Legal Question in Traffic Law in Oregon

Re: Statute of limitations on speeding ticket

I can't answer your broader question, of "what good is a statute of limitations, if they just extend the case beyond the statute?" You haven't given me enough info about this ticket: First, did you ever APPEAR on the ticket, either physically or by mail? IF you did, did you go to trial, enter a plea, or what? If you did NOTHING at all, generally there shouldn't be any statute of limitations issue -- you were just fined and never paid, that's all. Sounds like that's what happened to you, or some variation on that. It happens a lot, and it CAN catch up with you eventually, as it did here.

Take my analysis, however, with some grains of salt, since I don't have enough info from you to give you any more clear advice. Having said that, this is the sort of thing where my advice is USUALLY something like this: "Just PAY the damned thing and be DONE with it."

Good luck!

Sam