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If you don't pay, they'll probably call a collections agency that will rape your credit score and constantly harass you until you send them the money.
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On August 14 2009 07:56 ShadowDrgn wrote:
If you don't pay, they'll probably call a collections agency that will rape your credit score and constantly harass you until you send them the money.
Interesting idea.... can anyone verify that they actually do this?
Someone else said that they would continually slap on additional fees for not paying until they eventually issued a warrant for your arrest. Somehow I don't believe that though.
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I'm not sure what happens if stuff happens between state lines, but if you get a parking ticket in your state, and you don't pay it... after a certain number of times, they just bill it to your address. If you don't pay it after that, I think they double the fine. If you don't pay it after THAT, I think they can revoke your license or something.
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On August 14 2009 08:02 Xeris wrote:
I'm not sure what happens if stuff happens between state lines, but if you get a parking ticket in your state, and you don't pay it... after a certain number of times, they just bill it to your address. If you don't pay it after that, I think they double the fine. If you don't pay it after THAT, I think they can revoke your license or something.
Yeah exactly. The ticket even says re-registration of your vehicle may be denied for failure to pay parking fines. But... they can't do that to someone who lives out of the state unless there is some kind of interstate agreement.
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Sure they can, anytime you receive a fine it is put into your record. Once you go to the DMV they are going to pull up that record and see that you have unpaid fines.
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thats not true, i got a speeding ticket in nj and there is absolutely nothing on my record.
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also, as far as i am aware, NYS has no interstate agreement when it comes to driving
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On August 14 2009 08:27 kidd wrote:
Sure they can, anytime you receive a fine it is put into your record. Once you go to the DMV they are going to pull up that record and see that you have unpaid fines.
As Gene said, I think that's only true if it happens in the same state...
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On August 14 2009 09:12 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On August 14 2009 08:27 kidd wrote:
Sure they can, anytime you receive a fine it is put into your record. Once you go to the DMV they are going to pull up that record and see that you have unpaid fines. As Gene said, I think that's only true if it happens in the same state...
Well better safe than sorry?
I know that down in Texas if you leave a fine sitting they can and will have a warrant out for your arrest... and those are far worse than paying a mere 25 bucks for a parking ticket.
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well it depends on what the ticket is for, but right now i've got an expired registration ticket that was 60$ and only 10$ if the registration was taken care of in 21 days. After that it goes back to 60$ and a few weeks later it goes to 80$ or more i dunno. I got a letter in the mail (couple months after the ticket) saying if I don't get the shit organized my license will be revoked. The thing that sucks is I actually got 2 of these tickets and 1 was only 10$ but the other failed somehow and I said fuck that, so now its worse. Plus I got some fix it ticket and didn't realize that it was actually a fine if It wasn't done by a certain time. So I'm pretty well fucked, got a letter saying I needed to pay 1700 bail or something. I gotta go to court in October.
With a standard parking ticket I would assume the worst they can do is just boot/tow your car or some shit.
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It is totally state dependent. In NJ, you can lose your license for not paying parking tickets (but oddly enough, not other shit sometimes). I've got tickets for various things in NYC dating back 4-5 years and not a word from them.
You've also got to be careful. Some states have agreements with others. My professor lost her license when she was in Ohio cuz she didn't pay a ticket here in NJ and they took her right off the road.
However, you always get a warning (Im 99% sure on this) so dont pay it, see if you get a second notice. If not, worry no more.
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Not worth taking the risk so I'm gonna pay it but it's interesting how it's such an uncertainty what will happen if you don't pay. Oh well.
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On August 14 2009 09:55 Hawk wrote:
It is totally state dependent. In NJ, you can lose your license for not paying parking tickets (but oddly enough, not other shit sometimes). I've got tickets for various things in NYC dating back 4-5 years and not a word from them.
You've also got to be careful. Some states have agreements with others. My professor lost her license when she was in Ohio cuz she didn't pay a ticket here in NJ and they took her right off the road.
However, you always get a warning (Im 99% sure on this) so dont pay it, see if you get a second notice. If not, worry no more.
This pretty much sums it up. Another factor to consider is what kind of parking ticket it is. The three most common kinds are:
(1) a "special hours/purpose" parking area for a private commercial entity; if you violate it, the security guard of the facility can slap you a ticket, but they won't pursue you if you don't pay it (from my experience).
(2) a parking ticket issued to you by the city, but payable to the state. These you should pay no matter what because if cops pull up your record, the parking fine may show up.
(3) a parking ticket issued to you by the city, but payable directly to the city. These tickets are usually kept within the jurisdiction of the city so once you're outside the city, it doesn't matter. I'd pay the ticket if its an area you visit often, otherwise it probably wouldn't matter.
The last two are unfortunately a little bit difficult to distinguish. It doesn't always say what type of ticket it is on the actual ticket. The only reason why I actually know there's a difference is because I've been slapped with both types of tickets while living in the same area and they look completely different. Also note that for (2), it may be payable to the state, but often the city collects the revenue for the state so you'll have to send the check to the same place for (2) and (3).
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