I NEED A TEXAS TRAFFIC LAWYERS ADVICE!!! I have 2 tickets and 2 fta. took place

[Cupid'sVision]

I think you messed up and sent in the payment late.

It would be great if you had the receipt for your payments but the fact is that if you do not get these payments in a timely manner the Judge will sit there on the court date and put a bench warrant out for your arrest for failure to appear. that seems to be what happened here. The clerk in the court office processed the payment but did not remove the case for the docket.

You need to get in touch with that court and the clerk's office and have them look up the matter to find the payment information. You then need to present that information to the judge to get the ftas and tickets removed from your current outstanding charges. You will probably get yelled at for thinking you could handle this by mail.

BTW, if you paid for it by Money Order , where is that stub? If you purchased it at your bank there is a record of it. The stub is a way of tracing the money and proof of you paying.

At any rate, you need to talk to the court in question and get this set aside. You might want to make sure you have bail set up in case they decide the warrant needs to be served. that probably won't happen but be prepared all the same.

Good Luck.

 

[missnchris]

in 1995.? Hi. i need help. i got the 4fines back in 1995. in 2000 i used my income tax and paid all the tickets off. i have had no problems with my license or anything else. Now just last week i went to go get me a job and they said i cannot go to work for them until these tickets are paid for. OMG. how is this happening. i paid all the tickets in 2000 and because i have moved 7 times sense then i no longer have my receipt. i paid through money order and mailed it off with my case number as i was told to do. i did get a receipt mailed back to me. but like i say i only kept it for 5 years not 9 years. so now i have 4 fines that are suspending me from getting my license renewed and keeping me from getting this job. this ticket is now 14 years old. can i get help. what can i do about this. i do not want to have to pay them again.

 

[Momof2greatboys]

You will need to contact the state in which you paid these fines.

Call their DMV and let them investigate it.

Apparently there is a mess up on the DMV/or court system that received your payment.

It's going to be a lot of leg work on your end, but hopefully you will get it resolved.


A lawyer won't do you much good, because he has no proof that you paid these tickets without the receipt. You will just be paying him to do the leg work that I just told you to do.

 

[laughter_every_day]

Here is my guess, because you said you had 2 ftas, you did not appear in court and did not pay the fines on time. You mailed it it when it was convenient, after the court had issued a warrant. FTA is not something for which you can simply mail in the fine and be done with it. FTA is a separate crime that cannot be handled through the mail. So, contact the court. If their records are accurate it will show receipt of the money but that did not close the case. If you are late, the court would still issue the warrant and the court can also deviate from the standard fine and impose a greater fine or even a jail sentence.