Here's the scenario: 1. Got a speeding ticket in Colorado County on September 11th. 2. Sent cashiers check of $115 to Court house on September 23rd. 3. Received letter from courthouse saying I didn't pay or failed to appear in court and now owe them $474. The letter was sent out on December 23rd. Called the courthosue and the lady basically said I have to prove to them that THEY deposited the money into their account. I called Bank of America and they said because it was just a cashiers check, they have no paper trail to where or when it was deposited. Is there anything I can do? Any way to gain access to their account info.? Or am I basically screwed and having to pay $600 for a speeding ticket?
A cashiers check does have some sort of number that can be traced. It will have a check number at the very least, which if you have that check number, the bank should be able to see if it was cashed. I have no idea if they'll be able to tell you who cashed it or when it was cashed. I hope you sent it by certified mail or FedEx. Something that requires a signature. If you did this, you can get information on who signed for it & when from the shipper, assuming you have the tracking information for the package. If you didn't send it where it had to be signed for, well, you're screwed. There is no way for you to access their bank account information. You shouldn't have to prove to the court that they deposited into their account. As long as you can prove that they received it, you should be able to argue that you did everything you were supposed to. It's not your fault if someone in their office @#$%ed up -- and there's nothing that you can do prevent that from happening. However, if they did receive it and it was never cashed, you'll probably still have to pay the original fine.
Thanks guys, unfortunately, I didn't keep the carbon copy stub nor did I send it through certified mail or anything like that. I have the check number so I'll call tomorrow and see if they can do something with that.
Without that stub and without being able to prove they've received it, you're basically S.O.L. Get ready to fork over another $474. I guess it's a good lesson to keep documents and send important things like that via a traceable method...an expensive lesson, but a good one. Sorry!
