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  • elprez98
    MVP
    • Dec 2003
    • 4237
    #1

    Question about traffic law....

    Am I responsible for paying a traffic ticket (suspended registration) on a car that wasn't mine, and I didn't know that the registration was suspended? Any lawyers on the site...gimme a quick who is at fault?
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    • MassNole
      Banned
      • Mar 2006
      • 18848
      #2
      Re: Question about traffic law....

      Originally posted by elprez98
      Am I responsible for paying a traffic ticket (suspended registration) on a car that wasn't mine, and I didn't know that the registration was suspended? Any lawyers on the site...gimme a quick who is at fault?
      I am a year away from taking the bar exam, so answering this in theoretical terms, I wouldn't think that it is your responsibility. What state are you in?

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        • elprez98
          MVP
          • Dec 2003
          • 4237
          #3
          Re: Question about traffic law....

          Originally posted by MassNole
          I am a year away from taking the bar exam, so answering this in theoretical terms, I wouldn't think that it is your responsibility. What state are you in?
          Georgia...aka the slave state(at will employment laws and such).
          Originally posted by My Wife
          "The Celtics only won because they have a magical elf playing for their team...."

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            • SPTO
              binging
              • Feb 2003
              • 68046
              #4
              Re: Question about traffic law....

              yeah it doesn't sound like you should pay for it Maybe you should contest this in court and provide evidence that it wasn't your car and you didn't know.
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                • p_rushing
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 14514
                  #5
                  Re: Question about traffic law....

                  Just based off common rules in laws, if you didn't have any reason to suspect that there was a problem, you shouldn't have a problem. Traffic laws are very different if each state though. I used http://www.tixnix.com/ when I got a ticket, its free to talk to the lawyer and they can let you know what you could expect.

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                    • mjb2124
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 13649
                      #6
                      Re: Question about traffic law....

                      I think you might have to pay the ticket.

                      A similar situation happened to me in high school. I was driving my parent's car and my father/mother forgot to get the inspection done. It was 2 weeks overdue and I got pulled over for it. I got 2 tickets (1 for inspection, 1 for emissions). I took it to court, explained the situation to the judge and he eliminated 1 ticket, but I had to pay the other.

                      So while I didn't have the same exact circumstances (suspended registration compared to outdated inspection/emissions), I think they'd have similar results.

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