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Originally Posted by Uturn2001
I know for a fact that MO will "impound" your trailer until bond is posted on an overweight citation. Bond also happens to be the exact amount of the fine.
I do not know how it works at other scales in the state, but at the Joplin scales you have to drop your trailer and go to the county sheriffs office to post bond. If I recall correctly it pretty much has to be cash or money orders they will not accept checks of any kind.
And of course you have to be legal before you can hook back up and leave.
That story about having to bobtail to the courthouse is mostly B.S. when it comes to the Joplin scales. Just like any traffic ticket if an overweight ticket is unpaid the driver's license will be suspended or denied. Overweight tickets are issued to the driver,not the company. IF you scale the load and it is overweight AND you have proof the company told you to run it anyway than there may be some legal recourse. I have been cited once at the Joplin scales for being 3k overgross and the fine was 250.00. I was able to put the rest of the load on another truck and get released from the scale when my weight got down to the legal limit. Oh,and I had 30 DAYS to mail the payment or pay by phone with a credit card. I wasn't forced to drop my trailer and bobtail to a courthouse. :lol: :roll: