Posted on 07/17/2010 12:05:20 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
The Department of Licensing (DOL) announced Friday that it will reimburse fines for up to 3,000 traffic citations that may not be valid. Those citations were issued by various cities and jurisdictions after 2007 and include cellphone violations that occurred before July 1.
People who paid questionable fines should go to the jurisdiction that issued the fine and request reimbursement. The state, in turn, will reimburse the various agencies.
The DOL says the 3,000 or so tickets eligible for refunds are worth an estimated $400,000, money that will come from the agency's budget. The DOL said it will be up to each jurisdiction to decide whether to send refunds to everyone issued an erroneous ticket or to reimburse only those people who request refunds.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
And why do people have to go and ask for the money. If the state knows about it, it should send the money it owes.
This is a clear sign that we have way too many laws on the books...
Because even when the .gov is wrong, you are still expected to beg... didn't you get the memo?
A person who works for an auto insurance company chimed in on a radio program discussing this. He said it would be much more difficult removing the infraction from your insurance records. You may get your $179 ticket money back, but the insurance company may get that and much more over time with increased rates.
Good! Starve the Beast!
BTTT.
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