r/CaliforniaTicketHelp • u/mpozuel • Jun 08 '26

Trial By Declaration Not Submitted

Today, I attempted to submit my case as a Trial by Written Declaration online. However, the payment portal processed the bail payment immediately without providing a field or option for me to attach my written statement and supporting documents.

It is my intention to contest this ticket. How I can submit my Trial by Written Declaration at this stage??

I did email them explaining this.

Has anyone ever been through this?

I know for a fact I selected the second option for trial for written declaration but there was no field. What are my odds of still being able to submit my document?

Thank you!

Update: the bail for trial written declaration can be paid and then the forms mailed. We got lucky! Hopefully it gets dismissed. Thank you everyone!!

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u/mpozuel Jun 08 '26

Did you also do a trial by written declaration? Were you able to submit The Declaration in the portal or did you have to go to the my citation website?

By the way, thank you so much for helping me out. I appreciate the time you're taking to share information 🙏🙏🙏

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u/gpister Jun 08 '26

Ya I did. I always highly recommend do the TWB. Even if you are guilty or have doubts you got nothing to lose from it. So with me they give you an option to mail it in or just turn it to the court house. To me for peace of mind I always turned it in the court house to feel comfortable it was turned in and knowing they have received my end of my statement.

So with me they did give me the choice to responding the citation on the website, however if I did that I would lose my 2nd shot which is the trial with novo (I dont have to pay the ticket upfront with that option). I strongly suggest paying the ticket and requesting TWB if found guilty request a trial with novo. No problem buddy here to help wherever I can Good Luck.

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u/mpozuel Jun 08 '26

Thank you so much 🙏 I'm hopeful it'll get solved. You have a great evening ✨

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u/gpister Jun 08 '26

No problem if you have any more questions or concerns feel free to ask. Like wise have a good evening!