summons in nyc question ??? To pee or not to pee

Lol I need some help. Well yesterday I got out of a club and I was a bit tipsy and had to pee real bad. So I peed by my friends car and a cop stoped me and gave me a pink slip thingy that says summons. It has a court date on it but doesn't say how much I owe. So can anyone please help me and tell me how much will the fine be or if I can go to jail for this ??? This is the 1st time I ever did this

Updated On: 1/19/08 at 10:04 PM

Did you give him your ID? I'm assuming they know your name and address?

If not, throw it away and ignore it.

If so, don't worry...you're not going to jail.

Find out how much the fine is. I think sometimes on the back of the summons, there is a chart that tells you how much each offense is. I think the one I got does.

You'll probably end up having to pay like $200.

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Kate:
oh Nicky, Nicky, Bad News.

nicky:
what's The Matter Kate?

kate:
i Can't Go With You To The Phish Concert At The Aquarium.

nicky:
oh No, I Was Looking Forward To That!

kate:
me Too.

nicky:
oh, Why Can't You Come?

kate:
i Got Jury Duty.

nicky:
jury Duty?

kate:
mm Hm.

nicky:
aw, Kate, You Don't Have To Go To Jury Duty.

kate:
yes I Do. I Got This Summons In The Mail, It Says I Have To Go.

nicky:
oh, What Summons?

kate:
this One.

nicky:
no. What Summons?

kate:
this One.

nicky:
no Kate You Don't Understand: Tear It Up And Throw It Away.

kate:
what?

nicky:
throw It Away, Throw It Away! Tear It Up And Throw It Away.
and Go About Your Day!

kate:
oh, I Can't Do That! This Is An Official Summons.

nicky:
oh! An Official Summons. Well, Why Didn't You Say So?
tear It Up And Throw It Away!

kate:
just. Tear It Up?

nicky:
yeah! And Throw It Away!
tear It Up And Throw It Away, So You And I Can Play.

kate:
but, Isn't It My Civic Duty?

nicky:
aw! Who Gives A Doody? The Government Employees Already Know,
for Many Reasons Many People Just Won't Show.
a Piece Of Mail's An Easy Thing To Overlook, So Just Like The Airlines, They Overbook!

kate: Oh!

both:
tear It Up And Throw It Away! Throw It Away! Throw It Away!
tear It Up And Throw It Away,

nicky:
it's Perfectly Okay.

kate:
ah! Oh But Wait A Minute, Wait A Minute.
it Says Here The Penalty Is 30 Days In Jail.

nicky:
kate! No One's Ever Gone To Jail! Gone To Jail! Gone To Jail!
have You Ever Heard Of Anyone Who's Gone To Jail,

kate:
oh! 'cause Something Got Lost In The Mail! Oh!

nicky: Exactly!

both:
tear It Up And Throw It Away! Throw It Away! Throw It Away!
tear It Up And Throw It Away! (Tear)

nicky:
yeah, You Got It!

kate: Did Not!

nicky:
right!

both:
and Go About Your Day!

nicky:
only The Little People Do Jury Duty Kate!

kate:
yeah!

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The city needs money very badly so step up & do your duty - oh wait you did.

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My advice would be to pay it ASAP. I had a roommate that jumped a subway turnstile once and got a summons which he immediately ignored. A few months later the police turned up at our apartment and took him to be booked. He was about to be processed and sent to Rikers but was then released after the fine was paid.

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This thread explains what's wrong with America- the kid who's too lazy to go back in to the bathroom so he sprads his urine all over for me to walk in to the cranky old man who thinks everything is a plot to keep him down.

My advice- Don't pee in the street.

And when you're called for jury duty, go. The case might be about some selfish drunk kid who peed in the street and you can throw the book at him!

There is no crime for not having public toilts in the city.

The city tried to use the self cleaning ones as a public service. They realized that they caused an issue for disabled users so they don't really use them any more. The only place I have ever seen them is in Herald square.

Jumping a turnstile on the subway is a fifty dollar fine.


But, personally. The most annoying run in with a cop I had was because he thought I was being truent. I go to a private High School. We don't always have school the same days or the same time as the city public schools. I got yelled at by a cop becauese on a day I had off I was just walking around the city. The public schools were in fact closed. He thought I was cutting.

I had to take out my ID have him call my school so that they can say that I did have the day off and then have the cop leave giving me a dirty look.

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Starbucks, people. There's at least one on every block.

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You think you've got
Some kind of right?
You think you'll come in here and go for free?
The only thing you'll get it "no" for free!
I'm a business gal, you see
I sell the
Privilege to pee!