How can I get a copy of my permanent school record?

I Got a speeding ticket and I did traffic school, last year. Somehow its still on my record. What can I do?

  • I'm in California. I remember mailing in the certificate of completion for traffic school and trusting that the courthouse would receive it and not put the violation on my record. A year later after I forgot all about it and thought everything was fine and dandy I get a copy of my driving record and the infraction is clearly there and visible to my insurance company and employer. I'm thinking its a clerical error but what steps do I need to take in order to get this violation taken off?

  • Answer:

    There is NOTHING you can do. It's your responsibility to make sure the court receives your proof of traffic school. If they don't get it, for whatever reason, the ticket is on your record. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it except chalk it up to experience and send it registered mail next time so you have a receipt of signature.

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There could be several reasons why your conviction wasn't masked by traffic school. The first step would be to drive down to the courthouse your case was assigned to and ask the clerk about the issue. If the clerk can't fix it and you were eligible to take traffic school for your violation, you may be able to see the judge and clear it up as long as you bring proof that you actually completed your course BEFORE the deadline (contact the school and see if they can provide you with a copy of your certificate).

Return your driving license and papers, along with your traffic school document, to the licensing authority and explain you want it cleaned up, and it's their mistake, keep a copy of your correspondence and your license number, send by recorded (tracked mail). Though I'm speaking from a Brits point of view, it should be the same in USA.

Depending on how fast you were going, completing traffic school may not have helped you in terms of keeping the violation off your record. Also, it could have been placed on your record before you completed driving school, in which case it would not have been removed after traffic school was completed. Traffic school doesn't work to remove already recorded violations. You can try and fight it by showing the Department of Motor Vehicles your driving record and proof that you completed traffic school as a response to the violation. However, if they determine that the violation was never eligible to be kept off your record then you'll just have to wait the standard 36 months before it's removed.

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