Where to find ticket number on citation

You don't have to select a case type, but if you think you might have a lot of tickets in the system, you could narrow the results by selecting whether the ticket you want to look at is a criminal traffic ticket or a civil traffic citation. If you don't know, then just select "All. If your ticket is in our system, you should see a result that looks similar to the picture above.

If your ticket does not appear in the results, please check first to see if you typed your name as it appears on your driver's license correctly. If you did, then check to see if the ticket was issued in Hillsborough County -- you will see that at the top on the left side of the ticket.

It will contain all kinds of required information to identify both you if it is a traffic violation and, at minimum, the vehicle. The police or parking authority or other issuing agency will check on the license plate and Vehicle Identification Number, usually required to be displayed prominently on the driver's side dashboard and the engine but for most citations the issuing authority won't go that far initially.

Every situation is different. If it is for a parking violation, the license number and state of issuance will show to whom the vehicle belongs. If it's a parking ticket and you didn't park the vehicle, the onus of responsibility still falls on you.

Look closely at the back of the citation if you don't find a pre-printed citation number on the front of the citation. Again, the citation should be pre-printed on the citation upper portion and should be printed on a lower detachable portion on the bottom of the citation that you send back to pay the fine.

That's how the issuing agency determines that the fine is paid for a particular infraction. Some states and municipalities, oddly enough, rely on the representative of the issuing agency to fill in a citation number presumably in numerical order but those communities are few and far between. Of the more than half-dozen state police, municipal police and parking authorities contacted from Pennsylvania to California, not one didn't use pre-preprinted citation numbers on their citations.

It makes it easier on the issuing agencies to keep their records in order. Contact the issuing agency if you lost your citation. You will need to know the municipality in which it was issued and the police agency with jurisdiction in that community if the citation was issued for a moving violation. Contact the parking authority, if there is one, in the community in which you may have received a non-moving violation.

Many communities don't have parking authorities and rely on local police to issue the citations. The color of your car might be Midnight Blue, but do not expect the Court to throw out your charge because the Officer listed the color as Black. Middle Body : The middle portion of the citation is where you will find the code section and a brief description of the charge. Do not get wrapped up in the details; the description is written purposely in shorthand and may not adequately explain the violation itself.

I recommend looking up the exact code section online for a full description. To the left of the code, the boxes let you know if this type of violation can be corrected. To the right, the boxes indicate the severity of the charge, such as a misdemeanor that may require jail time or an infraction, which only carries monetary fines.

Lower Body : Just above the Signature box, you will find the name of the Officer who cited you.