AZ Tickets Thrown Out Because of Process Server

Tucson City Court will throw out more than 100 photo enforcement tickets as it investigates if those people were ever properly served.

When photo enforcement cameras go off, a vendor looks at the pictures and video and sends it all to Tucson Police for approval of mailing a ticket. If the recipient does not respond, they are served in person. But one employee of the company hired to do that duty is accused of not doing the job, and more than 100 of those tickets have been thrown out. The case has photo enforcement critics pointing to the incident as a flaw in the system.

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Arizona Photo Enforcement Ticket Not Valid Until Served

People ask us all the time: What can I do about that nasty photo radar ticket I got in the mail?

The answer: Nothing.

Literally. Chuck it in the trash.

It's perfectly ethical -- just look at the ticket's fine print. You see, for photo enforcement citations to be valid, the state Supreme Court rules say it has to be properly served to you. And the U.S. Mail won't cut it. So, the ticket asks you to sign a waiver of your right to proper service and mail it back to the authorities.

Ignore Photo Radar Ticket, Pay Additional FIne

The Prescott Valley Police Department implemented photo enforcement a year and a half ago to reduce speeding - and accidents.

Despite extensive media coverage, some motorists who receive tickets are uninformed, and are facing the consequences. They face a $26 process server fee - even if they attend traffic school - if they did not notify the Magistrate Court of their intentions after receiving a ticket in the mail.

The company that operates the photo-enforcement equipment, Redflex Traffic Systems of Scottsdale, hires process servers.