kentercanyon
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York
I have never received a citation nor been involved with the courts, so please excuse my ignorance.
Now, here is the backstory -- I'm an undergraduate, and live in a rented house with three other students. Last weekends, one of my roommates decided she wanted to have a party at our house. We all agreed, as long as she kept it under control. Flash forward to the actual party, and it was anything but under control. And the cops show up.
I decide to be the one to talk with the officer, since my other roommates are pretty drunk and in no state to communicate with him. The cop asks me to kick some people out and turn down the music, and says if he has to come back he'll arrest me. He seemed to be in a pretty bad mood, but whatever. I start asking people to leave, but within 5-minutes he's back and asking to talk to me. He started going on about how I ignored him. I asked him if I could get my roommates to talk with him, but he said he didn't want to. He then wrote me an "Unnecessary Noise Party" Ticket. I have to appear in court dec. 5.
The next day, my roommate who threw the party told me she wants to take responsibility for the ticket, since it was her idea to throw the party, and she would've talked to the cop if she had been in the right state of mind. Normally I would just have her pay the ticket for me. However, they almost always issue a fine + community service around here (Dutchess County, NY), and since the ticket is in my name I would have to do the x-hours of community service myself.
Is there any way to transfer the ticket to her name, as long as she agrees? Or does anyone have any suggestions for what I should do?
The other thing that sucks is that I have a separate moving violation that I have to appear in the same court on the same day, and I feel like having both of these tickets will cause the judge to give me a stricter punishment.
If any of the above needs clarification, let me know. Thanks!
I have never received a citation nor been involved with the courts, so please excuse my ignorance.
Now, here is the backstory -- I'm an undergraduate, and live in a rented house with three other students. Last weekends, one of my roommates decided she wanted to have a party at our house. We all agreed, as long as she kept it under control. Flash forward to the actual party, and it was anything but under control. And the cops show up.
I decide to be the one to talk with the officer, since my other roommates are pretty drunk and in no state to communicate with him. The cop asks me to kick some people out and turn down the music, and says if he has to come back he'll arrest me. He seemed to be in a pretty bad mood, but whatever. I start asking people to leave, but within 5-minutes he's back and asking to talk to me. He started going on about how I ignored him. I asked him if I could get my roommates to talk with him, but he said he didn't want to. He then wrote me an "Unnecessary Noise Party" Ticket. I have to appear in court dec. 5.
The next day, my roommate who threw the party told me she wants to take responsibility for the ticket, since it was her idea to throw the party, and she would've talked to the cop if she had been in the right state of mind. Normally I would just have her pay the ticket for me. However, they almost always issue a fine + community service around here (Dutchess County, NY), and since the ticket is in my name I would have to do the x-hours of community service myself.
Is there any way to transfer the ticket to her name, as long as she agrees? Or does anyone have any suggestions for what I should do?
The other thing that sucks is that I have a separate moving violation that I have to appear in the same court on the same day, and I feel like having both of these tickets will cause the judge to give me a stricter punishment.
If any of the above needs clarification, let me know. Thanks!
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