Unpaid light rail Tickets

[Ksweet0412]

What is the name of your state?California. My issues have to do with several tickets that have gone into collections. The tickets range from fare evasion , and a few other minor traffic citations. I’ve paid off about 1500$ worth of them. Then the hot me with 8000$ more. I finally got the traffic court to give me copies of the tickets. My next step is to go to the sheriffs office and try to get them to write me out a court date for some of these tickets. Do you have any advice to help me get out of all this debt?

 

[Zigner]

Yes, but the vast majority of the advice will involve time travel which, unfortunately, hasn't been invented yet.

 

[not2cleverRed]

What is the name of your state?California. My issues have to do with several tickets that have gone into collections. The tickets range from fare evasion , and a few other minor traffic citations. I’ve paid off about 1500$ worth of them. Then the hot me with 8000$ more. I finally got the traffic court to give me copies of the tickets. My next step is to go to the sheriffs office and try to get them to write me out a court date for some of these tickets. Do you have any advice to help me get out of all this debt?

Once your tickets have gone to collections, you're kind of toast. It is too late to go to court to try and get out of the tickets. You had a limited time to do that, and you did not do that.

The only way to get out of debt at this point is to pay off the debt.

In the future address the issue of tickets ASAP. Ignoring them until the debt goes to collections is far more costly than just facing the music and paying it.

 

[Ksweet0412]

Thanks you were no help at all. I was told by the clerks off that I can take the tickets to the sheriffs office, and ask them file a motion to consolidate these cases .

 

[Zigner]

Thanks you were no help at all.

You're welcome. We're always glad to be of service.

I was told by the clerks off that I can take the tickets to the sheriffs office, and ask them file a motion to consolidate these cases .

Oh, in that case, why are you here and not at the Sheriff's office?

 

[FlyingRon]

You can try consolidation, but that doesn't mean that you will pay any less. It may mean you can get on a payment plan.

 

[HighwayMan]

....try to get them to write me out a court date for some of these tickets...

You already had your court dates and apprently blew them all off. That's why you owe so much money. Maybe next time you won't stick your head in the sand when you get any type of ticket or summons. Ignoring them is not the way to handle them - as you have painfully found out.

 

[NeilTheCop]

Thanks you were no help at all. I was told by the clerks off that I can take the tickets to the sheriffs office, and ask them file a motion to consolidate these cases .

Unless someone can correct me, I was under the impression that a court clerk was prohibited from offering legal advice such as this.

 

[stealth2]

Thanks you were no help at all. I was told by the clerks off that I can take the tickets to the sheriffs office, and ask them file a motion to consolidate these cases .

You are certainly free to discuss this with an attorney. Who will expect to be paid.

 

[Zigner]

Unless someone can correct me, I was under the impression that a court clerk was prohibited from offering legal advice such as this.

I don't believe that would be considered legal advice. It's more a procedural matter.

 

[stealth2]

I don't believe that would be considered legal advice. It's more a procedural matter.

And a quick way to get Sweetie to move away from the counter.

 

[NeilTheCop]

Wasn't sure so I looked up the handbook for California court staff on such issues.
Page 5 is quite specific.
https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/mayihelpyou.pdf

 

[Zigner]

Wasn't sure so I looked up the handbook for California court staff on such issues.
Page 5 is quite specific.
https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/mayihelpyou.pdf

I don't see anything on that page that would prevent a court clerk from letting a person know that they could ask the Sheriff's office to ask the court to consolidate the cases.

 

[NeilTheCop]

As the booklet says, it's a grey area when information and advice overlap, so you are probably correct.

 

[HighwayMan]

As the booklet says, it's a grey area when information and advice overlap, so you are probably correct.

Welcome back. I was starting to think that you were in jail, or something.