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Update
Friends,
Today I received a neat little 5" x 6" perforated tear sheet from this magistrate's office. The sheet is styled "STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA" and "NOTICE OF FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TERMS OF CITATION" while then proceeding to simply reiterate the various details of when my alleged "second trial" date was scheduled and that I failed to show up for it. It is simply a demand for payment in the amount of the speeding ticket fine originally written by the trooper on the face of the ticket in the upper right corner. Interestingly, there was only one of these notices in the envelope and no notice has so far been received separately for the seatbelt citation.
Also of mild interest:
1) my street address is quite misspelled on this tear sheet for some reason (but the USPS was still able to deliver it properly), even though my DL is clearly readable and the citation's copy of it is too;
2) my DOB, which they somehow obtained even though it wasn't copied on the citations (for lack of a field), is incorrect -- it is off by two years;
3) the tear sheet comes (signed) from the "Chief Magistrate" and not his underling magistrate with whom I was corresponding all along.
Now that I have clearly been found "guilty" for this speeding charge, does anyone here have any new thoughts on how to approach beating this? The form says "Failure to remit the fine ($76.50 for 10mph over) within 15 days from the date (12-03-07) shown in the lower right corner of this notice will result in notifying the licensing authority in your state to suspend your driver's license until the fine has been paid. Payable by certified check or money order."
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