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jojoisin
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What is the name of your state? Massachusetts
My dad recently received a delinquent parking ticket notice on a vehicle that has not been driven in almost 8 months. I went out to check the car and noticed that the license plate was gone. The same day I went to the RMV and the insurance company to cancel the plate and the insurance. The following Monday I took all the information to the ticket office at the police dept. and thought that once they saw that the plate was stolen and that the license plate, according to the ticket notice, was on a brown Honda and not the white Taurus that it belongs to, that they would dismiss the fine without a problem. Much to my dismay, I was told that my dad was responsible for any tickets written before the time the plates were cancelled and reported stolen. I tried to explain that my dad is 82 and a 100% disabled veteran and that he's been housebound since January 2003. This didn't make a bit of difference I was told because he could have lent the plates out to someone else -- it happens all the time. I can honestly say that this did not happen in this case. I told the person that we would appeal this and he said go ahead, but that he would be the person we will be appealing to. I set up an appeal date anyway, which will be coming up on August 14. We have since received a second deliquent parking ticket notice. Aside from the fact that my dad is on a fixed income and can't afford to be paying for someone else's violations, this is just not right. Any advice on how we can prepare for the appeal would be very much appreciated.
My dad recently received a delinquent parking ticket notice on a vehicle that has not been driven in almost 8 months. I went out to check the car and noticed that the license plate was gone. The same day I went to the RMV and the insurance company to cancel the plate and the insurance. The following Monday I took all the information to the ticket office at the police dept. and thought that once they saw that the plate was stolen and that the license plate, according to the ticket notice, was on a brown Honda and not the white Taurus that it belongs to, that they would dismiss the fine without a problem. Much to my dismay, I was told that my dad was responsible for any tickets written before the time the plates were cancelled and reported stolen. I tried to explain that my dad is 82 and a 100% disabled veteran and that he's been housebound since January 2003. This didn't make a bit of difference I was told because he could have lent the plates out to someone else -- it happens all the time. I can honestly say that this did not happen in this case. I told the person that we would appeal this and he said go ahead, but that he would be the person we will be appealing to. I set up an appeal date anyway, which will be coming up on August 14. We have since received a second deliquent parking ticket notice. Aside from the fact that my dad is on a fixed income and can't afford to be paying for someone else's violations, this is just not right. Any advice on how we can prepare for the appeal would be very much appreciated.