re: How to respond to Insufficient Debt Validation?

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I think the point is no government agency issued him a ticket. They essentially contract out these privatized monitoring companies to issue these things and try to collect on them

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Hold on... There is no way he was issued a ticket from someone other than a government agency. Now, if a government agency chooses to hire a contractor to enforce an ordinance, they have that right. A similar situation might be where a building inspector that is a contract employee issues a code violation. At least in Texas, the penalty for the traffic cameras are usually based on it being a civil violations as opposed to criminal ones, and as such, require a lot less proof to enforce.

If you REALLY want to fight it, I can think of two options off the top of my head. First, you could go the girlfriend (ex?) route and try to get out of it since you weren't driving, but that seems to be a tall order. Second, you could possibly request verification that the equipment that cited you (or in this case your vehicle) has been properly calibrated according to the industry standard specifications.