Paying fines and traffic tickets now easier
Article published on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007 |
CLEARWATER – A new process in Pinellas County allows those who get a ticket in the county to pay without waiting in lines.
In addition to Internet and telephone payment options, Ken Burke, Clerk of the Circuit Court, announced there are kiosks for payments of fines from misdemeanor and felony cases, municipal and county ordinances, and boating and traffic citations.
The payment kiosks are in the lobbies of the Clerk’s North County and Tyrone branches. Customers may pay fines using their debit or credit card or by using their checking account numbers to pay by electronic check.
“We already offer several payment options. People can pay fines on our Web site, by mail or drop box, or by using our voice activated citation payment telephone number,” said Burke. “This just provides another alternative to make the process as convenient as possible. We don’t want people to feel like they have to take hours out of their day to take care of fines.”
The payment is processed by Link2Gov Corp., the same company that processes the clerk’s online and telephone-automated citation payments. Link2Gov’s standard 3.5 percent service fee applies at the kiosks. The payments are processed within 24 hours using any of the alternatives, according to Burke.
Call Karin Case, clerk’s citizen services coordinator, at 464-3423.
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Article published on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007
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