Traffic Tickets

99% of people issued traffic tickets in California do not contest them; even though the law allows you to contest any traffic citation by mail. You can appear via mail through a Written Not Guilty Plea. In your plea, you can request a Trial by Written Declaration. If you lose the trail by declaration, you have 20 days in which you can request a Trial de Novo (new trial) and appear in court for the first time.

Every year, over 34 million people receive a traffic ticket from a police officer. There are two major types of traffic tickets:

Tickets for moving violations—

• Speeding
• Failure to obey traffic signs or lights
• Illegal turns
• Doing anything else illegal while your car is in motion

Tickets for non-moving violations—

• Parking illegally
• Not carrying insurance
• An invalid registration
• Other administrative and technical violations

No matter which type of ticket you receive, you can contest it. And you can contest a ticket by mail without making a court appearance. Contrary to what most people think, if you contest by mail, there is usually a better chance that your case will be dismissed. If the prosecution does not submit their side in writing by the deadline date, your case will be dismissed. Due to procedural hindrances for the prosecution, dismissals due to lack of prosecution are won in approximately 30% of written defenses.

Having a lawyer through all this increases your chances of beating the ticket. The Law Office of Payman Zargari specializes in only these cases.

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