California Traffic Ticket Amnesty Starts Tomorrow, Oct 1, 2015

Darn. I already paid my tickets.

Here is an excerpt from the California Judicial Branch‘s website: (If this applies to you, make sure you read the full document)

On June 24, 2015, the Governor signed into law a one-time amnesty program for unpaid traffic and non-traffic infraction tickets. Here is what you should know:

When will the amnesty program be available?
Start: October 1, 2015
End: March 31, 2017

Who can participate in the amnesty program?
There are two groups of people who can participate in the amnesty program:

• Persons with unpaid tickets whose fines were originally due to be paid date on or before January 1, 2013, who have not made a payment after June 24, 2015, may be eligible to have both their debt reduced by 50 or 80 percent depending on income and their driver’s license reinstated, unless an exclusion discussed below applies.
• Persons who made a payment after June 24, 2015 on a ticket are not eligible for a reduction for that ticket, but may be eligible to have their driver’s license reinstated if they are in good standing on a payment plan with a comprehensive collection program.
  Persons with more than one ticket may not be eligible for a reduction on an individual ticket if the eligibility criteria are not satisfied for the ticket. Please check with your court for additional information.
• Any persons eligible to have a driver’s license, (including undocumented individuals who are eligible for a driver’s license under AB 60) are entitled to participate in the traffic amnesty program if they meet the eligibility requirements.

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Source: http://www.courts.ca.gov/trafficamnesty.htm