Remember my 42 Over ticket?
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PhaneSoul
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Member my 42 Over ticket?
Well its been a good, id say montha nd a half, and i had remembered my court time is when i have school, so i decided to call up the court place and get my court date moved. Called em up... Get this automatic thing that will tell u most of your ticket info... I get to the point of where it asks for the ticket number to retrieve the info, i put in the right number... and what i get is, "sorry ticket bla bla bla is not in the database, it takes 10 to 21 buisness days for a ticket to be entered into the database bla bla bla.. Its been a good 29 days i believe i counted since i got it... Im going to call the court place monday, early to find out about what happened to my ticket and if i still have it..... I tried calling today but apparently on fridays the place closes before 5pm.... Maybe the officer spilt coffee on it on his way home or something... Who knows?? I dont think i have that good of luck... O hwell, ill just give it a lil more time and call everyday to see if its in the database yet....
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PhaneSoul
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ive tried to reenter it like 5 times now, when the auto thing reads it back to me, its the same numbers...im hopeing that the cop never put it in cuz i was super nice to him and everything... right before i left, he was like bla bla bla and id really hate to have to put this in bla bla bla.... but we will see when i can get ahold of the court to reshedule the court date
that would be great if you got out of it! But when you call them, don't volunteer any ticket info you don't have to. If they find out some of the the info, like the issuing officer, they can go "find" it again. I am not saying refuse to tell them, just don't let them have it without asking. good luck!
jdmfreak03 wrote:So what would you do if you got a ticket that said you had to be in court on a saturday, which is a day the court is closed?
I'll bet you dollars to pesos it says something along the lines of "most appear in court within 10 days of issuance of citation" and then lists the date that is 10 days from when the ticket was issued. You should DEFINITELY go before that 10 days are up, things will go much more smoothly for you.
State governments are often drowning in paperwork. Similar thing happened to me...had to respond to a ticket within 60 days, but it wouldn't show up in the computer, even though "it takes 2-3 weeks typically." So the day before the expiration, I had to take off from work, drive my azz down to the DMV and wait in line to pay a freaking $25 seatbelt ticket that I should have been able to pay over the phone or online. It cost me more in missed work than the fine itself. So really, the state made less than $25, cause I don't pay taxes on income I don't get. L.A. has its head pretty far up its azz sometimes. Maybe the ticket is lost, but the question is, do you want to take that chance? Consider that if it ever does make its way to the right person, and into the "system," you might automatically have an arrest warrant attached to your name, so the next time you get pulled over, you might be in for a nasty surprise. Maybe, maybe not. When you finally get to speak to a human being, I will bet he/she can't tell you any more than what you already know. He/she will be sitting at some computer terminal, looking at the exact same database you're tapping into, and they will tell you they can't do anything till it gets into the system. That was another hour of my life wasted...repeatedly logging into the system, and being on hold waiting to talk to someone who's job I had already done.
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yea thats what i was thinking, but ive got no worries now (well i still got a 75% chance of gettin outta a 500$ fine) my friend who had also gotten a 100+ ticket went to this lawyer im calling tomorrow, he got his knocked down to a non-moving violation.. i have to pay the lawyer 75$ and the ticket's fine will be about 70$
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PhaneSoul wrote:yea thats what i was thinking, but ive got no worries now (well i still got a 75% chance of gettin outta a 500$ fine) my friend who had also gotten a 100+ ticket went to this lawyer im calling tomorrow, he got his knocked down to a non-moving violation.. i have to pay the lawyer 75$ and the ticket's fine will be about 70$
Hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst. A lawyer only represents your case. There are never any guarantees even by getting a lawyer. Every case is different. And keep in mind the judge was likely a lawyer and perhaps a DA before he became a judge. He's probably heard it all. And they typically do not like hearing BS.