Is there anything I can do to fight the Texas surcharge law?
This is such a scam. A person has to pay the fine more than once. I got a no insurance ticket because I didn't have a current copy of my insurance card.
I work out of town and was leaving the country for a week and I knew I needed to take care of this before I left. So I called the court clerk and asked if I could email a copy. So they gave me an email address and I sent it to them.
I called back up there asking if they got it and she told me no. So I resent it 2 more times. By this time they were closing. She told me if I sent it she would get it the following week and take care of it.
When I came back it had went into a warrant & I didn't know it. Anyway I got stopped and got arrested and was hauled to jail. To get out of jail I had to pay the ticket. Well I payed it and got out and they send me a surcharge notice. I called and told them I had proof I had insurance at the time and they told me I will still have to pay the surcharge. I have had so many surcharges and can't even get a license now for a while.
It's not right to have to pay this when I was not guilty.
Is there anything I can do to help stop this scam? Get a bunch of people to sign a petition or something like that? I have wrote my congress person before and have even asked the judges before. Nobody can tell me anything about it. I just want to get my license back and be legal again.
This is such a scam. A person has to pay the fine more than once. I got a no insurance ticket because I didn't have a current copy of my insurance card.
I work out of town and was leaving the country for a week and I knew I needed to take care of this before I left. So I called the court clerk and asked if I could email a copy. So they gave me an email address and I sent it to them.
I called back up there asking if they got it and she told me no. So I resent it 2 more times. By this time they were closing. She told me if I sent it she would get it the following week and take care of it.
When I came back it had went into a warrant & I didn't know it. Anyway I got stopped and got arrested and was hauled to jail. To get out of jail I had to pay the ticket. Well I payed it and got out and they send me a surcharge notice. I called and told them I had proof I had insurance at the time and they told me I will still have to pay the surcharge. I have had so many surcharges and can't even get a license now for a while.
It's not right to have to pay this when I was not guilty.
Is there anything I can do to help stop this scam? Get a bunch of people to sign a petition or something like that? I have wrote my congress person before and have even asked the judges before. Nobody can tell me anything about it. I just want to get my license back and be legal again.