If someone is caught speeding in another state by those cameras at intersections, and gets sent a ticket...must it be attended to in the same way a ticket from that person's state of residence?

Eventually the ticket would become a warrant and then the next time they’re pulled over and the officer runs their information, that warrant will pop up and they’ll presumably be arrested. The information is shared between states so the fact that it’s a different state really wouldn’t help here.

As far as dealing with the ticket, you’d deal with it as if you lived in the area that issued the ticket. There should be instructions and options on the ticket or provided with it.

Yes, that’s what I thought. I’m given the option to go to traffic school, so I’ll do that. I just thought I’d ask since a handful of friends told me I was ridiculous for taking it seriously.

Often adjoining states have reciprocity laws. For instance a New Yorker who ignores a New Jersey ticket will have his license pulled.

Not answering a traffic citation, no matter which state it occurred, is high tech today. you use to “just forget about it” and generally that was true. not so, today. unanswered traffic citations are considered to be a guilty plea and the court turns them over to a collection agency. the collection agency has full power to collect on the traffic citation. collect may include a lien on something you own, like your car or house. this may sound extreme and it may be, but, thats the law. this does not mean the repo man will take your vehicle. it means that if you paid off the balance on your vehicle, that you will not be given a clear title, until the fines are paid on your out of state traffic citation(s). this came about, because so many people were just ignoring out of state citations given and the courts came up with a clever, legal process in order to collect. you can also thank the inventor of the computer. all states are connected to each other, so its best to pay all your traffic citations and avoid collection agencies. this is also reflected on your credit score and is damaging to it.

Yes, all the databases are interconnected now. The ticket will be passed along to the person’s state of residence and if it is not paid, it will result in suspension of your driver’s license.

Best to just drive to Mexico and live out your remaining day. You should be able to avoid payment that way.
Buena suerte, amiga.

AstroChuck….....good answer. hiding amongst the bandidos in Mexico.

Edit: ...remaining days.

If you get a ticket from a private company, such as Redflex, you can ignore it. Do not fill it out, do not mail it in. Those companies are bluffing, and they have no jurisdiction. They are contracted by the police or court to mail you a “ticket”, it’s not really a ticket. It’s actually either a “information request” or “guilty plea”. But they may not use those terms.

If its from the police or court, however, you must deal with it, because most likely (but not always) that state will have a “compact” with your state, allowing each state to withhold driver license or registration renewals.

I’m not an attorney and maybe this is all B.S. But I have done the internet research and successfully avoided a Redflex ticket more than 4 years ago

No. If you don’t live there you can simply let a warrant be issued for your arrest. Find out what the statute of limitations is and after that time period call up to make sure the warrant is removed. You may then continue with your life unhampered.

Yes, it should be.