10 year old ticket unpaid by company, now my job is in jeopardy.

Discussion in 'Trucker Legal Advice' started by Trucked 4 41, Apr 17, 2019.

  1. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    I cannot overstate as the others have done, GET that WARRANT taken care of TODAY. This hour. Because if you are captured going down the road for something else, you are going to jail that moment then extradited to NM.
     
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  3. x1Heavy

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    There is a possibility for interest etc. Who knows how grotesque that 500 would have become by now.
     
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  4. Ffx95

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    If it’s a small town they might be reasonable and open to negotiations. I didn’t catch what town he got the warrant from so not sure.
     
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  5. x1Heavy

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    Im hoping for him its a tiny town.

    I live or lived rather close to a tiny town or make that several tiny towns around my county. One is actually called Romance and useful for valentine post office mailing stamps at that time. =) Anyhow. Small towns are very good for being able to talk to anyone all the way up to the mayor at any time. If you were in say Baltimore.. then you will never get close to the mayor and you will be part of the system a long time.

    The disability is a bad thing. If this warrant is a felony and or results in jail time more than 30 days, that will stop the benefits. You would need to check carefully with the SSA after you finish talking to a lawyer and the jurisdiction from where the warrant originated. If SSA attaches a time that was issued, say 10 years ago. All benefits paid could now be considered excessively paid and you will need to repay it.

    Hopefully its a simple bodily attachment warrant where you show up at the police station there, sign some paperwork and promise to be in court etc to dispose of this problem pernamently. (You will want a lawyer for this because that company is potentially so involved...) or it could be a money warrant in which case you will sit in jail until you make bail or you finish trial which could be a year. (And the benefits stopped and so on so forth followed by the loss of rental apartment and so on.)

    It's amazing that a simple tint complaint by NM of all places in the sun would turn into a potentially world ending problem.

    If it is a simple 500 dollar check to make this go away then you still need a lawyer to see if your company is still involved with this because it's their truck their tint. Also paying a fine is a conviction either felony or misdemeanor etc.

    FTA or absconding on a warrant is really bad. So take care of this instantly. OR you will be taken care of at the expense of everything else when they click handcuffs on you.
     
  6. D.Tibbitt

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    who knows, being in new mexico , knowing how strict they are on commerical vehicles , i wouldnt be wanting to find out
     
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  7. x1Heavy

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    I agree.

    I think they are pretty strict. I consider myself lucky because in that state I had a habit of parking on dead ground. Just drive off the pavement on interlock or lockers, settle in to the bunk and pull back onto the pavement in the night or morning.

    If I did that anywhere else I would be hounded by the parking nazis.
     
  8. buddyd157

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    contact that state's prosecutors office, or court clerk's office. (some states, the courts clerks can handle this)

    find out the amount of the ticket now. explain to them that you handed in that ticket to your employer for payment, which they failed.

    tell them you are willing to pay the original fine (they may tack on interest, i think most times it's like 18%, but i am not sure if that is monthly or yearly)

    explain to them that you are disabled now.

    hear what has to be said.

    you still may need to contact a lawyer in THAT state and communicate with him or her.

    best of luck to you.

    i guess the moral of this story is...NEVER TRUST your company to handle ANY ticket.....take care of it yourself..!
     
  9. Buckeye 60

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    doesn't matter if company tinted the windows or you did as far as the law is concerned you were driving it so its your responsibility. just like any other problem with a truck .... call the prosecutor in what ever jurisdiction the ticket came from explain the situation and pay the fine , he may be easy on late fees knowing the situation
     
  10. rolls canardly

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    Road Pirates.
    Window Tint?
     
  11. snowwy

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    NEVER trust the company to pay a ticket. NEVER.

    Pay the ticket. It's cheaper then a lawyer. And a lawyer won't take your case anyways. NM. You can't fight tickets in NM. Same as in WY. And you'll still be stuck with the fine. PLUS atty fees.

    You don't have a chance of hiring a lawyer in NM.

    AND YES. I dooooooo know. That was my last ticket over 5 years ago.
     
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