Florida Traffic Ticket in Collections?
When you receive a traffic ticket in Florida you have 30 days to answer it. If you fail to do so, you incur late fees and your license gets suspended. After 90 days, the traffic ticket goes to a collection agency where the fines double.
And while most people believe there is nothing that you can do but pay the traffic ticket. Paying a traffic ticket in Florida is an admission of guilt, which can have serious consequences on your driving record.
So before you call the collection agency and pay those outrageous fees, here are three steps you can take to fix your traffic ticket:
Step 1: Call the Courthouse
Firstly, locate the County in which your traffic infraction occurred. This information will be on the upper left hand corner of your ticket.
Once you locate the County, call the Clerk of Court of that County and ask to speak with someone in the Traffic Department. For your convenience, here are some of those telephone numbers:
- Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts: 305-275-1111
- Broward County Clerk of Courts: 954-831-6565
- Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts: 561-355-2994
For additional Counties, click here.
Step 2: File a Motion for Relief
Once you reach the Traffic Department, tell the clerk that you would like to file a “Motion for Relief” on your outstanding traffic ticket.
A motion is a written request to the court asking for a certain result, in this case, removing your ticket from collections.
When preparing your motion, make sure to explain why you didn’t answer your traffic ticket on time.
Step 3: Be Patient
After filing your motion, be patient. Unless a traffic attorney prepared your motion, you can expect an answer from the court within 30 days.
If your motion gets granted, the traffic ticket gets removed from collections and all the late fees are waived. At that point, you will be able to reinstate your driver’s license.
No Luck? Our Florida Traffic Ticket Attorney Can Help
If your motion gets denied, or you prefer the help of our traffic ticket attorney from the start, call us now at (305) 775-3720 or send us an email.
At TicketFit, our traffic ticket attorney has removed thousands of tickets from collections. In most cases, we can get your motion approved within a week!
Don’t delay, contact us today for a free consultation.
I would like to know how much it will cost me to have you fix my ticket problems.
I can help Mike, please check your email for the information I need to review your case.
Hello can you contact me about getting one of my sons tickets removed from Collections?
Of course, I just sent you an email with what I need.
Hi, I have 2 speeding tickets in collections, one of them is unfair to me & the other one i admit yes I was speeding . I started doing a payment with clerk for one ticket I couldn’t pay the rest because I lost my job due to COVID-19 is there anyway you can help me out through this collection
Yes, I can help. Please email me a photo of the tickets for review or your driver’s license number.
I have tickets in collections and I’m trying to reinstate my license what should I do
Good morning, in what county? Feel free to email me your license number so I can check.
I have 3 tickets in collections and 2 of them are assigned for the same time and date (no sense).
Help.
Don’t worry, we can clear that up. Please check your email, I just send you one with what I need start.
I have 3 traffic tickets from over 2 years ago that I would like help with. I originally got a speeding ticket and forgot about it. About 6 months went by and I took a right on red where a sign saying not to was present. Upon bring pulled over I was informed my license was suspended for failure to pay from the original ticket. They nailed me with unkowningly driving with a suspended license and a red light ticket there. It’s roughly $900.
Hi, I can help. In what county were the tickets issued in? Send me the license number and I will review it for you.
I would like to see about getting help with 2 tickets that are in collections.
It would be my pleasure to help you. In what county were the tickets issued in? Email me the license or tickets numbers for review.
How I get my ticket out of Collections
Ok so I received 2 tickets when they were mailed out i was incarcerated. I didn’t know anything about make a long story short was sentenced to 4 years and I’m just finding out about the tickets and now there in collections
No problem, let me know in what county they were issued in so I can explain what I can do for you!
I need help with 3 tickets.
I can definitely help. I just sent you an email with what I need to review your case.
I have a case that is old from 2013 and I need help getting it out of collection agency
I can help Victor. Send me the license or ticket number for review.
hello need help fixing a 7 year old ticket.
Even if the ticket is seven years old, we can definitely help. Send me an email to info@ticketfit.com with your drivers license number for a free evaluation.
Need help with 2 red light camera tickets that are in collections
I can definitely help. Feel free to send me your license number and I’ll review your case.
my wife got 4 tickets in collection from 2014, 2 of them are for no proof of insurance and registration but that was not her car and that car have everything up to date long ago. the other 2 tickets was for speeding and DL expired, i thinking if i can fix her tickets on court and show the proof of insurance and registration of my car.
Even of the tickets are past due and in collections, we can help. Feel free to call/txt/email us for a free quote!
I have two outstanding fines which I want to resolve on a payment plan if possible. One is in Palm Beach County and the other is in Broward. How do i proceed on the TicketFix solution and what are the cost to do so? Thanks
Hi John, I will need to review your driver license first. I just sent you an email. Thanks!
Need help with fixong tickets
No matter how old or late your traffic tickets are, our traffic attorney can help!
i owe 1,100 in collections but 900 is over 7 years old how to fix it
Even if the cases are old, as long as they are open/pending cases I can help. Feel free to email me your license number and I will check.
What do you consider open/pending. My cases are old as well.
wouldn’t it be closed if adjudication is withheld and was ordered to pay a fine.
Hi Billy! If the case already went to court and a disposition was entered, such as a withhold of adjudication, then it is closed. If there were court fees imposed on that closed case, those fees would have to be paid. However, if a case never went to court, we can help regardless of how old the case is.
Do this motion thing works in bay county
Yes, depending on how it’s written and presented to the court.