Legal Question in Traffic Law in Ohio

out of state traffic ticket

I was cited in California on Speeding violation on the freeway. As I live in Ohio, I failed to appear and now a collection agency in Texas says they can have my license suspened. Is this true?


Asked on 1/10/08, 1:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Richard Cline Office of the Ohio Public Defender

Re: out of state traffic ticket

Yes.

Ohio is part of an interstate compact (agreement) to enforce traffic citations across state lines. Failure to pay the citation can result in the suspension of your Ohio driver's license. In Ohio, failure to pay the citation could also result in a warrant for your arrest. I don't know what California does about warrants.

If California issued a warrant you could be arrested here and risk being held in jail while California decided whether it would come to Ohio to transport you back to California to respond to the citation.

Long story short, its not worth the hassle to let this continue. Pay the ticket.

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Answered on 1/10/08, 1:32 pm


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