Speeding Ticket
 

Hi guys,

I've got a speeding ticket the 29th of june but I still did not receive any notification with the price to pay in my mailbox. What am I supposed to do ? DO I have to call the office of the sheriff ?

I would like to do a trial by written declaration, but the apperance date is the 12 of August and I need to send the bail amount (which I dont know the amount) 1 week before this date.

Thanks for your advices.

call them up and ask... good luck.

What county?

Call them, I hope you get it all figured out.

Santa Clara County, Northern CA.

You just call the clerks office for whatever court you are supposed to show up to on the promise to appear (ticket). They will have all that info.

Also it's at that time when you speak with the clerks office that you inform them that you want to proceed with a TBWD. They will give you the appropriate forms in order to move forward with that process.

When you do a TBWD you have to make sure that you serve the cop with a LENGTHY discovery request. CHECK with the clerks office regarding this because they usually have a standard one that must be filled out otherwise it won't get to the cop. If they don't require one, I have a PDF example you should use depending on how the cop determined your speed (radar, lidar, pace).

If you lose your TBWD, remember that you always have "trial de novo" which is another (court) trial. So it's like 2 chances for the price of one. I did a TBWD and lost and did a trial de novo and the cop didn't show... case dismissed!

Good luck with everything.

so just to be clear, it was a sheriff or SJPD ticket? not CHP?

you might find some other helpful info here:

Traffic Court - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

Santa Clara huh? Was it local PD or Sheriff? You can check status online.

Good luck with the TBWD. I got a ticket on I-5 back in January and tried to fight it. Have I deserved a ticket in the past...yep. This time? Nope, I wasn't even speeding but I think the CHP got me confused with another vehicle just like mine. CA needs their $ since they're broke. :(

I'm still ahead of the game though. :D