hwybear wrote:One must be able to surrender the permit for that vehicle. Permit includes the vehicle portion and plate portion. The back side of the permit is where the corresponding validation from the validation sticker must be placed. One may surrender a true COPY of the permit (front and back).

Thanks for the info.

Any thoughts on the rest of the situation hwybear ?

I did end up going with the trial option. The woman at the provincial offensives office told me that in a couple weeks I would be getting my trail date and details and the prosecutor would also. She gave me the prosecutors number and told me to call her once I got the trial date and see about working something out.