Statute of limitations on a speeding ticket in NY
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Statute of limitations on a speeding ticket in NY
in 1998 I received a speeding ticket in Chestertown, NY. I pled not guilty because the trooper actually clocked the guy passing me and pulled me over. I wasn’t speeding. They sent me a court date, I wrote to tell them I could not make that day since I was an out of state student (I lived in PA at the time). They sent me another date that I also wrote and told them I could not attend. I have not heard from them since, till Saturday when 2 tickets arrived at my old house in PA. Is there a statute of limitations on this?
Asked on June 22, 2009 under Accident Law, New Jersey
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Without knowing what the two tickets are charging you with, I doubt that anyone could give you a firm answer to this question. You need to get the tickets, and discuss the whole situation with a New York lawyer, because the law can differ from one state to another, and the details of both the facts and the law often matter. One place to look for counsel from whatever state you need is our website, http://attorneypages.com
Depending on the charges, which are probably based on your failure to appear, there may well be a statute of limitations. But in some states, statutes of limitations don't run while you're not in the state itself.
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