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Collecting from a California Court

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jwissick

Junior Member
I won a traffic case in Santa Clara County a few months back. I have yet to receive my refund for the case. When I contact them, I keep getting the run around. Every time the tell me to expect the refund, the date passes and nothing happens.


How long do they have to refund these? Is it even possible to sue a court in small claims?
 


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cosine

Senior Member
Anyone can sue anyone for anything any time. Whether the case will be thrown out is another matter.

What are the dates involved? How long has this been going on?
 
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jwissick

Junior Member
Was told to expect payment at the beginning of the month. Then told another two weeks after that date passed.

The two weeks has since passed and giving the state an interest free loan sticks in my craw. Especially since this has been one screw up after another on their part.
 
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cosine

Senior Member
jwissick said:
Was told to expect payment at the beginning of the month. Then told another two weeks after that date passed.

The two weeks has since passed and giving the state an interest free loan sticks in my craw. Especially since this has been one screw up after another on their part.
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Call them every day. When they say something like "expect it in 2 weeks" ask them "but what happened to the payment from 4 weeks ago that you said to expect in 2 weeks ... explain THAT ... I bet you can't ... and since you can't, how can I trust that when you tell me now to expect it in 2 weeks that it is really on its way. And when I call you in 3 weeks to ask why it has still not arrived, what are you going to say then?".
 
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I_Got_Banned

Senior Member
It takes a minimum of 6 to 8 weeks for a court to issue a refund after a dismissal. Assuming this is related to your other thread, it looks like you updated there on 12/07/2010, you're still at "6 weeks" from that date.
 
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