Maybe one day I'll even get to ride the stupid thing again.

[spacebug]

So, when my motorcycle got impounded, I had this thought of "Hey, at least they didn't give me a ticket for not having my new tab on there!" ( It was helpfully attached to my fridge with a magnet at the time). Today I got a notice of how I haven't paid my citation for vehicle registration violation, even though I never got a copy of the ticket- I imagine it didn't stay attached to the bike. Or maybe it fell off during the tow to the impound lot. Gaaah. Gotta schedule a hearing to contest it. Never done that, should be exciting. Or not.

What do I need to prove that it was registered, and just didn't have the tab on there? Shouldn't they have a record, or should I dig up a copy of the check I used to pay it, or what?

ETA: The earliest I could get in for a hearing is January 21st. Onwards, to adventure!

Comments

[r0ckc4ndy.livejournal.com]

Is the ticket for failure to renew tabs or for failure to display current tabs? Because they might reduce it but they won't make it go away, because even if you have the tabs and don't have them on it's technically a valid ticket. I got a ticket with my tabs in my car, just not stuck on the thing yet! If you are going to miss work it's probably cheaper to just pay the ticket.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm afraid of that, but I'm not really sure since I never saw the original ticket. I think it just says "registration violation" on my notice. At the very least I'm hoping to knock down the late fees, 'cause I can't pay something I never got. I don't know if it makes a difference that I clearly never *drove* it anywhere or not; probably not. The weird thing is that my other ticket- the parking ticket- I got in the mail. At first I thought it was a mistake since I paid that one right away.