Tint Ticket

[momo_the_great_88]

My question involves a traffic citation from the state of: CA
So i have a question i was issued a tint ticket in California, i thought it was just a fix it ticket so i went and had it taken off and went down to the police station and had them sign it off and thought i was all good...... well here is what actually happened because the issuing officer marked not correctable next to the violation number for the tint the court says it is not a correctable violation even though from the research i have found it is..... do the officers have the right to do that does any body know the exact law that says they cant do that or can they ? i am fighting this of course so any help will be appreciated.

thanks

[That Guy]

My question involves a traffic citation from the state of: CA
So i have a question i was issued a tint ticket in California, i thought it was just a fix it ticket so i went and had it taken off and went down to the police station and had them sign it off and thought i was all good...... well here is what actually happened because the issuing officer marked not correctable next to the violation number for the tint the court says it is not a correctable violation even though from the research i have found it is..... do the officers have the right to do that does any body know the exact law that says they cant do that or can they ? i am fighting this of course so any help will be appreciated.

thanks

The related code sections are: VC 40522, VC 40303.5 and VC 40610.

[momo_the_great_88]

I really appreciate you getting back to me so quickly, the only other question i have is related to my original post. Does the officer have the authority to mark the "not correctable" box next to a correctable violation i looked through the codes you suggested but there is nothing there about his authority to say whether something is fixable or not ...... i know this seems like a lot of hassle just to go through to fight a tint ticket but it comes down to money they hit me with a $250 fine just for tint because he marked that box i just don't understand if it is a correctable violation how can the officer do that. any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

[That Guy]

I really appreciate you getting back to me so quickly, the only other question i have is related to my original post. Does the officer have the authority to mark the "not correctable" box next to a correctable violation i looked through the codes you suggested but there is nothing there about his authority to say whether something is fixable or not ......

Re-read VC 40610, specifically subsections (b) and (c). I don't know what transpired during the stop, what the officer told you, what you told him, or whether you have any prior window tint citations or mechanical violations... But the officer DOES have discretion to cite it as non-correctable. In fact, most CHP officers will always write it as non-correctable, its nothing new!

Of course you can make the correction, schedule a court appearance, take proof of the same to court show it to the judge who also has discretion to accept the correction, but I offer no guarantees that it will work out in your favor.

i know this seems like a lot of hassle just to go through to fight a tint ticket but it comes down to money they hit me with a $250 fine just for tint because he marked that box i just don't understand if it is a correctable violation how can the officer do that. any help would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know where you got the $250 from... the highest I've seen it is around $190. So what code section were you cited for? And was that the only violation on your citation?