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    Default Fare Evasion Ticket Has the Wrong Name and Address

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: California, Santa Clara.

    Hi,
    So few weeks ago i was given a citation for having an expired bus pass while taking the VTA to work in Santa Clara.
    I was suppose to get the updated bus pass at work and i forgot about it expired on that date.
    I'm ready to pay the fine because is purely my own mistake for not knowing the date of expiration.
    However, two weeks laters, I still did not receive a notice to appear letter after two weeks. I checked the scscourt.org website and i couldn't pull my case because i don't know my citation#.
    Then today i found the yellow stub the officer gave me, and turns out the officer misspelled my name and my address; probably because i have a thick accent.
    The officer never asked me for my drivers license, or anything else other than confiscating my bus pass. I think he might've saw my employee card and my employee number.
    So now i'm worried because i might've committed a fraud by telling the officers the wrong informations, and i have no ways of finding my case # on the scscourt site.

    What should my proper approach be?I'd imagine i should be calling VTA and court, but i want to settle this ASAP.

    Many thanks.

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    Default Re: Vta Evasion of Fare; Ticket Had the Wrong Name and Address

    Calling them appears to be the easiest procedure.

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    Default Re: Fare Evasion Ticket Has the Wrong Name and Address

    If there is absolutely no way for the authorities to track you down, if they have no idea who you really are, then I would do nothing if I were you.

    If you call the authorities and call attention to yourself, the authorities may try to charge you with fraud. Yes, of course, you did not intentionally deceive anyone. But the authorities may not care, and they may charge you anyway.

    So, let this go.

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    Default Re: Fare Evasion Ticket Has the Wrong Name and Address

    I thought of that, but i'm sure if they try hard enough they can find my face on the CCTV of the VTA.
    Have any idea to anonymously pay the fine?

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    Default Re: Fare Evasion Ticket Has the Wrong Name and Address

    Try cash or a money order.

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    Default Re: Fare Evasion Ticket Has the Wrong Name and Address

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    I thought of that, but i'm sure if they try hard enough they can find my face on the CCTV of the VTA.
    Have any idea to anonymously pay the fine?
    If you pay the fine anonymously, then the authorities will not know whose fine is being paid. And, if the authorities ever do track you down, you will not be able to prove that you did pay the fine (because the fine was paid anonymously).

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    Default Re: Fare Evasion Ticket Has the Wrong Name and Address

    I interpreted "anonymously" to mean, "Pay the fine with the misspelled name and address without disclosing my actual name." I would hope that the OP would figure out on his own that simply sending in a payment with no indication of what it's for would not cause the ticket to be deemed paid.

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    Default Re: Fare Evasion Ticket Has the Wrong Name and Address

    I'd figure i have to at least find the case # first. By using a payphone and calling the Court/VTA and say i lost my ticket stub and did not receive the letter in the mail.

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