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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You would think the county would have backed off on this one and just wrapped it up, so to speak.
But no.
Edited by Coinfrog
05/12/2019 9:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I can certainly understand how frustrated he might be, but he made his point and is just hurting himself at this point if he needs to renew things and can't because of it.
I bet we start to see some laws specifically banning things like this if it starts happening regularly
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That seems a legitimate legal challenge to me. Pennies are by definition legal tender. So if the county refused them then they thereby waive the costs/fine.
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Forum Dad
United States
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That seems a legitimate legal challenge to me. Pennies are by definition legal tender. So if the county refused them then they thereby waive the costs/fine. They do not have to take them. A private enterprise is within their rights to restrict the denominations of coins or paper money they accept. We see this nonsense at least once a year here, grow up and pay your bill, you're just embarrassing yourself. https://www.treasury.gov/resource-c...-tender.aspxQuote:
This statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They should take the penny payment and then contact a collector who would like to go through all those cents. Now that would be a massive roll hunt.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pretty amazing the perp had all those cents waiting to go!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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womder if he went to the bank specifically for the pennies
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Valued Member
United States
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I would like to know why Officer Shinybadge felt compelled to ticket a citizen taking a photo of an accident. Something must be missing from this story.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree. "Contempt of Cop" citation? if the guy was within his rights, then paying the fine in pennies seems like a feeble response.
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Valued Member
United States
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Maybe the court should invest in some common wheat cents, roll the 45,500 pennies up, stick one of the wheaties on each end, and sell them as unsearched rolls on ebay. They'd probably make enough to get a new "Welcome to Cedar Rapids" sign on the outskirts of town and fill in a few extra potholes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"the courthouse told him he could come back every day for 90 days, making payments of $5 per day."
Seems like they are being reasonable to me if he really insists on paying in pennies.
He also sounds a lot like one of those "sovereign citizen" people that think they don't have to follow laws or pay fines or fees or taxes.
He was fined for trespassing. I don't know the whole story but seems like he was standing in a parking lot, under an overpass and when asked for identification went the "I don't have to, what law have I broken", "it's not trespassing, there's no sign" yadayada yadayada route with the cop which will always earn you a ticket at an accident scene or anywhere else.
The train derailed. For all they know the guy nearby with the camera is a terrorist filming his sabotage results and if not, just some lookie loo that will edge close and close to the accident scene until he's in to "for a better look".
I don't know the details but refusing to identify yourself and screaming "I know my rights" and "show me a sign" doesn't work except to get you a ticket or a ride to jail.
And going to court with a bunch of garbage and defending yourself won't work eiter. It's not TV. I. Real life a judge will normally uphold the fine and not even hear what you have to say without a lawyer and the process followed. It's a waste of time for the judge to have to listen to that.
Anyways. Sounds like the courthouse has no problem taking $5 a day in cents from him until it's paid.
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Pillar of the Community
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Whatever the merits of his legal case re filming the accident, he lost that case. Time to move on. I wonder what it would cost him in gas/ parking to make 90 trips to the court house?
You have to choose what battles to fight. 90 trips to a courthouse would not be worth my time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The court doesn't have a coin sort machine?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This comes up several times a year. The stunt is long over and completely futile. Just hire an attorney if you were wronged in court. The poor workers in the lower levels of the court operation are just like most of us and they're the only ones who get upset. That judge and cop are just  now at him even more. Lincoln Cent Lover!
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05/13/2019 10:16 pm
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You have to choose what battles to fight. 90 trips to a courthouse would not be worth my time. Exactly, do it once get the attention and after that it's just hurting you
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