HELP!!! I lost my "Fix-it" Ticket

[Kid Colt]

So I got a ticket for having my front car windows tinted. I had the tint removed, so now I need to get "proof of correction". I know that I am supposed to take my original yellow ticket to a CHP office and have them stamp/sign off on it. My problem is that my original Yellow ticket flew out the window on the freeway :-/ so what else can I do to get my ticket stamped/sign off on? I have the reminder letter that was sent to me in the mail, will this work?

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Whatever department assigned you the ticket will have a copy of it in their records. You should be able to use that copy to have it signed off by any department. You will have to visit in person with ID in order to get a copy. After that the steps are the same as if you had the original ticket.

[CHP Officer]

CHP Doesn't Charge Like the Local PDs...

If the tag was issued by CHP, you'd have to go to the area office, where the officer is assigned, and you can request a copy of the CHP215. You need to know the date of the citation, at the very least. The county court system may allow you to look up you record, too, and you can get the citation number that way, so it's easier for the CHP area office clerical staff to find your paperwork.

CHP won't charge you to sign off the citation, although the court will most likely charge you a small fee. City police departments do charge a "sign-off" fee.

Tinted windshield? Why would you do that on a car you're using on a public roadway? Buy sunglasses or, if you're that sensitive to sunlight, wear long sleeves and one of those welder's masks so popular with the people of Asia. I bet that you signed a waiver at the tint shop that said you knew the tint was illegal.

[E Pluribus Unum]

If the tag was issued by CHP, you'd have to go to the area office, where the officer is assigned, and you can request a copy of the CHP215. You need to know the date of the citation, at the very least. The county court system may allow you to look up you record, too, and you can get the citation number that way, so it's easier for the CHP area office clerical staff to find your paperwork.

CHP won't charge you to sign off the citation, although the court will most likely charge you a small fee. City police departments do charge a "sign-off" fee.

Tinted windshield? Why would you do that on a car you're using on a public roadway? Buy sunglasses or, if you're that sensitive to sunlight, wear long sleeves and one of those welder's masks so popular with the people of Asia. I bet that you signed a waiver at the tint shop that said you knew the tint was illegal.

How would you know??? What do you do for a living? Welcome to Calguns!


Last I had a fixit ticket... the "dismissal fee" was $14.00.

[Ron-Solo]

Los Angeles County Courts now charge $25 per violation section. If you were cited for both tinting and say headlights, it would be $50, plus whatever the agency issing the certificate of correction charges.

LA County courts also required a "Certificate of Correction" rather than signing off on the back of the ticket like we used to do because of widespread fraud.

[CHP Officer]

Certificate of Correction?

Los Angeles County Courts now charge $25 per violation section. If you were cited for both tinting and say headlights, it would be $50, plus whatever the agency issing the certificate of correction charges.

LA County courts also required a "Certificate of Correction" rather than signing off on the back of the ticket like we used to do because of widespread fraud.

Twenty-five bucks a mechanical violation: POW! POW! POW! That nasty attitude can get expensive.

For the CHP, the area office has a stamp for the citation that serves as a "certificate of correction." I frequently get people asking me, after the office is closed, if I can sign off a mechanical citation. I really, really hate telling them they need to come back when the office is opened because I can't do it as an individual officer without the office stamp. It makes me feel, well, incapable of helping. However, I get over that feeling in about two seconds when I remember the scores of people who, after I hand them their yellow copy for a mechanical, sneer, "My neighbor's a cop/sheriff. I'll get him to sign it off." Too bad. So sad.

If it wasn't a big deal, folks, someone wouldn't have gone to the trouble to make it part of the law, tint, front plate, cracked windshield, or burned-out tail lamp. It isn't just there for probable cause. Wow. This soapbox is awful high.

[BigDogatPlay]

Welcome aboard.... we need more CHP guys around here. The patrol is underrepresented. And that avatar is outstanding.

[trashman]

And that avatar is outstanding.

<threadjack> I'll second that -- looks like a Lew Horton 24-3 in .44 Special!!!

--Neill