How bad is it not to pay an out of state speeding ticket?

[the pga tour]

I just remembered a little while ago that I have a speeding ticket from july that I haven't paid yet.I drove down to florida and on the way up I wasplanning on going nonstop, without stopping for sleep(I hadda pull over for 15 mins of sleep right over the mass border). I made it in about 24 hrs. Anywaysgoin thru georgia I got bagged for goin 92 in a 70. Basically what's gonna happen to me if I don't pay the ticket?

 

[JLD1523]

A warrant for your arrest probably.

 

[friendliest ghost]

Depending on the state, they might send a letter threatening to suspend your license. My buddy got a ticket in VA and he lives in the Bronx so naturally he wasgoing to blow it off, but they sent him a letter threatening as much.

 

[dlo13]

It was Henry County, wasn't it?

 

[p2vandal]

couple days in jail
at worst..
no biggie.

 

[infamousforareason]

warrant for sure. Most cities have online payments now, just pay it and move on.

 

[osubass1]

if you're past the due date, you have a warrant for your arrest.

now you have to pay the ticket fine, the court fines, and warrant fines.

what was probably around a $200 ticket, will now be around $500-700 if not more. you may end up having to spend the night in jail, too.

 

[oh you mad]

Dont drop the soap big homie

 

[fear the ibis]

Got a speeding ticket in Alabama 2 years ago. Never payed. Never even heard from them. Even got pulled over a year after for running a stop sign in a diffstate and still nada.

 

[dafreshstkid1987]

I hope you pay for it FLA be on some shhhh about payin for tickets

 

[jbirdz23]

pay it dog

 

[israel5ekla]

Dont get yourself into +## like that.

A warrant for your arrest

 

[h01yshnik3s]

i got 5 tickets in 7 months in florida, i paid your ticket for you already. your welcome.

 

[raburns04]

Some states have reciprocal agreements where a license suspension in another state will be honored by your own . . .

 

[dirtylicious]

Originally Posted by raburns04

Some states have reciprocal agreements where a license suspension in another state will be honored by your own . . .

this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_License_Compact

[h2][/h2]

[h2]States that are members[/h2]

• All states are members except for Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Tennessee (dropped out in 1997), and Massachusetts

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts

 

[chuckkid33]

sometimes they issue a warrant

 

[DownByLaw]

Originally Posted by the PGA tour

Basically what's gonna happen to me if I don't pay the ticket?

 

[cidman911]

Just pay it.

I know this old guy that didn't pay a few tickets in like 1978 when he visited his brother in North Carolina (He's from NY) and when he went back allthose years later to sell his brother's house (he died) he got really unlucky when they ran his license at a police checkpoint. He went to jail and sincethere was no one there to bail him his wife had to come down and do it. Turns out one of the tickets had something to do with prostitution. His wife found out.They were too old now to get divorced and stuff, but how embarrassing to have your wife find out something like that. Owned.

The amount he owed back then was something dumb like $60. God knows how much it accumulated to in 2005.

So again...

Just pay it off as soon as you can.

It's not worth it to go through all that crap in the future.

 

[dipsett247]

Originally Posted by dafreshstkid1987

I hope you pay for it FLA be on some shhhh about payin for tickets

yeahhhhhhhh they dont play with tickets down here.

 

[ssgochin]

^
crazy story.
I dunno how bad it is, but if i were you i'd just pay and go on with your life, the consequences don't seem worth the risk.

 

[bohrdom]

yea. get stuff like this taken care of and move on because these things always come back at you with a multiplier effect. same with taxes and other junk.

 

[solefood229]

i would pay it, if you do have a warrant they probably wont extridite over a speeding ticket depending on where you live

i live you georgia, and we stop alot of people who have warrants from who states refusing to come get unless its something big

 

[thytkerjobs]

Originally Posted by dafreshstkid1987

I hope you pay for it FLA be on some shhhh about payin for tickets

Anyways goin thru georgia I got bagged for goin 92 in a 70. Basically what's gonna happen to me if I don't pay the ticket?

 

[thytkerjobs]

Originally Posted by solefood229

i live you georgia, and we stop alot of people who have warrants from who states refusing to come get unless its something big

que?

 

[im not you]

In MD...unpaid tickets will go on your credit report now.