What is the name of your state? New York
Someone I know kept their car parked at a meter too long in NYC. However, the meter maid printed the wrong license plate number on the ticket. I know that can be grounds for dismissal if the person charged contests it (although is it necessarily automatic?).
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/dispute2.html
But the catch is that the reason the wrong license plate number was issued on the ticket is because the meter maid read it off the registration sticker on the window, not from the actual plate (which I think they're required to do). And that registration on the window is that of the previous owner of the vehicle - the current driver of the car forgot to replace that sticker with his current registration that's in his glove box. So they have the wrong license plate number issued on the ticket because the current owner of the vehicle hadn't changed the sticker, which had the license plate of the former owner of the vehicle on it (not the new license plate number they have now).
So I guess my questions are - should the person contest it? If so, how likely is it he'll win? Is it likely that they will discover the mistake and deny dismissal (they do, after all, have his VIN which they can trace to the current owner, so I guess this question concerns the efficiency of the NYC bureaucracy), and finally, is there a possibility that they can slap on an extra fine for expired registration if he chooses to contest the ticket and they discover what happened (or even worse, some charge of false ID/misrepresentation)?
Someone I know kept their car parked at a meter too long in NYC. However, the meter maid printed the wrong license plate number on the ticket. I know that can be grounds for dismissal if the person charged contests it (although is it necessarily automatic?).
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/dispute2.html
But the catch is that the reason the wrong license plate number was issued on the ticket is because the meter maid read it off the registration sticker on the window, not from the actual plate (which I think they're required to do). And that registration on the window is that of the previous owner of the vehicle - the current driver of the car forgot to replace that sticker with his current registration that's in his glove box. So they have the wrong license plate number issued on the ticket because the current owner of the vehicle hadn't changed the sticker, which had the license plate of the former owner of the vehicle on it (not the new license plate number they have now).
So I guess my questions are - should the person contest it? If so, how likely is it he'll win? Is it likely that they will discover the mistake and deny dismissal (they do, after all, have his VIN which they can trace to the current owner, so I guess this question concerns the efficiency of the NYC bureaucracy), and finally, is there a possibility that they can slap on an extra fine for expired registration if he chooses to contest the ticket and they discover what happened (or even worse, some charge of false ID/misrepresentation)?
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