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Lousiana – speeding ticket deferred adjudication?

Posted: 05 May 2012 07:04 PM PDT

Question by PuterPrsn: Lousiana – speeding ticket deferred adjudication?
I’m from Texas with a Texas drivers license and just got a speeding ticket in DeSoto Parish. Was doing 92 in a 70, which pushes it up a bit.

Can I call and request deferred adjudication and pay the fine rather than it going on my record? Is it possible to do the driver’s ed thing instead? Who would I contact? There is a phone number on the ticket for the sherriff’s office but I don’t know for sure if that’s who I would call, and what I would ask for.

In Texas, you can call the court and ask for the deferred adjudication and you can also take the driver’s ed in lieu of full fine payment – you still have to pay court costs, but not the fine and it doesn’t go on your record. What’s the deal in Louisiana?

Best answer:

Answer by stew
call the phone number on the ticket. if you have not had defensive driving in the past year, then you can take defensive driving. you have to contact the office on the ticket for approval.

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