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Alamance County North Carolina Traffic Tickets – What to expect, generally speaking…

Written by jeffreyhoward on . Posted in North Carolina Law Blog.

The county my office is in, and the county I live in, is Orange County, North Carolina.  Right next to that fine county, just to the west of us, is another fine county – Alamance.  The county seat is Graham, but like my county, the biggest town isn’t the county seat; Burlington is the biggest town in Alamance, but court happens in Graham.  Go figure.

If you get a ticket in this Alamance County, you’re going to be asked to show up in court in either Graham.  What do you do?

Well, you can always show up and see what happens.  From previous posts you’ve seen how an attorney might help you, but just as a reminder, hiring an attorney will mean:

  • You don’t have to go to court (assuming it’s just a speeding ticket or other waivable offense),
  • you don’t have to miss work and income (which might be a whole day!),
  • you don’t have to deal with the uncertainty and stress of being in court,
  • you get the benefit of having an attorney who knows what kind of reduction would be best for you given your charges and your driving record.

What are those benefits worth?  In my opinion, every penny you pay for them, generally.

Why waste your valuable time handling your own ticket?

Alamance County policies are a bit different from Orange and Chatham.   If you have a speeding ticket under 20 mph over the limit and a clean driving record, we can normally get it reduced to a 9 over, which won’t get you any insurance points as long as your record stays clean for three years.  The DA does not offer improper equipment reductions, so that’s not an option in this county (nor in Wake County, while you’re asking).

If your speeding ticket is worse than that, your need for an attorney is probably greater, as you’ll want to get the best reduction possible in light of the DMV/insurance point consequences, and that will require a thorough and knowledgeable reading of your driving record, something you probably just don’t know how to do because you don’t have the training.  That’s not anything negative about you, it’s just a skillset you don’t have.  I can’t dunk, and I’m OK with that, so it’s sort of the same thing. So you should call an attorney and see what you should expect.

If you have an Alamance County North Carolina speeding ticket call and attorney.  Call me!  919-929-2992.