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12,000 penny speeding ticket
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| he still got double pwned. |
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| apostrophe |
| The courts have to accept the form of payment though - it is legal currency, right? |
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| Danny Ocean |
they did accept it...i think he thought he was going to pwn them by making them count it one by one...
but they used a machine and made him wait...so he got double pwned...and they even gave him some pennies back..so triple pwnd because hes a dumbass who cant count. |
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| apostrophe |
Hehh...good job guy.
Well, at least he got rid of a few pennies? |
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| charon |
| What a loser. What a waste of time and resources. |
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| CleverName |
| If I were the court, I would have taken it somewhere with a public change counter that takes a percentage. Come back and give him another ticket for attempting to shortchange the state :) |
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| Flyboy217 |
| quote: | Originally posted by apostrophe
The courts have to accept the form of payment though - it is legal currency, right? |
Nope:
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Question: I thought that United States currency was legal tender for all debts. Some businesses or governmental agencies say that they will only accept checks, money orders or credit cards as payment, and others will only accept currency notes in denominations of $20 or smaller. Isn't this illegal?
Answer: The pertinent portion of law that applies to your question is the Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, entitled "Legal tender," which states: "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues."
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. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20) as a matter of policy.
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http://www.treas.gov/education/faq/...al-tender.shtml
Dunno about the state law in whatever state that was, or about the laws for govt. orgs though. |
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| MeLLyMeL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Danny Ocean
and they even gave him some pennies back..so triple pwnd because hes a dumbass who cant count. |
haha.. that was the best part of the story.
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| willson |
| quote: | | Question: I thought that United States currency was legal tender for all debts. Some businesses or governmental agencies say that they will only accept checks, money orders or credit cards as payment, and others will only accept currency notes in denominations of $20 or smaller. Isn't this illegal? |
That bad spelling,or American spelling?
Last time I checked it was cheques. |
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| Wicked Neo |
| quote: | Originally posted by willson
That bad spelling,or American spelling?
Last time I checked it was cheques. |
That is how it is spelt in the good ole US of A 'check'
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wicked Neo
That is how it is spelt in the good ole US of A 'check'
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mmmm phonics |
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