Tag Archive: VC 40509.5

Red Light Camera Tickets in LA

The rules on Red Light Camera Tickets in LA are changing every day.   Do you have to pay them?  Can you ignore a red light camera ticket?  Are they legal? Illegal?  What if I got mine in Van Nuys Traffic Court?  How about the Beverly Hills Courthouse?  Is that part of the LA court system?…

What is a 40509.5 hold? How do I clear a 40509.5 hold?

Is your license suspended? Want to get it back?  When you miss a court date on a California Traffic Ticket, the court has several options which include issuing a warrant, adding a new misdemeanor charge pursuant to  VC 40508(a), suspending your license under VC 40509.5, imposing additional fines and fees such a civil assessment under…

Traffic Ticket Amnesty in California Half Price Tickets

California Traffic Ticket Amensty started on January 1st, 2012 and will run for a period of 6 months. It sounds great but since it’s a government program you can be sure there are a few catches involved. The general program is statewide and designed to help the state grab some cash quickly which is pretty…

Traffic Court in Long Beach

I was in traffic court this morning in Long Beach, good old 415 West Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802. No big surprise there, Im a traffic lawyer so I go to the various Los Angeles traffic courts almost every day. But what made today noteworthy was the tremendous line for the traffic clerk’s office….

If You’ve Had a Traffic Ticket Referred to GC Services in LA County, Beware: GC Services Will Lie to You

I fight a lot of traffic tickets in LA County. If you are given a traffic citation and don’t do what it tells you to do, i.e., you fail to pay it or fail to appear in court on the date the citation tells you to, then your ticket will be referred to GC Services…