Notice of Correction

[AyatollahGondola]

I learned me sumpthin new today,

Didn't know this existed in the VC, but one of my kids got a tickee for illegal U-turn, and no proof of insurance, and then a couple weeks later got one of these Notice of Correction deleting the U-turn charge. I always thought that once these citations were written they had to be dropped by the court, and officers couldn't change anything.

[gabriel]

I learned me sumpthin new today,

Didn't know this existed in the VC, but one of my kids got a tickee for illegal U-turn, and no proof of insurance, and then a couple weeks later got one of these Notice of Correction deleting the U-turn charge. I always thought that once these citations were written they had to be dropped by the court, and officers couldn't change anything.

When I volunteered at my City Attorney's office they handled misdemeanor tickets. There were a lot of citations sent back to the officers for corrections and officers often sent in their own corrections adding additional charges as well as dropping chargers or swapping them out for more appropriate ones.

[Vinnie]

We have the opportunity to correct our own mistakes before submitting the erroneous documents to the court.

[HonkingAntelope]

I learned me sumpthin new today,

Didn't know this existed in the VC, but one of my kids got a tickee for illegal U-turn, and no proof of insurance, and then a couple weeks later got one of these Notice of Correction deleting the U-turn charge. I always thought that once these citations were written they had to be dropped by the court, and officers couldn't change anything.

Technically, it's a royal pain in the butt for the officer to *VOID* a citation. AFAIK, in most departments, an officer would have to write a letter to the chief with a detailed explanation as to why the cite must be voided - who in their right mind would want to do that?

On the other hand, making corrections to a citation is no big deal - as long as the defendant gets a duly served notice of correction to the citation. AFAIK, this is a relatively common practice in DUI cases where the prosecutor wishes to bring up the VC violation in support of the DUI case rather than as a separate charge in order to avoid muddling the legal waters and giving the defendant a dodgy grounds for appeal due to legally questionable jury instructions.


P.S. Have your kid get a copy of a valid insurance card before going to court with it - unless u have ur kids driving w/o insurance lol... :-) If he/she had a valid insurance, it shouldn't be anything more than a trip to the courthouse along with a $25 donation to to the county/court.

[CTCI08Wife]

AFAIK?

[AyatollahGondola]

Technically, it's a royal pain in the butt for the officer to *VOID* a citation. AFAIK, in most departments, an officer would have to write a letter to the chief with a detailed explanation as to why the cite must be voided - who in their right mind would want to do that?

P.S. Have your kid get a copy of a valid insurance card before going to court with it - unless u have ur kids driving w/o insurance lol... :-) If he/she had a valid insurance, it shouldn't be anything more than a trip to the courthouse along with a $25 donation to to the county/court.
Yeah, my kid got a valid insurance card before leaving the house again.

I've only had a ticket "voided" once in my life. I lived on an alley where my garage door and a short easement were. The church next door was always having these events that overflowed their lot and drove the members of their flock into the alley, usually paying no attention to my "no parking" sign. One evening during a festival that attracted thousands, I came home and found a car against my door, so I parked behind it and trekked over to the church so they could put it on the loudspeaker to move it or lose it. When I came back, a city PD was writing me up for illegal parking. There was an impassioned plea for clemency, and a demand to ticket the offending car blocking the garage door. Took about a half hour, but the PD took back the cite.
Usually, and even when I've pointed out an error or misperception, they won't do that. You have tell the commissioner or judge they say. Once that perscription is written, it's usually a done deal. I'll go one farther and say it's usually just after the pen goes "click" that there's an irreversable trend.:biggrin:

[jrsfan]

AFAIK?

As far as I know.