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Jessica R Giles
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Loaner car school zone traffic ticket

Asked by a user in Lake Forest Park, WA - about 2 years ago.

Generally, a default judgement is entered against the defendant in a traffic matter if they do not respond to an infraction within the (15) fifteen days stated on the infraction. Many municipalities hold off as long as (30) thirty days before doing so, but absent a request for a contested or mitigation hearing within that time, the driver will most likely have been found to have committed the infraction. This is legally the same as if the driver had paid or admitted the infraction. Absent...