New 2-14-09:
Official Format for a Real Ticket
How to Tell the Difference between a Real Ticket and a Fake/Snitch Ticket
The Official Notice to Appear Form
This official form cannot legally be used on a fake/Snitch Ticket, but is required on a
real ticket.
The camera companies usually add photos to their real tickets, although the law
does not require them to do so. Further down this webpage are
examples of the real tickets generated by two of the larger camera
companies, RedFlex and Nestor.
Official Notice to Appear Form, as of 2009.
The shaded areas on the form indicate spaces
that can be modified for local or agency requirements.
Unshaded areas may not be modified.
The most current
version of this official format will be available on the website of the Judicial Council of California.
The Judicial Council provides separate instructions
for the Notice to Appear form, and they get very specific.
Sample Real Ticket from a RedFlex Town
This is a what a typical real ticket by
RedFlex looks like. It includes the required Notice to Appear
form, and a "Certificate of Mailing" declaration designed by RedFlex
and executed by a RedFlex employee (see Defect # 8).
Sample Real Ticket from a RedFlex Town
Sample Real Ticket from a Nestor Town
A
real ticket from a Nestor city is usually printed on legal-size (8-1/2"
x 14") paper. The top three-quarters of the page looks a lot like
a fake/Snitch Ticket. The Notice to Appear usually is at the bottom
of the page - sideways.
Unlike
the RedFlex ticket above, there is no "Certificate of Mailing"
declaration signed by a company employee. Nestor is believed to
obtain official Certificates of Mailing from the Post Office.
Also
note that in this sample, which I obtained from the proposal Nestor
made in 2008 to a Southern California city, the Late Time is given - it
is just above the close-up photo of the license plate, and says,
"Crossed stop line 1.75 seconds after red."
( Many Nestor cities choose to leave the Late Time off the ticket.)
Sample Real Ticket from a Nestor Town
Snitch Stories
Here is a page with stories from
people who have dealt with their Snitch Ticket.
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