Filing a civil lawsuit

[Drover]

Originally Posted by EnDLeSs_27

I did that on purpose. On the city of Chicago website link that I posted in the first post. If someone wants to look up tickets under their license plate they need to enter the plate #, plate state, plate type, and last name. And they need to enter all that info correctly to get results.

If I enter 33434PV and select the plate type "Prevent Violence" (which is my plate type) I dont get anything.

If I enter 33434 and select plate type "Prevent Violence" than I get the results which were shown in the first image. But it does not show the two tickets this whole thread is about.

The second image is a search result done by using the ticket numbers. That is why I am wondering why the tickets do not show up under a search for my license plate but only if I search using the ticket # manually.

The answer is "because the city's ticket lookup system sucks." If you really want to know how many tickets you have, go to a city clerk's office with your driver's license and they'll find every last one -- even ones that don't show up on the city's ticket-search website. I found that out the hard way when I came out one day to a boot on my car and wondering why the hell it was there.

Also, try looking by your driver's license number. That usually shows more than looking by plate number. But it still won't necessarily show all of 'em, as I have come to find out.

[long101]

$200 to submit for review? WTF Somebody stole my front license plate. So I went to the PD and received one of those incident slips which is orange and I had on my dash so I dont receive tickets. Well sure enough I recevied 4 or 5 tickets while I was waiting for my replacement plate. I contested all of my tickets by mail (with a copy of the incident report), 3 were thrown out but 2 I show liable. Fun times

[EnDLeSs_27]

Okay so basically if I want to appeal the order. I would be looking at paying around $100-200 just to get it looked at.

So my question now is, can I file the appeal for both tickets at the same time and NOT separately? Or do I need to pay two different fees to file an appeal for both tickets?

Also can I include in the "civil lawsuit" that I am also seeking reimbursement for the fees I had to pay to file the civil lawsuit since the first administrative law judge simply ignored the evidence presented in when I contested the first time.

[Smedskjaer]

Just ignore it.

[Manigault]

Originally Posted by EnDLeSs_27

Okay so basically if I want to appeal the order. I would be looking at paying around $100-200 just to get it looked at.

So my question now is, can I file the appeal for both tickets at the same time and NOT separately? Or do I need to pay two different fees to file an appeal for both tickets?

I think you can do two at once. The filing fee is more than $200.

[EnDLeSs_27]

Originally Posted by Smedskjaer

Just ignore it.

That would just double the fine and put me up for possible boot or license suspension correct?

Originally Posted by Manigault

I think you can do two at once. The filing fee is more than $200.

Would I be able to seek reimbursement for the $200+ filing fee in the civil lawsuit?

[Smedskjaer]

You can contest the validity of the fines when they drag you into court.

[Manigault]

Originally Posted by EnDLeSs_27

Would I be able to seek reimbursement for the $200+ filing fee in the civil lawsuit?

You can seek the moon, but a filing fee is non-refundable to a winner.