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Quoth ConsumerBot <consumerbot@yahoo.com> in misc.consumers:
>I just got a ticket in Virginia for failing to obey a No-U-Turn sign.
>I don't dispute my fault and I'm not grumbling about the ticket. I
>just want to know if state of Virginia (specifically Fairfax county)
>has provisions similar to some other states that would allow you to
>pay the fine without getting the offense on record. 
>
>In Maryland, one can get a Probation Before Judgement, if it's your
>first offense. In California one can go to traffic school to "work
>off" the points. Is there something like that in Virginia?
>
>Unfortunately that's not the kind of information that I was able to
>find on the court and DMV Web sites. 

And when you called the court and asked, they were unable to tell 
you?

Seriously, that is the first and most obvious thing to try. Or ask 
your local police department. 

I'm a little troubled by your words "without getting the offense on 
record". Unless Virginia is very different from other states, paying 
the fine follows on a guilty plea or a finding of guilty. Either way 
this _will_ be on your record. Traffic school typically lets you 
work off the points but not expunge the offense from your record.

But, as I say, this is something you should ask the clerk of the 
traffic court or the police department, both of whom are paid to 
answer these questions and to know the correct answers. In the 
unlikely event you get no help there, try your insurance agent or 
the legal officer of AAA (if you're a member).

Failing all of those, you may want to post to misc.legal.moderated, 
where some real lawyers hang out. That would have been a better 
choice than misc.consumers anyway.

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