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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.

The county my office is in, and the county I live in, is Orange County, North Carolina.  That count, along with Chatham County is known as Judicial District 15B.  That means that the elected DA for Orange County is the same as the one for Chatham County, therefore the policies for handling traffic tickets in Chatham is very, very similar to that of Orange.  Orange is my home county, and since Chatham is in the same district, I’m almost a Chatham County local.  Pittsboro is the county seat, but Siler City is also a large community in the center of the county.

If you get a ticket in this county, you’re going to be asked to show up in court in either Pittsboro or Siler City.  What do you do?

Well, you can always show up and see what happens.  Most adults are perfectly capable of navigating the system, but is that the wisest thing to do?  That depends…

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 an attorney.  Call me!  919-929-2992.