– By choosing deferred disposition a ticket or violation may be suspended until certain conditions are met.
– Court fees are assessed and guilt is deferred until a person either meets or fails to meet these conditions.
– If a person meets the conditions set on deferred disposition the case may be dismissed and other fines / penalties can be avoided.
– However, if a person fails to meet the deferral requirements additional courts fees may be assessed and the case may be notated on a person’s record.
– Many people use deferred disposition on traffic tickets in order to keep the case from being notated on their driving record to keep their insurance rates from increasing.
– To dismiss a traffic ticket the deferral requirements are often not getting any traffic tickets for between 30 and 90 days, depending on the court. Also if the individual is under 25 they will be require to take a defensive driving class during their deferral peroid.