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Ticket Assassin: Extortion by Traffic Ticket - your right to contest a ticket by mail - by Patrick Mulroy

Why should you always fight your traffic ticket?
When you receive a traffic ticket, the court will usually suggest that you must appear twice to contest it: first
to appear and plead not guilty and second to stand trial with the officer present. This is not true. You can
contest your ticket by mail without making a single court appearance. Contesting your citation through the
mail gives you a better chance of winning your case than at a court trial. Even if you seem to be guilty of
violating the law, the procedural hassles for the prosecution will often lead to a dismissal. If the prosecution
does not submit its version of events in writing to the court by the deadline date, your case will be dismissed
regardless of your guilt or innocence. Dismissals due to lack of prosecution are won in approximately 30%
of written defenses.
The law allows you to contest any traffic infraction entirely by mail. You can appear via mail through a
Written Not Guilty Plea pursuant to CVC 40519(b). In your plea you can request a Trial by Written
Declaration pursuant to CVC 40902. In this way you can contest your citation without appearing at all and,
for reasons already discussed, will have a better chance of winning than at trial. Further, if you lose your
trial by declaration, you have 20 days to request a Trial de Novo (new trial) pursuant to CVC 40902(d). You
then can appear in court for the first time for your second chance of winning.