinking. I blew the .243 and am fine with the ticket but was wondering if I could get this off my record. Thanks for the advice and I appreciate your help.

Ok I wasn't driving thank you! I got the ticket on the street so now that 95% percent of you answered about that. Can I get advice about what to do. Thanks Again like always

Answer 1

That's a tough one. I know that years and years ago I got a ticket for allowing an open container in my car. I contacted legal aide, then went to court. The judge made me take an alcohol awareness class, traffic school and he suspended my license for 2 weeks. This judge swore up and down that this would stay on my record for 7 years since I was 19 years old. For whatever reason it never hit my record, not really sure why. Also, once I turned 18 I had my own insurance so I realistically did not have to say anything to my parents but I did after I went to my hearing. It was my stupidity so I was dealing with it as an adult.

If you don't want to tell your parents (if you're not on their insurance, if you are you are going to have to tell them as their insurance is going to go through the roof), and since you are 18 you can be adult about this and contact a legal aide attorney and ask your question to them as they are the experts in this field. They may or may not be able to help you out, or they may do what the legal aide attorney told me to do, which was he gave me the advice and direction to go so I didn't have to pay him as even if he were my legal counsel I would get the same sentence.

Again, I would contact a legal aide attorney in your area and ask your question.

Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

I would say that since you received an illegal consumption ticket and blew a .243 that you have more important things to worry about then how long this will stay on your record and whether or not to tell your parents. I would tell my parents and then get some help. I think they would rather find out from you that you did this and are getting some help then to be planning your funeral or visiting you in jail. If you didn't drive this time what's to stop you next time? I doubt it's whoever you might get drunk with because no one helped you this time or so it would seem.

Answer 3

First , if you did not plead guilty or get convicted yet , get an attorney . He will probably get the charge reduced to something less .
Second , having illegal consumption on your record is usually a misdemeanor and no great problem . But in certain places, like NJ ,if there is proof you illegally purchased the liquor you may lose your licence for several years and blow any chance of getting a college loan . You need an attorney in case they amend the charges !
Third , You could have died from anything over a .020 . You have already done damage to your liver and brain by doing this just once . Give your body time to heal before you drink again - IF EVER !
*Alcohol works by rapidly evaporating ( as compared to water ) before it can deliver oxygen to your brain , which is why the brain stops working properly . It is this evaporation burn in the liver ( notice how alcohol feels on a cut ?) that causes liver damage . *
At a level of .012 you are highly likely to do something stupid . If this is driving , you can lose your licence , you can get hit with heavy fines and even jail time . You might maim or kill yourself , friends ,or strangers . You might be convicted of Vehicular Homocide ! Or maybe you won't drive but get into fight you can't handle and get the S*** beat out of you . Or you may wake up with a veneral disease , or a pregnacy on your hands . There are LOTS of things that can go wrong once you get to .012 !
You NEED to talk to a professional about how and why you decided to remove so much oxygen from your brain in order to hopefully have a good time .
I sincerely hope you overcome this problem now that you are young , because it only gets worse and harder to control .

Answer 4

You will never get this off of your record, you would be well served to tell your parents before you get your insurance bill, things will go better for you if you do. Even when you tell your parents, they are going to show you the insurance increase.

Seriously, you blew a .243, what the hell kept you alive? This is death waiting to happen. Please read this link, this young girl drank a few gin and tonics and mixed it with a tranquilizer, you face the same risk with a B/A of .243

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ann_Quinlan

EDIT Upddate: Here is what a B/A of that rate can do to you
# BAC .20%: You may feel confused, dazed, or otherwise disoriented. You need help to stand up or walk. If you hurt yourself at this point, you probably won't realize it because you won't feel pain. Even if you are aware that you've injured yourself, you probably won't do anything about it. At this point you may experience nausea and start vomiting. Your gag reflex is impaired, so you could choke if you throw up. Since blackouts are likely at this level, you may not remember any of this.
# BAC .25%: All mental, physical, and sensory functions are severely impaired. You're emotionally numb. There's an increased risk of asphyxiation from choking on vomit and of seriously injuring yourself by falling or other accidents.

EDIT: Update to asker.

Unfortunatley even if you were not driving, your car insurancecan go up, nothing much changes my answers but happy to hear that you were not driving.
My guess is you weren't walking very good (LOL)

Answer 5

The first thing I want to say is that no where do you say you were driving. You simply state you were given a ticket for under age drinking.

The quandry you face is that for any other law (except smoking in most states) you are an adult but for drinking you're not. As for the insurance thing - sorry everyone but if this ticket had nothing to do with driving a vehicle but simply under age drinking, law enforcement agencies are not allowed to report it to DMV and DMV can not report it to the insurance companies. Insurance companies are only permited to consider actual DUI's or DWI's when considering rates. If no DUI (DWI) then the Insurance company can not discover it. Those companies are permitted by law to ask DMV for that information and law agencies are now required by law to report all DUI (DWI) CONVICTIONS to DMV.

You don't have to tell your folks but you should. I'm even willing to bet they know that you drink. If you want to act like an adult and drink then act like an adult and speak to your folks.

As for getting the conviction off your record you first need to appear in court and be convicted of the charge on the ticket. Receiving a ticket does not make you guilty as charged. You don't have much to stand on as a defence but you can appear before the judge, admit your mistake, impress upon the court how much you have learned about your mistake and ask the court to recommend a counseling srvice (other than AA) that has a proven track record of actually helping people with their drinking problem or better yet find one yourself and enroll then take proof to thecourt that you are actively seeking help and support. Then, if convicted with any stipulation from the court otherwise, at the age of 21 you may petition the court for an expungment of that conviction from your record as long as you have no other similar troubles between time.

You'll be fine but I do recommend that you learn what moderation is. You'll be much happier in the long run.

Answer 6

Since you are an adult, probably not.

Act like an adult and accept responsibility. Do you have the money to pay the fine? If not, you will probably have to tell your parents in order to ask them for help to pay it. The fine could be a hefty one.

Regardless of whether you were driving or not, you could also face loss of your license until you are 21. Many states are cracking down on underage drinking and the penalties can be stiff.

Don't try to hide what you did. Own up to it. You will be better off. We all make mistakes. I hope you learned from this one. Drinking really isn't worth it, is it?

EMT

Answer 7

Damn. I blew a .16 and that was because I drank about a half bottle of Brandy and some beer. You must of been wasted, which leads me to say, what the hell were you thinking drinking so much?!

On to your question, my lawyer (depending on who you get the price will vary), is negotiating a "bustdown" to remove the ticket from my record. His price was $1500 plus an additional $2000 for various fees and costs associated to the DWI. According to others that i've known that have gotten a DWI in the past, what i'm paying is cheap due to the fact that they're lawyers cost them around $1000-$3000 extra. Of course, i'm pretty sure its safe to assume that some of those extra fines and costs are finding a nice home in the judges wallet. Get your own personal lawyer who is board certified, they tend to have more pull in the courts because of who they know.

Other than all that, chill out with the excessive drinking or you'll find yourself or someone else for that matter on the obituary page of your local newspaper.

Answer 8

Wow. Glad you lived to write this, you owe that officer a hug for getting you out of the car before you killed yourself or someone else. Call a lawyer, but if I were your mom or dad I would really want to know about this. If this is real, you need some intervention. Blessings- dd
ah thank you below poster, you are right, he did not say DUI. I hope he was just with friends and walking home.. and not with a friend (just as drunk) driving.... but even then it is a miracle he didn't end up in the hospital, under someone's bumper, etc. Every parent on this forum is gulping and praying that this is not their kid posting....
Please, dear, back off a bit on the drinking!
more.....
You are going to have to bargain with the judge about it remaining on your record or not. Probably some alch. abuse education which, I feel, (no offence intended) you may really need, service hours, and probably probation that if you have no other offence (every kind, not just alch. related) that it be removed from your record after said program completion and service hours and full time of probation.
You would have a better chance to work this off if you have a lawyer.To afford a lawyer you are probably going to have to involve your parents, sorry.
Good luck, and really, reflect on your life and really examine how your choices are shaping it... think about what you want for yourself and how to attain those goals honestly. I hope this was just a glitch in your normal behavior! Blessings- dd

Answer 9

I'm with "Over The Limit, Under Arrest". Cops are really cracking down on drunk driving and underage drinking. It's all over every media outlet there is, so if you didn't take it seriously, I'm glad you got busted. Thankfully you're 18, so any legal action taken against you will be done so as a adult, where the penalties are higher. If this is real, I'm sorry you weren't seriously injured by such high levels of alcohol. It would be a lesson well deserved.

Answer 10

I don't think so. . Your best bet is to not drink (yeah, stupid idea, right?) til it's legal. Since that ain't gonna happen, don't drive, even if you've only had one beer, or mixed drink. Call a cab, or call a buddy for a ride home. Give your keys to someone you trust, who won't give them back to you when you've had one too many, and will call that cab for you.

Since you are 18, you are considered an adult. What can your parents do to you when you tell them about the ticket? Well, do you still live at home? Are you still in high school? Will they throw you out? Is this the first time, or have there been more? You are just going to have to fess-up and pay the price, what ever mom and dad say and/or do. Sooner or later they will find out, you know. We parents have an 8th sense when it comes to our kids. Good luck and stay out of trouble!