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WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS FOR RESCHEDULING MY COURT DATE?
If you have a 'zero' current balance, you may request
one (1) reset of your initial Court Date without coming to Court,
regardless of the reason. Note the following guidelines:
1. 'Call' No Later Than Your Court Date: You must make your
request to the Court no later than the date of your initial Court
Date.
A fax, email or telephone message of your request to reschedule that is received
by the Court no later than 4:00 PM on the day of your scheduled
Court Date will be considered as your 'making contact on time'.}
2. If Not Guilty Plea: If you intend to contest a violation
on your Citation your Case must be rescheduled to another date based
on your Officer's Court schedule. This is necessary because a Court
Hearing is required with your Not Guilty plea.
The reset date must be within 30 days (1 month) of your initial
Court Date.
An $8.50 Reset Fee will be added to your account balance for
this action.
Read the section on “How
to Plead” for more information on Guilty, No Contest, &
Not Guilty.
3. If Guilty/No Contest Plea: If you just want to present your Case
and situation to the Judge by entering a plea of Guilty or No
Contest, your Case may be reset up to a month (30 days) from your
initial Court Date.
You may choose any Court day, up to 30 days from your initial
Court Date.
City Court is on Monday / Wednesday / Friday @ 9 AM
Night Court is on Tuesday / Thursday @ 5:30 PM
A $5.00 Reset Fee will be added to your account balance for this
action.
WHY COMING TO COURT SOONER, NOT LATER MAY BE IN YOUR BEST
INTEREST!
5-Month Time Limit From Date Citation Issued! In order
to comply with State of Tennessee guidelines, City Court requires
a Citation be resolved within 5 months from the date the ticket
was issued.
Automated Court action may commence if Citation is not
resolved by deadline. (The normal Court action initiated at this
time is driver license suspension.) 5-Month deadline cannot be changed! If you reschedule
your Court Date, for any reason, you will be cutting into that 'workable
time period'.
The longer you wait, the more you pay...
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1st, every time you reschedule your Court Date, you will
be charged a Reset Fee.
In regards to violations for Equipment Repair, No Insurance,
No DL, and Registration, those costs will be the same as
long as you show proof of correcting the original problem.
If you plan to speak to the Judge on another violation,
the Judge will not penalize you because you need more time
to 'get your DL' (or something like that).
Plus, you may save yourself another Courtroom visit.
Because if all that remains to be done is to pay your ticket
and to show proof of (___), then you may show your proof
of repair, your Insurance, DL, and/or Registration at the
Court Service Counter. (Instead of returning to the Courtroom
to show your 'proof' to the Judge.)
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Opportunity to spread your payments out…
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If you can pay-off your total balance due in one payment,
great!
However, if you need to divide your total balance due
up and spread it out into as small payments as possible,
the sooner you begin paying on your balance due, the better…
[If you were allowed to reschedule your Court Date to
the 5th month and you did not make any payments until then,
your entire balance due would be payable all at once. If
you were then unable to pay-off your Citation in full, the
Court would begin action to suspend your license.]
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Avoid, or at least delay DL Suspension action… Too many well-intentioned
people call to reschedule a Citation, but then forget to follow-up
as planned. Some receive a 'reminder' months later from the State
in the form of a warning letter about a pending license suspension.
Others may not 'remember' this ticket until they are ticketed for
driving on a suspended license (possibly arrested). Starting sooner
versus later to resolve a Citation is no guarantee, but it does
improve your chances…
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