Legal Question in Traffic Law in Florida
traffic violations
my friend was stopped for speeding today, he lives in PA, they arrested him for a traffic violation from FL when he lived there, they will not let me bail him out. how long can they hold him
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Re: traffic violations
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Generally, until the matter is resolved. He will need to hire a Florida attorney to go to court and either reopen his case or get it plead out on his behalf and pay all necessary fines and court costs. This is what happens when one ignores a traffic ticket from another state.
Scott R. Jay, Esq.
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