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

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

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

The county my office is in, and the county I live in, is Orange County, North Carolina.  Orange and Chatham County make up the legal entity known as the 15B Judicial District of North Carolina.  What that means is from an administrative standpoint there is one elected District Attorney for that district (for both counties) and one Chief Resident Superior Court Judge (for both counties).

If you get a ticket in Chatham County, you’re going to be asked to show up in court in Pittsboro more than likely.  They can have court in Siler City, but that’s rare.  What do you do?

Eh, you can handle it yourself.  But then you waste maybe a whole day of work.  Plus, do you know how to handle it?  Do you know what to ask for?  Do you know what kind of outcome is best given your driving record?  Think about it…

By hiring an attorney to show up for you:

  • 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.

In Chatham County 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 “non-moving violation” which won’t get you any DMV or insurance points.  Do you know if you can get that, how to ask for it, what it’s called?  If not, perhaps you should get an attorney.

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.  So you should call an attorney and see what you should expect.

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