christoph663
Junior Member
Hi there,
I've got the following question:
I received a ticket for violating a stop sign at the LA Airport. It was quite confusing for me, because I did not quite know if the officer tries to stop me or not, that was why I passed the stop sign after all. Well the officer was quite friendly and made the fine as low as possible. He told me something about around 50$.
The problem was, that my visa expired two weeks later and I told him that I could not be reached at address shown on my NJ drivers license.
Actually he did not give me any advices what to do there. He just told me to pay it somehow. (But how could I if I did not eaven know how much it was)
Well in the end I did not receive any bill about 50$, but about 399$ because I did not pay in time. My question is now:
Will I get into trouble if I should ever again try to enter the US if I choose not to pay that fine?
I mean I feel really badly treated by the LA court, because they never sent me a bill and how could I know about any due date or the amount of the fine then.
I already called the court, but the employees there seem to be very dump. The employee did not even know that Germany is not part of the US until I told her.
Thanks in advance for any hints, best regards, Christoph
I've got the following question:
I received a ticket for violating a stop sign at the LA Airport. It was quite confusing for me, because I did not quite know if the officer tries to stop me or not, that was why I passed the stop sign after all. Well the officer was quite friendly and made the fine as low as possible. He told me something about around 50$.
The problem was, that my visa expired two weeks later and I told him that I could not be reached at address shown on my NJ drivers license.
Actually he did not give me any advices what to do there. He just told me to pay it somehow. (But how could I if I did not eaven know how much it was)
Well in the end I did not receive any bill about 50$, but about 399$ because I did not pay in time. My question is now:
Will I get into trouble if I should ever again try to enter the US if I choose not to pay that fine?
I mean I feel really badly treated by the LA court, because they never sent me a bill and how could I know about any due date or the amount of the fine then.
I already called the court, but the employees there seem to be very dump. The employee did not even know that Germany is not part of the US until I told her.
Thanks in advance for any hints, best regards, Christoph