mitigating circumstancesUnited States · Chicago, ILDifficulty: Medium
Good Cause Failure to Appear — Petition to Vacate
Chicago Municipal Code §9-100-090(c)(3): petition to vacate default if failure to appear was for good cause. File IN PERSON within 21 days. Bring evidence prepared for immediate merits hearing. Examples: hospitalization, military deployment, family emergency, domestic violence, incarceration, weather event, transportation breakdown.
Legal basis
Chicago Municipal Code §9-100-090(c)(3)
Sample appeal wording
TO: City of Chicago, Traffic Compliance Administrator RE: Petition — Good Cause — §9-100-090(c)(3) My failure to appear at [HEARING_DATE] was for good cause: [hospitalization / military deployment / death in family / DV / incarceration]. Documentation: [medical records / military orders / death certificate / police report]. I'm prepared for immediate merits hearing. My defense is [BRIEF]. Evidence: (1) good cause docs; (2) merits evidence. Signed, [FULL_NAME] Date: [DATE]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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- Chicago Municipal Code §9-100-090(c)(3)