Do I pay the fine?

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by Grant St. Jullian III

July 15, 2016

Asked 7/14/2016 – Mesquite, TX

I received two “expired inspection” tickets; 8/11/2009 and 8/17/2009 in Mesquite, TX. If I remember correctly, it was the same officer that issued both citations. Well I’m scofflawed. I talked to a clerk today to ask if I could send my sister to pay my fine since I no longer live in the state. She said no because I never entered a plea. Isn’t there a statute of limitations?

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Filing the charging instrument in the case tolls the statute of limitations. Contact a local attorney about posting bonds, removing the warrants and determining what fees can be waived in order to remove the scofflaw hold.

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Grant St. Jullian III

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering – 1979 Univ. of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Jurisprudence 1982 University of Texas @ Austin
Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas since 1982.

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