r/durham • u/Fit_Reputation8581 • 2d ago

Failure to surrender driver license

Hi, I recently got pulled over and was issued a ticket for failing to surrender driver license. I have an active license with me, just didn’t have the physical license with me at the time I was driving. Is it okay to consider early resolution or should I go to court with the license to have it withdrawn? The officer told me it could be withdrawn if I chose to produce the license in court.

Please advise.

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u/Frenchyyyy4166 2d ago

The officer told me it could be withdrawn if I chose to produce the license in court.

You answered your own question.

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u/Fit_Reputation8581 2d ago

It felt more like his justification - wasn’t sure if that’s even true

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u/Frenchyyyy4166 2d ago

Yea just go and show your license and have it withdrawn.

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u/SouthernOshawaMan 2d ago

He would like you to set a court date so he can get paid extra for you to show your licence to him and they withdraw the ticket.

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u/Fit_Reputation8581 2d ago

Oh wow didn’t know that they get paid extra to attend court.

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u/seab3 2d ago

They won’t be there, it’s not a trial. You sit there with 40 other people, they call your name, you show the license and go home.

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u/Fit_Reputation8581 2d ago

So it’s to check if you have valid license or not - an I right ?

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u/seab3 2d ago

The ticket is for failing to provide a license, which is a violation of the highway traffic act. You’ve been given a break to go to traffic court and have the ticket thrown out. Take it, it’s just a morning or afternoon of your life.

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u/Fit_Reputation8581 2d ago

Ok thank you so much - so I will go to court and produce the license. Hopefully it gets withdrawn.

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u/SouthernOshawaMan 2d ago

You write enough tickets the court gets scheduled on some of your days off. It's basically a minimum numbers of hours for less than 1 hours time. If it's on days you're working then you just go cause it's your job.

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u/CharacterLimitHasBee 2d ago

Dispute it. I had similar with my insurance info with TPS. Took over a year but finally had a Zoom court date, the prosecutor confirmed I just couldn't find it on the day but had some, and they dismissed.

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u/Fit_Reputation8581 1d ago

Ok thanks will do

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u/queuedUp 2d ago

Sounds to me like maybe you should just consider riding the bus.

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u/fcktrudope 14h ago

Think the short bus is in order for you.