Ontario Highway Traffic Act

That's a very good point. Thank you for that. I will use what you said during my trail in June. And thanks for the heads up on having a wrong address as not being a fatal error.

Hi all,

So I went through the process of setting a court date (which was today), and I asked for an adjournment so that I could request disclosure. The officer had the typed notes on hand and gave it to me right away. I was asked to to go another room to request a DVD. Did that, so I'm just waiting for that to come in.

A little background ...

jsherk wrote:It might be in your best interest to call Provincial Offences office and ask the status of the ticket. Then you will know for sure whether summons or warrant or whatever.

Good call. Where do I find the # for that?

They can just mail you a copy of whatever they are trying to serve and it is conisdered served 7 days after they mail it.

If they can just "mail" it and consider it served, why then do they even bother showing up to my house? I asked this exact question to my paralegal and they said "It has to be personal service.
If they cannot serve you ...

If they feel that you are avoiding service they can apply for a warrant. The chance was they wouldn't bother trying to re-serve but if they are then it's not going to go away. It will have a task due date at the station and someone's supervisor is going to lean on them to get you served.

Thanks for that answer. What qualifies as "avoiding ...

Sorry to revive an old thread.

So here's the story. I got a paralegal, and they checked the docket at both court houses for my name. It wasn't on either of them. My paralegal asked if I could lay low for awhile and in 6 months if they can't re-serve me, the ticket is considered expunged.

It's been about a month since the initial court date, and ...

argyll wrote:No, the charge still exists but the compelling to court part is flawed. They can just re-serve you.

How long do they have to re-serve me? If they can't find me, does that qualify for the ticket to be dropped?

Hi all,

So about a month ago I received a stunt/racing charge for going 140 in an 80 zone. I decided to go with a paralegal, and was notified by the paralegal that on the summon's it states to go to a criminal court. The paralegal was confused as this should be at a Provincial court. They said that since I do not have any criminal charges, that ...