Fenton, population 226, brings in over $1 million per year through its mayor’s court, an unusual justice system in which the mayor can serve as judge even though he’s responsible for town finances.

  • ExLisper@linux.community
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    1 year ago

    Over one ticket? That’s insane. Where I live if I get a ticket and don’t pay they will simply take it out of my bank account.

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      1 year ago

      It’s also not true. You will get a bench warrant issued for skipping court, but the cops aren’t hauling you inter-state for silliness like that.

      What’ll happen in most cases is that you skip the fine, skip the court date and the offended state asks your home state to invalidate your driver’s license.

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        1 year ago

        Dude I had a roommate get his ass hauled to jail over a missed parking ticket from Utah. He’d paid it, but the courthouse “forgot” to note that he had. Probably because he’s Black and not mormon. Easy math there.

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      The warrant is for skipping court. When you get a ticket you can either pay (and many places do not have online payment because they’re so outdated) or take it to court. If you don’t do either then you get a warrant for skipping court.

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        1 year ago

        That still really stupid. I you want to take ticket to court and then don’t show up the court should just rule against to automatically and charge you the administrative costs. Those should be taken from your account. This is how it works in Europe.