Got a speeding ticket in nj and court date is tomorrow ticket not in system do I need to go?

[eliot]

got a speeding ticket in nj and court date is tomorrow ticket is not in system I spoke to clerk and she said that its not served (whatever that means) and that'll either be dismissed or a new ticket has to be issued do I need to go to court tomorrow?

[said99]

If you want it dismissed, you must go tomorrow, with the original ticket in hand to prove it's your court date. Otherwise, they will reschedule it, and send you a new court date that fits with the officers vacation schedule.

[dasco]

While courts usually are not at forgiving of mistakes on your part, they tend to be extremely forgiving of mistakes on their own part.

court: It has come to our attention that you were supposed to be in court and did not appear.
you: The ticket was not in the system. You messed up.
court: But you knew you were supposed to be here and appearing in a timely manner is your responsibility. You failed to meet that responsibility and are now required to accept the consequences.

Go to court.

[drystan]

Basically it didn't get entered into the system for some reason (either the officer went on a leave or vacation or someone in the office that inputs them did the same). They may in fact dismiss it because you do have a right to a timely disposition of the case, but there are legal rules and procedures to ask for such and unless you specifically ask for them (usually with an attorney $$) they will just issue you a new(er) ticket with a different court date or give you a different court date. Either way YES I would definitely go tomorrow. Anything that I receive no matter what it is from a court I go when specified because i don't want to be entered into a database and have them looking for me. Get pulled over at the worst possible time and have to go to jail..