Filing for bankruptcy is going to have zero effect on the status of your driver's license. You will need to check with DVS (Driver and Vehicle Services to see what you need to do to get your DL back.

Failed to stop long enough for a bus? Do you mean that you have been charged with a stop-arm violation? Your question is unclear on this point. There is a misdemeanor "flavor" of the stop-arm statute and a gross-misdemeanor "flavor." The consequences are going to depend on... View More

The citation doesn't become invalid because there is incorrect information on the citation. It can be amended by the prosecutor at any point, even up to the point of trial. This is something that your son and grandson ought to be addressing. Your grandson was likely given a citation and... View More

No, the decision yesterday does not open the floodgates to suspicionless motor vehicle searches. There are certainly circumstances where your car can be searched without consent, for example a search incident to arrest, but cops are not going to be able to search cars whenever they want and... View More

Anyone can go to the Minnesota Courts website https://www.mncourts.gov/ and access case records using the citation number on the ticket (or court file number). That's important because the court disables a name search until the defendant has been convicted. If the citation shows up, after a... View More

The best advice would be to retain an attorney to represent you. There will be an attorney on the other side prosecuting you. Having your own attorney is going to increase your likelihood of success.

This question doesn't make a lot of sense. But in any event, no one is going to do legal research for you. You should either apply for a public defender or hire private counsel if you are interested in making a legal challenge to your arrest/charges.

It depends on the conditions of the CFD. But it sounds as if one of the conditions was to remain law abiding - no same/similar offenses. A speeding ticket is a violation of that requirement whether it goes on your driving record/affects your insurance or not.

Some prosecutors will offer the defendant a chance to avoid a smaller license related conviction on their records, if they chow up in court with the issue with their license recticitfied, plus payment of "court costs." No guarantees, but you can ask. Since the issue will need to be... View More

Four months to file a complaint is not outside the statute of limitations.

See Minnesota's "Habitual Violator" Rule, available online: Minnesota Rules 7409.2200. Too many traffic violations within various listed time periods will trigger driver's license suspensions of various lengths.

Normally forever. Exception: expungement possibility. But if the defendant instead sets up a court date and gets a prosecutor to agree to an outcome that will eventually avoid a conviction (Continuance for Dismissal, or Stay of Adjudication), then upon successful completion of the period of the... View More

Some Minnesota misdemeanors are treated as "payable offenses" by Minnesota courts, meaning the defendant can be convicted by paying a fine without a court appearance. But taka a look at Minnesota Statutes Section 171.173, saying that such a conviction would trigger a suspension of... View More

If police have no speed measurement evidence, such as RADAR or LIDAR, the prosecution will have less evidence to present at a trial. So that is more favorable for the defendant. But, all the many considerations for defending a speeding ticket would still apply, including how to persuade a... View More

Police can lawfully stop a driver if they observe a violation, or facts amounting to "reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity." Since Minnesota laws requires a working plate light, lack of one can be a lawful basis for a stop. If working, but police claim the contrary, a... View More

Mostly likely yes, if you was on private property, and was not in your vehicle at the time of the stop, the cop can still stop you. Was it your private land? If not, it doesn't probably matter.

The police officer could issue a citation tab charging a petty speed, after issuing a "warning." But I've never seen that happen, so it must be rare.

Context provides meaning. A prudent driver would stop for a red light, even when the cross streets at the intersection are blocked off. But a drivers defending a citation for failure to obey a red light might defend the case arguing that the signal should be treated as a stop sign, given the... View More

You can just call and pay the fine. There is information online on how to take care of the ticket. You can just plug in the citation number at this website and you'll be good to go: https://webpay.courts.state.mn.us/CourtWebPay/Search.aspx?ID=100