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Can parking ticket be dismissed for wrong model of car written on the ticket?
So yea the cop wrote down the wrong car model, on the ticket he wrote "4 DR" I'm guessing for 4 door when my car is actually 2 door, and model RSX (acura).
get this, ticket is for parking "more than 18inches from curb" when I wasn't, then he writes "car parked on road facing curb"...which I was, but what is the real violation? Then I find out it's a ludicrous $150!!! all this for parking in front of my own HOUSE.
oklatom
do you believe all cars are longer than 18inches in both length and width? What your saying is anyone parking next to the curb would get a parking ticket.
6 Answers
- LeAnneLv 71 decade agoFavourite answer
Questions like this pop up all the time - unfortunately, unless the registration number is incorrect, the other info is rather insignificant.
- oklatomLv 71 decade ago
If you were parked "facing the curb" then your rear wheels were definitely more than 18 inches from the curb. No, being in front of your own house, or wrong make and model means nothing. You parked, illegally, and as long as the license number is correct, that's all that matters. Pay the ticket since you admitted you did it.
- westlingLv 45 years ago
unquestionably if the plate quantity is incorrect is does no longer bypass decrease back to you. i might do no longer something. That plate quantity will bypass to a distinctive automobile. My mom very nearly have been given arrested as quickly as for unpaid parking tickets. We had a Puegot and the officer positioned the plate quantity down yet stated it replaced right into a Pontiac. So it would be next to impossible to instruct it replaced into your vehicle. Going to courtroom (absolutely everyone can contest a parking cost tag on any vehicle) you will possibly positioned your self in a pickle.
- 1 decade ago
the violation is written for the operator, not the vehicle. its obvious you do not understand what the ticket really meant. it has NOTHING to do with the width or length. its the distance your car was parked "away from the curb" meaning you were closer to the travel lane then you were suppose to be. looks like you own the fine.
- 1 decade ago
yes, it is grounds for dismissal. Now, I'm talking California law. Anywhere in the states a ticket can be challenged even if you are guilty, and given my experience about 80% are tossed out. But, the one deciding factor is what your time is worth. For me, spending 4 hours of my time including forms and letters is not worth 150. however, I always argue my tickets out of spite which is worth so much more.
With that said, an mistake on a ticket may be grounds for dismissal. It provides "reasonable doubt" as to the accuracy of the officer that accused you of the infraction in the first place. Think of it as, if they make one mistake, who said that they didn't make another one. Perhaps you parked 17.5" away? (which you shouldn't be that far anyway, lean how to park)
- 1 decade ago
Unless you can prove that the officer was mistaken when he wrote the ticket, you will have to pay the fine. If you think you have a case, take it up with your local court. It's possible to get a ticket thrown out on appeal.
