To my knowledge about court appearences, no. If substantial information, such as the Drivers License number is written down on the citation, a person is still responsible for paying the fine on time. Make sure you call them and let them know that you want to know when the court date is and they'll assign it to you. However, should you have any problems with this, tell them about your incorrect address information, and they'll most likely reissue the ticket and give you more time to come up with the payment, but it's better than being charged additionally for failure to appear/pay on time.*
If you admit you did it and are willing to pay for it, then plead guilty so you notify the Judge in advance, and describe to the Judge about your situation, and hopefully you'll just end up paying the fine alone.
Btw, I admire and respect how you're willing to be a good person and pay the fine. Good idea. Because a similar situation happened to me, but I didn't pay the fine, thought I got away with it, just to get into more trouble later and have to pay even more fines.
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And I'm pretty sure that if you pay the fine, or fight it and suceed, it won't go on your records.

