I would to know what's the difference between ticket and court summons in general and in the Albo1125's LSPDFR+ plugin. And what offences is applied to (for example suspended license, felony evading, hit and run, etc.).

A ticket is an immediate fine. Requires a payment and doesn't require a visit to court.

 

A court summons is when the officer doesn't specify the punnishment and leaves it to the judge. They give the defendant a date, the judge reviews the offence and determines the outcome.

Ok. And when do court summonses occur? Especially when you're in California. Is it about a felony like hit and run or something of that kind?

Court summonses occur for a multitude of reasons, it differs state by state.

Some states like Arizona used to allow drivers to go to 'traffic' school and their license would not be charged with their traffic violation.

Court summonses occur in a lot of offenses, not just serious ones like a hit and run.

 

This website might help explain (Keep in mind this is not a government website)

 

http://www.dmv.org/ca-california/traffic-tickets.php

Because I would know about how to act with LSPDFR+ if I were a cop in California (for example, CHP).

Edited April 7, 20179 yr by badass22

Well, from my understanding, in the US there isn't really such a thing as a "court summons" for traffic violations (at least they aren't called that) - that's something which is more common in Britain and similar legal systems.

 

This might help.  I think a "summons" is similar to a "citation" in the US: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-citation-and-vs-ticket/

Thanks. Anyway I need a American.xml file for LSPDFR+ with the settings on California traffic law.

6 hours ago, Sam said:

Well, from my understanding, in the US there isn't really such a thing as a "court summons" for traffic violations (at least they aren't called that) - that's something which is more common in Britain and similar legal systems.

 

This might help.  I think a "summons" is similar to a "citation" in the US: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-citation-and-vs-ticket/

It really depends on where you are. Tickets can be labeled "ticket," "citation," "complaint," "notice to appear," "summons," or other terms, and there's no standardized terminology.