NEW LAW RESTRUCTURES REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYABLE-TRAFFIC CITATIONS
The New Year ushered new responsibilities for motorists in Maryland. Recipients of payable traffic citations – including speeding, running a red light, failure to display a registration or wear a seatbelt – now required to schedule either a court date or a waiver trial if he or she does not pay the ticket. It used to be the court would schedule the hearing for motorist.
Under the new law, the violating motorist, upon receipt of the payable ticket, can select to pay the ticket, request a waiver hearing, or request a trial. One of these three options must be met within 30 days of the violation.
Waiver hearing‘s differ from a trial because the motorist pleads guilty and the charging officer is not present.
The hearing’s purpose is for the motorist to explain his or her position before a District Court Judge, and perhaps gain leniency.
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