I lost my traffic citation, what do I do?

Question

Hello,

I received a traffic citation, but I lost the paper. I've looked online at lasuperiorcourt.org, and my ticket does not show up. The site says tickets can take up to 21 days to appear, it's been 23, and my guess is the court date is rapidly approaching. If I go to the clerk at court, would it show up on her end of the system? If so, why isn't it showing up online? I'd like to take care of this online for obvious reasons. (this is reference to a similar question I posted a few minutes ago) Thanks!!

Answer 1

The irresponsibility could have expensive consequences.

Answer 2

just call the court clerk and ask if you don't want them to know it's you say your his brother calling because hes out of town and  you were asked to take care of it. Most of the time you can just ,ail it or they will give you a ticket #to pay online or may be able to do over the hone with a cc . Here in kansas some cities charge a late fee if you pay within 10-15 days of your missed court date others (leawood ks a******s) issue a bench warrant the day you miss as long as you come in with enough to pay the ticket + court costs+ warrant fee+administrative fee they won't arrest you  

Answer 3

they have a record of the citation.....if they didn't how would they know how to process the fine if you had already paid it?.....call or go in person and they will pull it up for you

Answer 4

Go in person and check it out.

Answer 5

Well goto the clerk office and check it out...or just show up to court

Answer 6

Go to see the court clerk, it will most likely show up on her system.  Online most likely has a long delay.

Answer 7

You may have to spend some time at the courthouse asking for clerks of court to help you find the ticket--or the police department may have it on their record since their officer issued it.

Take whatever information you have--date, time, offense charged, location--to a police station in the area of the citation and ask them to look it up.

It will take some shoe leather from you to find the info but it is better than having a warrant out for your arrest on "failure to appear," isn't it?

Answer 8

Get the date, time, location, and any other info you can think of.  Then contact the court clerk.  If it's not in his system, it either got lost, or more likely you have the wrong court.  That would be bad, as you'll have to search for it in all the courts you can think of.