Legal Question in Traffic Law in Kansas

Traffic ticket 20 years ago

I got a traffic ticket for failure to clear port when I was a long-haul truck driver 18 years ago and they are just now wanting their money. is their a statue of limitations for this ticket in Kansas.


Asked on 5/15/08, 6:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jay Ramey Jay K. Ramey, Attorney at Law

Re: Traffic ticket 20 years ago

Statute of limitations have nothing to do with a time limit for the government to collect money for or prosecute you for a traffic ticket. Statute of limitations limit the amount of time from when you commit a violation of law to when the government charges you with the crime.

Obviously, you were charged with the crime the day the ticket was written. The government can now collect the fine this year, next year or 50 years from now.

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Answered on 5/15/08, 8:02 pm


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