Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
sidewalk trash receptacle citation
I received in the mail a citation
for violation of San Francisco,
CA code MPC35a. Apparently
they found a sack of garbage
full of my discarded mail in this
sidwalk bin. I did not put it
there and they have no proof
to show I did. It was likely
from one of the many vagrants
going through my trash,
throwing in on the street, and
a neighbor putting it in the bin
the next morning.
What can I do to defend
myself?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: sidewalk trash receptacle citation
Hello:
If the City/county of San Francisco ALLOWS a trial, request a trial. You will probably have to post the ticket price as bail first. If there is no live trial, then most likely you can have a trial by declaration or written argument. Either way, I suggest that you take pictures of the sidewalk area to show that others have trash out--try to get a picture with a vagrant taking the trash out of a recepticle. Good luck!
PS You must consider the value of your time vs. a day in court.
Reagrds,
Mark Geyer
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