Name Mispelled on Ticket

[zerocon]

I got a ticket this month and noticed that my name was mispelled on the ticket, out of curiosity does this make the ticket void?
To be honest I would end up feeling to guilty to fight it as the cop was just doing his job and I was in the wrong.

But I just have never heard of this and how it effects if the ticket is valid or not.

[Dave P]

Fight every ticket, every time. Regardless. IMO that is

[gretz]

may be thrown out, its the crowns discretion. First or last name makes a difference as well. Also, what was the charge? The seriousness may play a role.

[colinxx235]

Any time a friend has come across a ticket with invalid information such as name it was discarded at the crowns office, I have never heard of discretion due to severity of the offense, but who knows...

[dimi]

Not to hijack the thread but I had a ticket for non-renewed license which i forgot to do after my bday. Well I renewed it the next day but I noticed the date on the ticket was the same day that I renewed it (officer put the next day's date). So assuming that I get his notes on the ticket and the date/time written is after I renewed my license, would I be able to argue that this never took place?

[zerocon]

Public liqour ticket ... Yeah I know stupid... to be honest I wasnt even drinking it at the time just had it with me on the walk away from a party. Self ownage!

More curious for fighting tickets in the future if I get an actual bullshit ticket.

[Eleanor]

Originally posted by zerocon
To be honest I would end up feeling to guilty to fight it as the cop was just doing his job and I was in the wrong.

Why the f*ck are you on Beyond?

Come on man, cosine error!

Seriously though, how bad of a mistake is it?

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by Dave P
Fight every ticket, every time. Regardless. IMO that is

depending what the ticket is, for how much, and if there is demerits.

If its something stupid forget it, it's not me taking a day without pay away from work.

[zerocon]

Originally posted by Eleanor


Why the f*ck are you on Beyond?

Come on man, cosine error!

Seriously though, how bad of a mistake is it?

Lol I am a pussy I will admit. The guys are just doing their job and I support our men in blue, whether it goes against the beyond grain or not .

[TaiChino]

My buddy had the date wrong on a ticket once, he was all set to go fight it and have it thrown out, but not before the cop would come to his house and re-issue one with the right name. I have heard that mis-spelled names and wrong dates make a ticket void, but don't quote me on that.

[gretz]

LOL, shouldn't worry

Originally posted by colinxx235
Any time a friend has come across a ticket with invalid information such as name it was discarded at the crowns office, I have never heard of discretion due to severity of the offense, but who knows...

I have had friends get speeding tickets (this case was a 99 in a 50) with an incorrect name spelling. It was not thrown - crown said its mispelled, licence number still matches yours, heres your fine (in a nut shell).

[gretz]

They are not void, the officer has a certain amout of time to re-issue the ticket before it is tossed (i had a lot of experience [bad] with these issues)

[colinxx235]

^^
I didn't say it couldn't happen, just said I have never come across it with a friend, the worst ones i've heard were stop signs...
but even though the license plate is correct couldn't you claim that driver information would be invalid and it would almost get treated such as a photo radar and demerits not placed?? I'm not that up to date on my law, i've only ever had one ticket and it was a photo radar that I was not prepared to go admit to in order to fight...

[gretz]

licence = drivers licence number, not plate

im not bashing what you said, it seemed you were unsure, just helping.

[jsn]

this happened my friend. His ticket was thrown out and he didn't have to pay anything.

[eb0i]

Good grief. Read the post that is sticked at the top of this forum.

[DayGlow]

depends on how messed up. A wrong letter isn't an issue, a completely wrong name is something different.

Now because of the mispelling identity is an issue at trial, but there are other identifers on the ticket such as license number, physical discriptors, etc.

[bashir26]

Good thing he didn't mess up your drivers license number.

[benyl]

Originally posted by DayGlow

Now because of the mispelling identity is an issue at trial, but there are other identifers on the ticket such as license number, physical discriptors, etc.

The last speeding ticket that I had was thrown out because the officer didn't put my DL number in his notes. I guess the name isn't enough.

[Dumbass17]

i had a $115 ticket for a U-turn
they cop forgot to write "2005" on it and the justice of the peeace threw it out when i fought it in rocky mountain view