- Jurisdiction
- California
Court: Orange County Courts, Santa Ana, CA
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I received a parking citation for having a motor home without a permit. The problem is that my vehicle is a work Sprinter van that I use for work. The citation was issued in front of my business.
I submitted the appeal with the city showing a picture of the inside: came back denied.
I appealed to the city. There, I provided more information like the vin number and definition of recreational vehicle from the CA DMV (my vehicle doesn't qualify as a recreational vehicle per california DMV): decision was upheld.
I then appealed to the superior court. The issuing city refunded my citation fee. When I showed up, the judge said that the ticket is in my name, but the registration is in my wife's name (looks like the city named me in the ticket even though the vehicle was registered in my wife's name). The city didn't show up, judge ruled in the city's favor and said to reapply with my wife's name.
I resubmitted the appeal under my wife's name. When she showed up to court, the city once again didn't show. The judge, even though having the information from the CA DMV, and documents like a picture of the vin, ruled in the city's favor. He said that the burden is on us to prove the case and what we had wasn't enough. He wanted a picture of the inside of the vehicle (granted, the city already had this and I was told that this information should have been forwarded to the court).
The judge once again ruled in the city's favor. FYI, the judge stated that he used to be a major of issuing city.
My question is; what remedies are still available to me?
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I received a parking citation for having a motor home without a permit. The problem is that my vehicle is a work Sprinter van that I use for work. The citation was issued in front of my business.
I submitted the appeal with the city showing a picture of the inside: came back denied.
I appealed to the city. There, I provided more information like the vin number and definition of recreational vehicle from the CA DMV (my vehicle doesn't qualify as a recreational vehicle per california DMV): decision was upheld.
I then appealed to the superior court. The issuing city refunded my citation fee. When I showed up, the judge said that the ticket is in my name, but the registration is in my wife's name (looks like the city named me in the ticket even though the vehicle was registered in my wife's name). The city didn't show up, judge ruled in the city's favor and said to reapply with my wife's name.
I resubmitted the appeal under my wife's name. When she showed up to court, the city once again didn't show. The judge, even though having the information from the CA DMV, and documents like a picture of the vin, ruled in the city's favor. He said that the burden is on us to prove the case and what we had wasn't enough. He wanted a picture of the inside of the vehicle (granted, the city already had this and I was told that this information should have been forwarded to the court).
The judge once again ruled in the city's favor. FYI, the judge stated that he used to be a major of issuing city.
My question is; what remedies are still available to me?
Thanks in advance.