My question involves traffic court in the State of: WA
I received a speeding ticket heading into Seattle on Dec 13. I sent in my ticket indicating I wished to contest. Today I checked, and there is finally a filed record in the Court System, it indicates the filing date of the infraction was Dec 24. So I pulled up the District Court Online Records, paid my 2.50 to see what was filed (yes, I know, I could have waited for discovery, but I'm not feeling overly patient).
Skimmed the ticket, stamped on the body of it, I see that the Court says the ticket was filed on the 24th. Otherwise the officer dated his report 12/14.
Based on that stamp, vs the date of infraction, am I correct in assuming that this is an easy-out based on the 5-business-days-to-file requirement? There was nothing attached to the filing indicating any reason for the delay. Assuming nothing comes up in the discovery, and the 5-day requirement applies here, what is the proper method for requesting that the judge dismiss this?
Thanks!

