Advice about old tickets in Texas?

Advice about old tickets in Texas?

rwilliams@nccabling.com (RWilliams)	2/19/2004 6:01:22 AM
My brother is moving back to Texas after living out of state for 5 years. In 2000/2001 he got 2 tickets from the Texas Department of Public Safety, which he said he never paid. I am willing to help him, but the 2 attorneys I called here in Dallas basically said to bring them $2000 and 'we will talk.' WOW! Way too much money for me to give for him. Anyone have advice on where to start resolving this? Preferrably in a manner which will not require him to go to jail? Thanks, robert



"Richard"	2/19/2004 3:00:18 PM
RWilliams wrote: My brother is moving back to Texas after living out of state for 5 years. In 2000/2001 he got 2 tickets from the Texas Department of Public Safety, which he said he never paid. I am willing to help him, but the 2 attorneys I called here in Dallas basically said to bring them $2000 and 'we will talk.' WOW! Way too much money for me to give for him. Anyone have advice on where to start resolving this? Preferrably in a manner which will not require him to go to jail? Thanks, robert Check out the statute of limitations. Unless there is an active warrant, chances are he won't get bothered until he applies for a texas license. Contact the court where the tickets were issued.



Mike Helm	2/19/2004 10:45:47 PM
On 19 Feb 2004 06:01:22 -0800, rwilliams@nccabling.com (RWilliams) My brother is moving back to Texas after living out of state for 5 years. In 2000/2001 he got 2 tickets from the Texas Department of Public Safety, which he said he never paid. I am willing to help him, but the 2 attorneys I called here in Dallas basically said to bring them $2000 and 'we will talk.' WOW! Way too much money for me to give for him. For that much money, you may be able to have them resolved without a lawyer. IANAL, but I do recall knowing a couple of people (in Texas) who maybe 15 years ago had unpaid tickets and they were able to resolve them for less than that. Jail was not required in either case. You might try contacting the courts to find out how much it would cost to resolve them. I'd steer clear of any lawyer who wants $2,000 just to talk about something like that. Anyone have advice on where to start resolving this? Preferrably in a manner which will not require him to go to jail? Thanks, robert



cj.green@worldnet.att.net (Christopher Green)	2/20/2004 9:38:27 AM
rwilliams@nccabling.com (RWilliams) wrote in message news:<ecd140ba.0402190601.1fce8bb7@posting.google.com>... My brother is moving back to Texas after living out of state for 5 years. In 2000/2001 he got 2 tickets from the Texas Department of Public Safety, which he said he never paid. I am willing to help him, but the 2 attorneys I called here in Dallas basically said to bring them $2000 and 'we will talk.' WOW! Way too much money for me to give for him. Anyone have advice on where to start resolving this? Preferrably in a manner which will not require him to go to jail? Thanks, robert Most likely he needs to get in touch with the court where he should have appeared back then. They should have a warrant desk that handles matters like this. Especially if the tickets were from DPS, there is likely to be a warrant out for him; he won't be able to get a Texas driver's license; and if he's stopped in Texas, he'll be arrested. He'll need to clear the warrants by paying up. Clearing garden-variety traffic ticket warrants is routine and shouldn't take an attorney and 2 grand to accomplish. -- Not a lawyer, Chris Green

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