Would this be considered police harassment of some sort?

My registration on my Mark VIII has been suspended since July 26th '11 - Nov 26th '11, which is the earliest date i will be eligible to end the suspension.

Since the beginning of August, my vehicle, which has been parked in a private parking lot of the apt complex i live since July 26, has been getting tickets for invalid registration almost every other day. I've been able to catch up with some of the sheriffs as they were issuing the tickets to show them the letter from the state notifying me of the timed suspension on my Mark to arrogantly prove that there's no need to issue a ticket that it is going to be nullified in the end.

As it turns out, even though I've taped the letter to the front grill and back trunk above the plates and inside the front windshield by the wipers where they leave the tickets, I've still managed to amount 31 tickets so far for invalid registration, each of em asking for a $50 handout, most of them issued by the same 3 star #s I had personally spoken to.

I'm awaiting response from an email I sent to a law firm that was involved in a recent class action lawsuit Cook County with a $55 million settlement for unlawful strip searches at the county jail. Maybe I can add this to their rep sheet.

In the meantime, what do yous think?

Harassment, toss Cook County another class action lawsuit or "shut up and pay the damn fines! :x " ?

Sue, don't pay up. Clearly they know if you have talked to them.

Hm...I was going to say yep, this may be harassment, but then I asked myself this: Why hasn't he taken the plates off the vehicle?

Having plates on means you intend to use that vehicle. Taking the places off and leaving it parked will prevent further tickets since you have no perceived intention of using the vehicle.

They'd have a vehicle with no plates and would then tow the vehicle regardless of the parking sticker, as one sheriff told while i was trying to discuss this with him.

It's been parked in the private parking lot since the 26th of July. I've been using the other vehicle to get to and from while I anxiously wait for the 26th of this month to come so i can drive the Mark again.

It's why I say the sheriff's are operating with something other than logic because they should not be coming onto private property unless they're called for assistance, much less to ask for donations(issue tickets). The patrolling that should be done(if any) is by the towing company to check for vehicles that don't have the parking sticker for the parking lot.

But here's where it gets kind of shady. On 4 occasions I found the car in the morning with two tickets by same 3 star #s that have been spamming me. Say for example 1 would be for 9/12/11 at 11:42pm and then the other one being issued at 1:19am 9/13/11 & placed right next to the other ticket. Best part of it all is that on one of these double ticket nights, both tickets that were issued were by the same sheriff!!

What in the world are these "sheriffs" thinking to engage in this insolent behaviour?

Is why I'm eagerly awaiting to hear from the law firm i emailed because regardless of whether or not my plates are suspended, I don't think they can legally do that kind of stuff.

I had a problem like this too, I had my Mustang parked on my lawn primed and ugly because I was rebuilding the engine. my dumb neighbor called the DMV because I didn't have a tag on it yet since I was rebuilding the engine, then a few weeks later a police officer tells me to move my Mustang he tells me"it's not drive-able" so I have to move it and I tell him bullsh** it's registered that's all that matters.

***k em. Nuff said.

I had found a great forum for legal questions in which you should get some good advice. Expertlaw.com. I'm sure you'll get better advice there:P

I don't see how the fuzz can ticket a car for suspended registration if it's parked. if it's on the road sure. but if it's being stored they have no right to ticket you. Time to fight the law.

When a registration is suspended, aren't the plates supposed to be removed?

Depends on local laws. In some jurisdictions tickets can be given for no registration on private property. Since you are getting the tickets....I'd bet that is the case where you live so no...it's not harassment.LJS9502_basic

however you could probably still fight em all. and win about half - 75% of em

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Depends on local laws. In some jurisdictions tickets can be given for no registration on private property. Since you are getting the tickets....I'd bet that is the case where you live so no...it's not harassment.ionusX

however you could probably still fight em all. and win about half - 75% of em

The only thing I can tell you is apparently your "private" lot isn't as private as you may think. If it was truely private it would be treated as if this was just a parking space behind your house. Apparently who ever owns the lot is purposly letting the police in to check everything out...if it was truely private they would have their own security. In the mean time, trying to sue would get you no where since they are honestly ticketing you for having a car with an invalid registration..which you admit it is. That is all the court will need. Trust me I rarely have love for county police but I don't see this ending good. My advice, have your car towed to a friend or family members house until you are able to drive it again (or put it literally in a storage garage). At this point the police know your car is there and will continue to check if you have moved it or resolved your registration issue. wolfbm

Oh, it's private property alright, as I'm assuming that's what the towing sign means that he landlord has up on the side of her building about no overnight parking in private lot.

Regardless, that's not a big deal to me, it's more that.... "How do the sheriff's expect me to fix my registration if I have a letter sent to me by the state indicating that my vehicle registration will become/had became suspended on july 26th and will remain so until nov 26th, which is the earliest date the letter says I'm eligible to end the suspension by paying some money 30 days in advance prior to Nov 26th, which I did and also paid for 2 more years of SR22. It's just a matter of waiting since everything is in place for me to drive my Mark again on the 27th.

I doubt that means that within this 3 month period, any sheriff of Cook County can just waltz up in this lot and continue to run a train on my car for something the state had enacted and even allowing for an officer to issue two tickets for the same "offense" within a 2 hour period. I'll find out soon enough.

You keep saying the "sheriff's" (assuming you mean Sheriffs) are ticketing you. First off, there is only one Sheriff in Cook County, and I doubt that he is ticketing your car. Why don't you try contacting his office for some answers? Good luck.thegerg

Put the care into a storage facility:P

[QUOTE="UniverseIX"][QUOTE="thegerg"]You keep saying the "sheriff's" (assuming you mean Sheriffs) are ticketing you. First off, there is only one Sheriff in Cook County, and I doubt that he is ticketing your car. Why don't you try contacting his office for some answers? Good luck.thegerg

or maybe he is talking about the individuals in the sheriffs office and not the office itself, i would have thought that was obvious by him constantly referring to individual officers.

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[QUOTE="thegerg"] Statements like "It's why I say the sheriff's are operating with something other than logic because they should not be coming onto private property unless they're called for assistance" suggest otherwise. If he were talking about the department he would say "is" instead of "were", "it" instead of "they", and "it's" instead of "they're."thegerg

or maybe he is talking about the individuals in the sheriffs office and not the office itself, i would have thought that was obvious by him constantly referring to individual officers.

my point was that his wording was correct for talking about individuals in the sheriffs department. and yes you would think contacting the sheriffs office would work but if he has already spoken personally to 3 of the officers i wouldn't hold out much hope.