Ticket - duh, and ouch

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I got a ticket today in Somerville for expired registration.  The danged license plate says "SEP" and today is "OCT".  I'm going to the RMV with a friend tomorrow (she's driving her car) to get the registration up to date. 2 questions for Davis Square:

1. Ticket is for $100.  If I get my registration fixed tomorrow, is there any way I can possibly get the ticket taken off/forgiven/lessened if I show them I fixed the issue ASAP?  Who do I talk to about that possibility?

2. Do I get points on my license for this and the associated raised insurance fees? 

I haven't gotten a ticket of any kind in over 15 years.  I feel so dirty!  and Bad!

Note to all: CHECK THE DANGED MONTH ON YOUR LICENSE PLATE AND ON YOUR WINDSHIELD STICKER TODAY!!!!
also: check when your driver's license expires.  It's no fun to get a ticket for something like that which is so easily avoided.

Addendum: I got the opportunity to pay the ticket with the same check used to pay the renewal, so the ticket is paid.  It was NOT a 'Somerville' ticket, it was a MA general ticket, complete with my driver's license info.  So according to what others said below, I'm likely to be surcharged.  Which sux.  So now I likely have 2 points against me.  When does the surcharge pop in?  How many years will I be surcharged for?

Comments

[zaarwin-devolve.livejournal.com]

1)I doubt it but you won't know unless you show up to contest the ticket. Depends on how much you consider your time to be worth, I suppose.

2)I think insurance companies care only about moving violations. That being said, don't hold your breath, and wait for an opinion from somebody who has gone through this.

[junesrose.livejournal.com]

Speaking of contesting the ticket...don't forget that even if you get it waived, you'll still have to pay the court costs.

I learned this when I contested a $35 ticket (tl;dr) last year and ended up paying $25 in court fees anyway. But at least I got a clean slate.

Good luck.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

As others have asked, was this a traffic ticket or a parking ticket? It should be easy to tell, since the address to mail the payment will be either the RMV or the Somerville parking clerk. Also, a traffic ticket identifies a driver, while a parking ticket just has the license plate of the car.

If it's a traffic ticket, there will be an insurance surcharge (contrary to what other people have posted). See
http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/mrb/AdministrativeProcedures.pdf page 114: "OPERATE EXPIRED REG" has 2 insurance surcharge points. But I've heard they'll often grant an appeal if you renewed the registration right away. Instructions for how to appeal are on the ticket.

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

Well, I was offered an opportunity to pay the ticket when I renewed my registration. So it's paid, on the same check as the payment for the renewal. They did take my license info, so I'm guessing I'm screwed cuz I don't have the ticket anymore. Gah.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a traffic ticket. And unfortunately, once you've paid it, you can't appeal it any more.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Though the first minor ticket doesn't actually raise your insurance that much.