# Common Legal Rumors?

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**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/common-legal-rumors/36686 "2007-10-09T08:56:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/common-legal-rumors/36686/41 "2007-10-11T07:39:23Z")

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[quote=“dawn,post:35,topic:36686"”]

Here’s a legal rumor that I have no idea if it’s true:

If you plead guilty to your ticket, the state gets the money.  
If you plead not guilty and they reduce it to a parking ticket, the town gets the money.

Is that true?

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If you plead guilty your payment goes to the state for the driving offense. I am almost positive that is correct. If you plead not guilty, the town can lower your charge to something smaller such as a parking ticket and also throw on a court fee so they get the majority of the ticket.

I am not 100% sure but I think that is the way it goes.

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