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How many days does it take to finish the court for deciding the penalty for driving with expired tag?

I live in Alabama. My tag was expired 9 months ago. Does the court finish within a day?


    

jackson
The penalty will probably just a fine.

It will mean you show up in court and sit for a bit until they call your name. Could be 15 minutes or it could be a couple of hours.

Once called it will take all of 5 minutes as this is not really something that requires a huge disccussion. They officer knows you are guilty and the judge will as well. So slam bam you will just be told what the fine is.

I don't know how Alabama handles it but in my state this sort of ticket can just be prepaid. You sign the ticket and just pay it...... in my state you can do this online, go to DMV or just pop into the courthouse.

That way you don't have to deal with the whole going to court thing and sit for 3 hours just to be told that you are guilty. If you go to court you have to pay additional court fees. Where I live they add on an extra $120 even if the initial fine was only $50.

So look into that. If you do have to go to court and if you still have the car you might think about squaring away your tags and show up with proof that you did.


sgoldperson
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Shouldn't take more then 5 minutes to plead guilty. If you plan to take this to Court and plead not guilty then good luck. The case will take all of another 5 minutes. After all the State can easily get evidence the tags WEREN'T renewed.


cant_think_today
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Yes, you have your sentence handed down before you leave. If it your first offense, it will probably be only a financial penalty. If you don't have the money to pay, they will set up a payment plan. If that doesn't work for you, ask if you can do community service in lieu of paying the fine.





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