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I haven't got a speeding ticket in over 4 years. Those two are not affecting my insurance rates because they have since fallen off. I just dont want the one i got 2 days ago to affect my insurance rates. i was going 62 in a 50.
answered on Jan 29, 2018
The only way to get a speeding ticket dismissed is to set a court date, show up, and try to get a result that will get dismissed, or at least not go on the drivers license record. Most prosecutors will only look back three years when considering a Continuance for Dismissal, but some will look back... View More 
Pulled over in a different city and county than the officer works and received speeding citation. Officer included an address for location of offense in his jurisdiction, but that addres is 10-15 miles from where I was pulled over.
answered on Jan 29, 2018
Can you challenge it? Yes you can. Will the challenge be successful? It depends. It seems unlikely to have a chance without a defense attorney's help with it.
A police officer outside his jurisdiction doesn't have the right to make an investigative stop unless acting "in... View More
A cop told me early November his video player wasn’t working but I may be charged with a gross misdemeanor for passing a bus arm. I do not recall the bus even being stopped. Late January, three months later he brought over a citation and the issue date is November. He still hasn’t shown me the... View More
answered on Jan 28, 2018
How we defend a person at trial depends upon all of the facts and circumstances - the more the better - generally only available when defense attorney of record. In general though, most people want an outcome that will keep the violation or offense off of their public court record (and so drivers... View More
I was on my way to work on a road (45 mph) when I suddenly met a bus coming in the opposite direction (I was going north bound, the bus south bound) I absolutely feel terrible, the bus was preparing to stop (the lights suddenly began flashing), but the arm was not extended yet. I also felt I... View More
answered on Jan 27, 2018
The Minnesota Statute Section 169.444 requires a driver to stop when the school bus is "displaying an extended stop-signal arm and flashing red lights." If you read the statute, you'll see that there is a subdivision asserting a petty misdemeanor offense for an owner not driving... View More
I was 17 for the first ticket and now I'm 18 with 8 days left of probation I got a careless driving ticket what's the worst case scenario or what's likely to happen?
answered on Jan 24, 2018
Worst case? Both on record. For now, try to prevent conviction on the new one, and don't try to resolve it quickly.
I received the citation in October 7, 2017, but have yet to pay it. I have gotten a late notice, late fees and will be suspended on 2/05/18 according the the letter that was sent, if not payed. Is there any solution for this in which it will not go on my record?
answered on Jan 19, 2018
Most people want to keep speeding tickets off of their drivers license record. If a person simply pays the ticket, that is deemed an admission and it will go on their drivers license record. The only way to prevent that, is to schedule a court appearance and either get the prosecutor to agree to... View More
answered on Jan 12, 2018
The question seems to have become garbled somehow. If the question is what to do to arrange a payment plan for a late payment on a petty misdemeanor citation, then I would suggest calling or going to Court Administration to discuss with them. I believe they often can make payment plans but I... View More
answered on Jan 6, 2018
In Minnesota, people with a Minnesota drivers license will face a revocation of their drivers license as a "habitual violator" under the administrative rules for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety if three petty misdemeanor driving convictions within 12 months or 5 within 24 months... View More
The warning was for not having my updated insurance card on my person and to get my speedometer checked. However, today I received a final notice that a speeding ticket was due, but the citation I was given never mentioned a speeding fine, or a court date. I don't have the citation because it... View More
answered on Jan 3, 2018
It's difficult to piece together what happened from this description. But it's easy to know how to contest a speeding ticket. Ask court administration for a first appearance court date. Most people want to keep their drivers license record clean. Admitting 59 in a 55 mph zone would... View More
answered on Jan 2, 2018
First, I would generally avoid calling to encourage the court or prosecutor to file and prosecute a traffic ticket. But now that it's been filed with the court, it's time to fight it. Whatever is entered into the court's database about it can always be changed later either by the... View More
Driving record with conditions of a fine and one years no tickets but I got on 12/30/2017 and the year will be up in march 03 2018. Should just fight this ticket till the other ticket expires? And the tickets are in two different county's in Minnesota . What should I do?
answered on Dec 31, 2017
What to do is up to you. Personally, I make every effort to keep traffic violations off the drivers license record. But if a new one would trigger a prior with a condition of no new traffic violations, I'd try to prevent a conviction on the court record as well. One thing is for sure,... View More
answered on Dec 28, 2017
For the woman--it's knocked down to inattentive. For the truck driver? Workers comp, wraparound wage loss, p.i. claim.
Serious enough charge that the woman should consult an attorney, the driver should contact a member of the the Minn. ASn for Justice--they give free consults.
They made me stand in the below zero temperatures for two hours...never asked my side, did not investigate... then said he was citing me and told me to pick it up tomorrow... what can I do?
answered on Dec 23, 2017
He never got your side but you said as a result of what you did there was a wreck, so the problem is?..............sorry to be obtuse but I'm not getting it. See what the citation says. It may be a stop sign violation, it may be something else. If you don't believe you violated the stop... View More
I was pulled over for "failing to yield" the cop gave me a ticket for no drivers license and proof of insurance- i have both just not on me at the time. I asked him if I could go to court and he threatened if i did he would give me a "failed to yield" citation. Can he do that or is it just a threat?
answered on Dec 19, 2017
You now know that it's not the best idea to let a police officer know at a traffic stop that you plan to challenge a citation in court. Next time. But, yes, the prosecutor can amend the charge (to add another) while the case is pending in court. I would still challenge it in court... View More
And should one get a citation if he didn't stop when a school bus was stopped before the intersection and the person was on the other road, going perpendicularly to the bus. Should one stop or can he go? I've seen people going, while others stopped. Could one get a citation for not... View More
answered on Dec 8, 2017
The Minnesota Statute making it a crime to disregard a school bus stop arm appears to apply to vehicles on the same road as the school bus. See, Minn. Stat. Sec. 169.444
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=169.444
No driving or vehicle -related crime or violation will be... View More
answered on Nov 29, 2017
I'd suggest reading the document a police officer gave you. If it directs you to respond in some way, then I'd suggest doing so. What I think of as a written warning from a police officer is not a traffic citation, and so is not a violation charge and will not led to a conviction that... View More
It is her car under her name and all.
answered on Nov 28, 2017
There may be a way for a car owner to find out about parking tickets issued to their car, but it would likely require some effort on their part. On the other, an unpaid parking ticket would likely result in mail demanding payment and eventually worse -- making it likely the owner would learn of it.
If I just paid would it go on my driving record ? if it does would it come off when I'm 18? Or would it be better to go to court? I really don't know what to do
answered on Nov 22, 2017
If a Minnesota resident and Minnesota licensed driver pays a speeding ticket for 64 in a 55 mph zone, that would be treated under Minnesota Statutes so-called "Dimler Amendment law" so that though the conviction would appear on the court record, it would not appear on the drivers license... View More
We paid the fine and it is now listed as closed and convicted
:Conviction deemed a Petty Misdemeanor pursuant to Minn. R. Crim. P 23.02. Is it over? What do we expect from here? Will this be on his criminal record?
answered on Oct 31, 2017
The term "criminal record" can be misleading, if convenient. There is no one criminal record. Organizations generally keep records of many things. Government agencies do. Many government records are publicly available to anyone. Public government records relating to an individuals... View More
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