Legal Question in Traffic Law in California

i bought a car from a dealership 2 years ago and i got a fix-it ticket for not having registration stickers on my plates because the dmv never sent them.

Long story short i got like 5 fix it tickets for not having visible registration tags even tho i paid $168 for them. when i left the dealership i had a temp. registration. Months go by still no tags. i went to the dmv and they said they couldnt give me my tags because they had no proof that the car was in fact the car its supposed to be since the serial number was scratched off from the hood. the VIN was there but they basically told me im screwed. they gave me a number for a CHP officer and after calling him many times i never got a response and at the time i wasted so many days off work and school i just gave up and stopped showing up to court for the rest of the fix it tickets because i end up paying ridiculous fines that i don't even know what its for and i just couldn't miss more days from work and school. so basically what happened was i kept driving with these FTA's and finally my license was suspended about a year ago because of the 3 FTA's. it hasn't stopped me from driving because i need to get to work and school.

This all started when i bought the car. i got pulled over the 2nd day i got the car because apparently it had a $30,000 warrant tied to the previous driver, and since then i used to get pulled over everyday because of that. some cops after finding out who i was let me go, some wrote up fix-it tickets for my registration. right now im in a situation where my license is suspended and i dont have the car anymore. my friend took over payments and still owes about $2,000 on it. i went to court 2 weeks ago because i had another court date for my registration and FTA. i wanted to explain to the judge this situation im in but all she told me to do was get the paperwork saying i got rid of the car and come back in 2 weeks. wouldn't even let me explain how i dont have proof that i gave the car away since it wasnt mine yet in the first place. it still belongs to the dealership. he just took over the payments. i simply have no idea what to do to get out of this situation.

i have done nothing wrong except put $3,000 down which i worked hard for and an additional $168 for registration because that's what a responsible person does which is to make sure his/her registration and insurance is up to date. at this point i don't know what to do and i need my license back so i don't have to be paranoid every time i drive. any advice that can help me get out of this is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this. i really dont know what to do


Asked on 4/04/12, 3:51 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Andrew Roberts Roberts Law Group

Your license is suspended for not dealing with all of the fix it tickets and letting them go into fta status. You need to get warrants recalled and abstracts issued. An attorney would be very helpful in dealing with this- as you have not been able to with your strategy.

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Answered on 4/04/12, 5:57 pm


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