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I live in fort Collins Colorado I was issued a careless driving ticket
Asked on Dec 09th, 2020 on Traffic Violations - Colorado
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From all the research I've done careless driving ticket maximum penalty $300.90 in jail section 1402 I believe they sent me information for a zoom meeting and the information for the zoom meeting it says my maximum fine and penalty is $3,000 and 6 months in jail I don't understand what's going on here
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It would seem you are charged in Fort Collin MUNICIPAL court and not State Court. You looked at the STATE statute on Careless Driving and found that penalty ($300 and 90 days in jail max). The MUNICIPAL code calls for the penalties of up to $3000 and up to 180 days in jail. It is extremely unlikely that anything close to the maximum fine is imposed and even less likely for jail to be imposed.
Answered on Dec 10th, 2020 at 10:50 AM