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windar
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Hi,
Got a ticket for expired license tabs in Seattle, WA. When stopped on a freeway, I had to look for my registration since I just went to the dealer for service and removed such documents. Anyhow, he took my driver license and insurance and I located a registration (though expired) and asked if he wanted to see it. He said no, just sign this and mail it in.
It looks like the only thing on the back of the ticket is "tabs 03/01". On the front the factual info looks fairly accurate with the exception on my license plate the last "R" he wrote looks like an "L" or lower case "e". Next to the infraction he writes "License Plate Valid Display". Looking at the city code for the infraction the word "valid" does not appear, nor is there mention of expired tabs or registration. "Current and proper plates" does appear as governed by the state section. However in the state section of code there is no mention of license tabs or that tabs make a "current or proper".
Do I have any recourse here? I find it a bit disturbing to get pulled over on a sunday on Memorial Day weekend when this officer is clearly on a quota and feel that the stop was improper as he never viewed my registration, albeit expired. Further it's a bit stupid I think to get points for forgetting to renew tabs.
The affadavit or narrative on the back of the ticket is minimalist with just "tabs 03/01" and in actually there are no such stickers in this state. Rather the year tabs are all 4 digits and the single digit month tabs are not preceded by a zero.
I am assuming the standard for a preponderance of evidence for expired tabs may be fairly low but just asking for advice. I don't mind paying some fees but definitely don't want points for something like this. Record is otherwise clean.
Thanks
Got a ticket for expired license tabs in Seattle, WA. When stopped on a freeway, I had to look for my registration since I just went to the dealer for service and removed such documents. Anyhow, he took my driver license and insurance and I located a registration (though expired) and asked if he wanted to see it. He said no, just sign this and mail it in.
It looks like the only thing on the back of the ticket is "tabs 03/01". On the front the factual info looks fairly accurate with the exception on my license plate the last "R" he wrote looks like an "L" or lower case "e". Next to the infraction he writes "License Plate Valid Display". Looking at the city code for the infraction the word "valid" does not appear, nor is there mention of expired tabs or registration. "Current and proper plates" does appear as governed by the state section. However in the state section of code there is no mention of license tabs or that tabs make a "current or proper".
Do I have any recourse here? I find it a bit disturbing to get pulled over on a sunday on Memorial Day weekend when this officer is clearly on a quota and feel that the stop was improper as he never viewed my registration, albeit expired. Further it's a bit stupid I think to get points for forgetting to renew tabs.
The affadavit or narrative on the back of the ticket is minimalist with just "tabs 03/01" and in actually there are no such stickers in this state. Rather the year tabs are all 4 digits and the single digit month tabs are not preceded by a zero.
I am assuming the standard for a preponderance of evidence for expired tabs may be fairly low but just asking for advice. I don't mind paying some fees but definitely don't want points for something like this. Record is otherwise clean.
Thanks