Q: If I am on court supervision in Illinois and I have received a violation by the us district court, what happens?
I work in Missouri and I purchased a car in Missouri last week. I live in Illinois and I did not get to register the vehicle in Illinois yet because they were not open when I purchased the car and I drove the car to work the next day, a Saturday, with the plates from my previous car on it. In Illinois I know that I have a 24 hour period that I am legally allowed to drive unregistered, but not in Missouri. I received a non-moving violation while parked in my work parking lot in Missouri on Saturday. Since I am an Illinois resident with that 24 hour period, and the car was registered in Illinois the following Monday as soon as they opened, I'm not sure what will happen here. I want to contest the violation because of these details but I am also on court supervision and I am afraid that this violation will affect my supervision no matter what I do here and I will lose my license because of this petty offense.
A:
A violation of Court supervision means that you will be held in contempt of court and, depending on the court which issued the order, you could either be fined or lose your license. Although, it sounds to me that you had good intentions and a good defense to register your car.
If you can give the judge a pretty good explanation of why you broke the rule, as you did here, hopefully the judge will not hold you in contempt.
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