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Motions for a change of venue tend to be only granted if you were notified to appear at a court that is not the county seat court, and you claim you told the citing officer you wanted the county seat.
The county seat is where the business of the county is conducted.....find out what your county seat is in yoru county, and if is different than where you were told to appear, get Nolo Press' book "Fight Your Ticket" and there is a sample change of venue motion in it.
I'm planning on purchasing the ebook once my new debit card arrives in the mail after being lost. Can I just call out the court later after my letter arrives and tell them that I requested to the officer that I wanted to be in the county seat, but he didn't put the county seat? The county seat is around 40 miles away from the original court house, so it might give me a slightly better chance that he won't show up.Quote:
Quoting DaveBis
If traffic school is not an option, I plan to go ahead and fight the ticket. I've researched quite a bit online today. Some information sounding more usuable than others, mainly tipmra.com and some other sites. A lot sound like propaganda, but I'll look more into it during my weekend off.
Fight Your Ticket
Is that the book you were referring to?
So you plan to lie about it?Quote:
Quoting NRM
- Carl
I'm not quite sure yet. To be honest, I wish I knew the option was available before he wrote me the ticket, and if I had, I surely would have requested it.
I called in yesterday and they told me if I wanted to go to the arraignment, I would have to go to the court house listed and I couldn't get it changed. They didn't even tell me that I could have requested it change. It seems more like something only people in-the-know could have done.
I don't want to lie, but having to drive 30-40 miles between classes during school hours to make the arraignment days, it would be the most convienent for me. Would there be adverse consequences for saying that I said it, or would he be contacted about it? I don't want to be getting anyone in trouble who shouldn't be, I just wish I had known more before the incident.
There's no law requiring that we mention it as an option.Quote:
Quoting NRM
Fortunately for me, I work in my county seat so they get cited in to the county seat either way.
Well, considering that he could get in trouble for not citing you in to the county seat upon request - its the law - he would most certainly be asked about it. And you could get in trouble for lying about it, yes. It's something we do remember. In 15 years in this job I've been asked about it only once.Quote:
Would there be adverse consequences for saying that I said it, or would he be contacted about it? I don't want to be getting anyone in trouble who shouldn't be, I just wish I had known more before the incident.
- Carl
Oh, I didn't think it was anything as severe as that. I know that there is no law requiring that you mention it, I just wish I had known from somewhere before I got the ticket. I guess I'll just have to forget about that for now.