Boulder Co. - Failed to appear or pay for a traffic ticket. When I
finally went to court to pay my penance, Boulder County ended up in a
position of owing me $80.00. I moved, and of course the U.S. Postal
will not forward that official government mail or some such nonsense.
Never saw the $80.00 check. As luck would have it, the violation never
appeared on my driving record. Neddless to say, to this day (several
years later) I have not tried to claim my money from Boulder County. I
figure I've saved that much on insurance and then some by now.
Mike
79 Spit x 2
Michael Graziano wrote:
>
> A little trick I learned. At least it works in NY, anyway. If you're found
> guilty, overpay by $5.00 or so. THe DMV will cash the check, and issue a
> refund check. If you don't cash the refund check the case is never closed.
> Since it's paid, it doesn't get moved to the overdue file, and since it's
> open you never get the points on your license. If you have to pay it right
> at the court, only bring one check so you can say you made a mistake and
> tell them to process the overpayment and issue a refund.
>
> Of course, I've never done this. No really, I haven't. No tickets yet
> (knock on wood) but a few poeple I know have done it.
>
> Michael
> '78 Midget
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reed Mideke [mailto:rmideke@interbase.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 3:01 PM
> To: Spitfire List; Triumph List
> Cc: Laura.G@141.com
> Subject: tickets [ex Re: Porch!]
>
> If you go for a trial, instead of just paying, there's a good chance
> the CHP won't want to actually go to court that day. Case dismissed.
> It worked for two of my friends recently. They didn't even have
> to go to court. They got notices in the mail that the CHP moved
> to dismiss.
> Worst case is that you have to pay anyway, and spend some time
> with bureaucrats. While it probably isn't worthwhile in terms of
> the time you spend vs what you get paid, it does keep the points off
> you license and insurance. And if you do go to court, you
> get the pleasure of knowing that they spent more on you
> than you paid them.
>
> (I am not a lawyer, and I'm not giving you legal advice. YMMV)
>
> -Rights are like muscles. If you don't exercise them, they atrophy.-
>
> Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
> >
> > LOL- Ha ha-that was a good one!
> >
> > Hmmm....I don't wear a hat when Nigel and I are out and about...
> >
> > Speaking of Nigel and I being out and about-we got our first (and
> hopefully
> > last!) speeding ticket this morning! The CHP was really nice though-didn't
> > cite me fo lack of rear view mirror or for the amount of noise my monzas
> > make-was going 19 miles over the limit but gave me a ticket for 4!
> > Complimented the car twice and mentioned how nice I was (Yeah-I'm nice!)
> >
> > Have a good day!
> >
> > Laura G.
>
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> Reed Mideke rmideke@interbase.com
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