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    Default Place of Occurance Error on a Traffic Ticket

    My question involves a traffic citation from the state of: New York


    Similar to Article 2-B, § 238 where a Notice of Violation is described in detail for a parking ticket, is there a similar code section that describes the "required" information for a traffic violation?

    Meaning, the above law states in regard to PARKING tickets:
    Per §39-02 (a) (3) “If any information that is required to be inserted in a notice of violation is omitted from the notice of violation, misdescribed, or illegible, the violation shall be dismissed upon application of the person charged with the violation.”
    Which means if the "Place of Occurrence" is filled out incorrectly, the ticket should be dismissed.

    My question is: I received a Traffic ticket (examples: improperly displayed plate, unapproved helmet, un-inspected, etc) with the wrong location written in the "place of occurrence" box. Is this grounds for dismissal? Where is the law code for the requirements for traffic violation tickets?

    Thank You In Advance!

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    Default Re: Place of Occurance Error on a Traffic Ticket

    Where can I find the location of the offense in the list of required information set forth in subsection (a)(1)?
    Quote Quoting Rules of the City of New York, Title 19, §39-02 Notice of Violation (Summons).
    (a) Contents.
    (1) The notice of violation (summons) shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Director and shall contain the registration plate number, the type of registration, the state of registration, the date of expiration, a description of the vehicle, a general statement of the violation alleged, including a reference to §4-08 of title 34 of the official compilation of Rules of the City of New York or applicable provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or of the Administrative Code of the City of New York or any other law or rule, information as to the days and hours the applicable rule or provision is in effect, unless always in effect pursuant to the rule or provision and where appropriate the word "all" when the days and/or hours in effect are every day and/or twenty-four hours a day, the date, time and particular place of occurrence, and, if a meter violation, the meter number. A mere listing of a meter number in cases of charged meter violations shall not be a sufficient description of a particular place of occurrence of the charged violation.

    (2) Where the plate type or the expiration date are not shown on either the registration plates or sticker of a vehicle or where the registration sticker of a vehicle is covered, faded, defaced or mutilated so that it is unreadable, the plate type or the expiration date may be omitted from the notice of violation, provided that such condition is so described and inserted on the notice of violation.

    (3) If any information that is required to be inserted in a notice of violation is omitted from the notice of violation, misdescribed, or illegible, the violation shall be dismissed upon application of the person charged with the violation.

    (4) The notice of violation (summons) shall also contain information advising the respondent of the manner and time in which a plea with respect to the violation alleged in the said notice may be entered and information warning that failure to plead in the manner and time provided shall be deemed an admission of liability and that a default judgment may be rendered.
    (b) Service of notice of violation (summons). Service of the notice of violation (summons) may be made as follows:
    (1) Personally on the operator of a vehicle. In such case, the name, of the person served shall also be inserted in the notice of violation (summons).

    (2) If the operator is not present, the notice of violation (summons) shall be served on the owner of the vehicle by affixing the notice to the vehicle in a conspicuous place. Service of the notice of violation (summons) as herein provided shall have the same force and effect as if personally served.
    (c) Operator as agent for service. The operator of a vehicle who is not the owner thereof but who uses or operates such vehicle with the permission of the owner, express or implied, shall be deemed to be the agent of such owner to receive notice of violation (summons).

    (d) Certified copies of notice of violation (summons). The Bureau shall provide, upon request of the respondent or his or her attorney or authorized agent, certified copies of summonses issued to that respondent. The fee for such certified copies shall be one dollar ($1.00) per copy. The Director may prescribe procedures for application for such copies, and/or the waiving of the aforementioned charge.

    (e)
    (1) Summons Copies. A respondent is entitled to one request of up to five free summons copies (in judgment or not in judgment) within a thirty day period. Beginning with copy number 6 in any single request, or any additional requests within thirty days of the previous request, there will be a charge of $1.00 per summons copy.'

    This rule applies to all respondents, including commercial organizations, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subdivision. Note that the respondent is entitled to only five free copies per request, not per plate.

    (2) Indigent respondents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, a Senior Hearing Examiner, a Supervising Hearing Examiner, the Chief Administrative Law Judge, the Special Counsel for Adjudications, the First Deputy Commissioner of Finance or the Commissioner of Finance may authorize, without fee, the provision of summons copies to which a fee is otherwise applicable under this subdivision, to a respondent who is a natural person for the purpose of defending against a charged parking violation or moving to open a default judgment, upon the respondent making affidavit or sworn statement on the record that the respondent is unable to pay the fee and demonstrating the indigence of the respondent. Such affidavit or sworn statement shall also state the reason the copy of each summons that was served at the time of occurrence is unavailable and, in the case of a motion to open default judgment, the basis of excusable neglect.

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