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This thread discusses speeding tickets and traffic tickets in the state of New York. For parking tickets go here http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=15090.0 or here http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=23665.msg1088489. For moving violations outside of New York, please start a new thread and add a link here.

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Please read this wiki first. I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice.

Q: Can I get a plea bargain in New York City?
A: No. Every single ticket goes to trial, guilty or not guilty, in New York City. (The 5 boroughs of NY, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond.)

Q: How long does it take for points to fall off your New York State record/license/abstract?
A: For DMV persistent violation purposes 18 months from the date of offense regardless of the date of conviction. At 3 years after the date of conviction on the following January first the points are no longer visible on the driving record which insurance companies and traffic prosecutors look at. DMV always keeps a record of your conviction and if you get too many points over your lifetime you could get a "10 year" revocation, however those records are not visible to insurance companies.

Q: Does it pay to fight my NY ticket or should I just pay it?
A: In order to figure the true cost of a traffic ticket conviction (aside from figuring out the total fines and the effects on your record) you need to call up your insurance company and ask them 2 questions. 1. How much will my insurance go up over the next 4 years if I pay this ticket? 2. How much money in "good driver discounts" will I loss over the next 4 years and how much does this add up to?

The reason you need to ask these 2 questions separately is because the insurance companies "shield themselves" from the statutory requirement to not raise insurance rates for a first violation (or speeds up to 15 MPH) by granting "good driver discounts", and then taking away these good driver discounts when you get your first violation. Therefore the (technically) correct answer to the first question you ask them could be "your insurance will not be raised at all". Then when you ask them the second question the answer may be in the thousands of dollars over the next 4 years, depending on your insurance bracket.

Q: How can I find my New York ticket online? 
A: If it is New York City ticket you can find it at https://transact.dmv.ny.gov/pleadnpay if you received a ticket anywhere outside of NYC and anywhere upstate you must contact the individual Court by phone or mail. There is no way to find your ticket online. Google is not able to find most small Courts as it get confused with giving you the most popular courts and attorneys, therefore I suggest you look up your Court at at www.town-court.com.

Q: How can I get a copy of my NYS driving record/license/abstract?
A: You can buy it at the statutory minimum of $7 at https://my.dmv.ny.gov/crm

Q: Do NJ tickets show up on a regular non CDL NY license?
A: As long as you pay them, no they will not.

Q: Do NY tickets show up on NJ licenses?
A: Yes as a 2 point out of state conviction (most violations).

Q: Do NJ tickets show up on a NY license?
A: As long as you pay them, no. Exceptions 1. if you have a CDL the NJ conviction will record on your NY license. 2. DUI/DWI and criminal driving convictions from NJ do record on your NY license. 3. as stated above if you don't respond to the ticket the suspension will follow you to NY. In addition NJ issues warrants for failing to respond to traffic tickets. 4 If you are convicted of a high speed (90+ MPH, 100+ MPH) in NJ the Judge may suspend your NJ driving privileges. 

Q: Can I pay Court fines with a CC?
A: In NYC for moving violations you can use https://transact.dmv.ny.gov/pleadnpay. For NYC parking tickets you can use http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/parking/parking.shtml. As far as "upstate" Courts go, most Courts will allow you to pay with visa or mastercard in person. Many Courts have a CC sheet which you can fill in and mail back, other Courts have a third party processor such as https://www.ncourt.com to accept cc payments. Call the Court to find out what options they have. No one (so far that I have seen) will take CCs over the phone.

Q: I received a camera ticket for a red light (3 points) or speeding (3-11 points) or a bus lane violation (2 points). Do traffic tickets issued from a camera add points to my license?
A: Camera Tickets never go on your license as they are issued against the car and not the driver. Therefor a camera ticket will not add points to your license or increase your insurance.

Q: If I push a ticket off for 18 months and then I am convicted, can I still be suspended by the DMV for having more than 11 points?
A: Pushing off a ticket will not help protect you from DMV actions. The reason is as follows: if you receive 2 tickets worth 6 points each on the same day, and you plead guilty to one of them on that same day and you push the second ticket off for 5 years, and then you plead guilty to that second ticket, the DMV computer will look at the 2 dates of violation and say "the motorist accumulated (more than) 11 points within an 18 month period" and issue a persistent violator suspension against you license.

Insurance companies work the other way around. They can only raise your premium after your date of conviction. Therefore in our example the insurance companies will increase your insurance after the first conviction appears on your record when they renew your policy (which will stay on your record for 3 years and then until the next January 1st) and then they will increase your rates again after the second ticket conviction shows up on your record when they renew your policy, (once again this second ticket will stay on the record for  3 years plus until the next January first. It follows that pleading/being found guilty in December saves 11 months of policy increase, and if there is a way to lock in a one year policy right before a conviction in December you can be looking at a car increase for only 2 years and 1 day, instead of 4 years minus one day.)

Travelers Insurance offers 1 year rates.
Geico is 6 months.

Traffic Ticket Lawyers:

State
New York Attorney Matisyahu Wolfberg http://www.speedingdefense.com/
New York Attorney Zev Goldstein www.zevgoldsteinlaw.com 845-356-7770
New York Attorney Benjamin Goldman https://www.benjamingoldmanlawoffice.com/ 212-203-3810
New Jersey and New York Attorney Adam H. Rosenblum www.ticketdefenselaw.com
New Jersey Attorney Leib Klein www.avvo.com/attorneys/08701-nj-leib-klein-1602182.html 732-987-7040

Great Upstate NY lawyer at very cheap prices. http://jaydrillings.net/

Not that many parking ticket lawyers!
Parking ticket Non Lawyer (NYC)
Cathy Mei She takes 50% to fight the parking or camera ticket
Office Number 212-349-4978
Email 329ticket@gmail.com
Fax 646-699-3630

Parking Expert non attorney (718) 384-5052

Non attorney runner http://www.myticketsnyc.com/

Non attorney runner http://www.wefighttickets.com/

10+ Counties in upstate NY have diversion programs, allowing you to dismiss the ticket for a fine and defensive driving class. Conditions and restrictions apply. Check the District Attorney's website for your county: Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Franklin, Livingston, Orleans, Otsego, Tioga, and Wyoming.

This wiki is not legal advice, nor the advice of an attorney.

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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2420 on: April 19, 2016, 01:54:31 PM »
IANAL, but I would just find 125 w 37th st and see if there is a posted nop parking sign. If there is not just write that there is no 'no parking' sign posted opposite 125 w 37th st.
Take pictures of the street to show it has no sign.
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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2421 on: April 19, 2016, 10:03:18 PM »
Take pictures of the street to show it has no sign.
And they'll tell you that you took a picture of a different street. I had that twice. And I wasn't able to appeal online anymore. Even though the judge totally lied.

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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2422 on: April 19, 2016, 10:27:12 PM »
And they'll tell you that you took a picture of a different street. I had that twice. And I wasn't able to appeal online anymore. Even though the judge totally lied.
I haven't had this recently only years ago. I took pictures of the street (a small one) from end to end and included the street signs ( with the name of the streets) in the large picture and then had a close up of them.  I submitted a series of pictures and labeled them #1,2,etc. and had a statement explaining what they showed.  This was done by mail, with hard copies of pictures.  I don't think cell phone cameras were invented yet.
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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2423 on: April 25, 2016, 01:33:58 PM »
Any suggested lawyers in Delaware County?

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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2424 on: May 03, 2016, 02:45:50 PM »
Anyone know of any lawyers to fight a ticket in PA? (Lancaster area)

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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2425 on: May 03, 2016, 08:58:32 PM »
I got a cell phone ticket in NYC. I have a NJ license. In NY, the ticket is 5 points, in NJ it's 0. I've seen opinions that at most 2 points will transfer to NJ, and at least 0, since the ticket doesn't get points in NJ.
Does anyone have any experience with this?

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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2426 on: May 04, 2016, 01:19:17 PM »
Does anyone have experience with the court in Fort Lee,NJ?
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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2427 on: May 05, 2016, 09:35:26 PM »
I got a cell phone ticket in NYC. I have a NJ license. In NY, the ticket is 5 points, in NJ it's 0. I've seen opinions that at most 2 points will transfer to NJ, and at least 0, since the ticket doesn't get points in NJ.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
From what I hear they used to transfer as 0 points to NJ but now they transfer as 2.

Anyone know of any lawyers to fight a ticket in PA? (Lancaster area)
Where is your license from?

Does anyone have experience with the court in Fort Lee,NJ?

Where is your license from?

Any suggested lawyers in Delaware County? Thanks

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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2428 on: May 05, 2016, 09:39:04 PM »
From what I hear they used to transfer as 0 points to NJ but now they transfer as 2.
Where is your license from?

Where is your license from?

Check the wiki.
Drillings?
Not on his list of served counties

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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2429 on: May 08, 2016, 01:43:52 AM »
Drillings?
Not on his list of served counties
I see two other NY attorneys on there.

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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2430 on: May 09, 2016, 09:41:36 AM »
Any recommendation for traffic violation in Essex County?
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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2431 on: May 09, 2016, 02:35:46 PM »
Any recommendation for traffic violation in Essex County?
Near the border?

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« Reply #2432 on: May 09, 2016, 02:52:25 PM »
Near the border?
Yes like an hour before
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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2433 on: May 09, 2016, 03:08:17 PM »
Yes like an hour before
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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2434 on: May 09, 2016, 06:46:56 PM »
Any recommendation for traffic violation in Essex County?
There are a number of attorneys in the wiki, some of them do Essex. Essex doesn't plea deal as nicely as they do further downstate.

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« Reply #2435 on: May 10, 2016, 11:55:40 AM »
There are a number of attorneys in the wiki, some of them do Essex. Essex doesn't plea deal as nicely as they do further downstate.
They're insanely expensive, I was quoted  $700 just for the lawyer fee

Your much better off finding a local attorney who specializes in Essex County imo

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« Reply #2436 on: May 10, 2016, 12:44:42 PM »
They're insanely expensive, I was quoted  $700 just for the lawyer fee

Your much better off finding a local attorney who specializes in Essex County imo
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« Reply #2437 on: May 11, 2016, 10:47:02 PM »
They're insanely expensive, I was quoted  $700 just for the lawyer fee

Your much better off finding a local attorney who specializes in Essex County imo

They all asked for $700? What were you charged with?

You would be surprised how few traffic ticket attorneys there are in Essex County, and how hard they are to get a hold of.


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Re: Moving Violation Tickets
« Reply #2438 on: May 12, 2016, 02:55:02 AM »
They all asked for $700? What were you charged with?

You would be surprised how few traffic ticket attorneys there are in Essex County, and how hard they are to get a hold of.
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