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My son recieved a speeding ticket when he was 16. In the paper work from the court was an Expunction form. I called the court to find out what to do with the form when it was filled out and they refused to tell me!

They said by law they were required to give us the form but by law they were not allowed to tell us what to do with it. Anyone have a clue????

Cosmo 9 wrote:They said by law they were required to give us the form but by law they were not allowed to tell us what to do with it. Anyone have a clue????

That's classic!! Wish I knew....

Call another county's clerk/court office and ask where to send that form-- ask for an address and a title...then send it to the same in your county.

I ran into something similar when dealing with a JP court and evicting a renter. They would barely talk with me about the form itself, much less what to do and why. The clerk and JP both said that anything they said could be construed as legal advise *sigh*

Good luck --

I've had lots of traffic tickets that haven't been expunged.

Why are you worried about it?

I'm not really worried about it I was on line here reading when I called to find out what should be done with the form, the reply just had me baffled and I thought I'd vent a little.

An expunction is not part of the speeding/ticket/JP court system. An expunction is a civil matter which must be presented to the court by an attorney. The clerk's office was apprently giving you a courtesy copy of the form. The clerk's office is not required to serve as your attorney, or obtain the expunction for you. Since most county clerks are not lawyers, they would be wrong to give legal advice. Agree with the person who said "what's the big deal." As an elected prosecutor, traffic tickets don't show up on the criminal history printout.