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Is there a Class C domestic violence charge? If so, that would do it.

If someone was actually arrested for something, I would belive that they would remember, but just for a ticket? His only reason for wondering if he should list it was because when he got his DOD security clearance, any violation that had a fine of more than $100 had to be listed.

I got a city ordinance violation ticket a few years ago for posessing alcohol inside a city park. I don't know what the actual charge was called, because I blew it off. It wasn't important to me, it doesn't go on any criminal record, it just cost me $200. I didn't even remember the exact year it happened because such a thing is trivial to me.

Thanks for the replies. He definately was not photgraphed or fingerprinted, but I will tell him he might want to list it anyway.

I guess the question is, does a ticket constitute an arrest? He was not hauled off to jail, they wrote him a ticket and took his license.

He doesn't remember the exact term used on his final disposition, it happened in 1988, it was failure to (do something) .

Speaking of that, I got a ticket for violating a city ordinance a few years ago. Is that something I need to list on my renewal application as well? It was also a Class C.

What do you need to clarify, and I will ask him? I told him it would be safer to list it and DPS can ignore it, but he doesn't remember what he was finally convicted of. He believes it was Failure to Yield Right of Way, he knows it was a Class C, he paid a fine of $125, got his license back, and went home.

He said it was standard for LA police to take a license away if the offender lived in a different parish. That is/was their way of ensureing that they will appear in court.

I have talked a friend into taking the CHL class with me (his initial, my renewal). Many moons ago he had a traffic incident and he was charged with wreckless driving (this took place in Louisiana). He was not arrested per se, but they took his license away until his trial just to ensure he would appear, only because he lived in a different county than where the charges took place. He was not convicted of it, he plead down to a Class C misdemeanor and paid a fine of $125, and his license was immediately returned.

Does he need to list this as an arrest on his application?

Thanks in advance.