Regulación sobre el uso de boletos de tráfico en Minnesota

Explicación Simple

En Minnesota, si te detienen por una infracción de tráfico, recibirás un boleto especial. Si no vas a la corte después de recibirlo, podrías tener problemas legales adicionales.

Es como cuando un profesor te da una tarea y dice que si no la entregas, te pondrá un cero. Si no vas a la corte, podrías recibir una sanción más grave.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan conduce y se pasa un semáforo en rojo. La policía le da un boleto que le advierte que si no se presenta en la corte, podría haber consecuencias más serias. Si Juan no va, el juez podría emitir una orden de arresto.

Penalidades

Si no te presentas a la corte, podrías enfrentar una orden de arresto.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision 3; section169.147, subdivision 8; and section169.999, subdivision 3, there shall be a uniform ticket issued throughout the state by the police and peace officers or by any other person for violations of this chapter and ordinances in conformity thereto. Such uniform traffic ticket shall be in the form and have the effect of a summons and complaint. Except as provided in paragraph (b), the uniform ticket shall state that if the defendant fails to appear in court in response to the ticket, an arrest warrant may be issued. The uniform traffic ticket shall consist of four parts, on paper sensitized so that copies may be made without the use of carbon paper, as follows: (1) the complaint, with reverse side for officer's notes for testifying in court, driver's past record, and court's action, printed on white paper; (2) the abstract of court record for the Department of Public Safety, which shall be a copy of the complaint with the certificate of conviction on the reverse side, printed on yellow paper; (3) the police record, which shall be a copy of the complaint and of the reverse side of copy (1), printed on pink paper; and (4) the summons, with, on the reverse side, such information as the court may wish to give concerning the Traffic Violations Bureau, and a plea of guilty and waiver, printed on off-white tag stock. (b) If the offense is a petty misdemeanor, the uniform ticket must state that a failure to appear will be considered a plea of guilty and waiver of the right to trial, unless the failure to appear is due to circumstances beyond the person's control. [See Note.] In every charge of a violation of any provision of this chapter, the uniform traffic ticket shall contain a blank or space wherein the officer shall specify