Infractions, petty offenses

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Hello everyone,

I'm having trouble finding information about my concern, so I joined to ask it outright. More than a year ago, I took the fall for family camping. While I was at the river, my cousins started a campfire with known restrictions in place (it was night time, a little chilly). When the fire died out to embers, they went to the river and I went back to camp. Then the rangers find me at the campsite with evidence of a campfire and issue me a ticket. They paid for it all, but the violation notice is in my name. Since it was on federal land, it is under the United States District Court authority. I live in California.

I believe this ticket is a petty offense, hopefully an infraction, but I cannot get in touch with ANYONE from the government side to confirm this. The phone number they provide is just an automated system; and when you hit "0" or try to talk to a real person - the system ends the call. The fine is well under the mandatory reporting requirement for traffic violations / infractions: ticket = $375; LVN - report $500 and up, RN report $1,000 and up. I will be renewing my LVN license and reapply for RN NCLEX. I am unsure whether to report this violation or not.

I cannot find a case where an applicant was denied because of not reporting an infraction, or where you get in trouble for reporting it in the first place. Can anyone provide insight for me please?

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I have reviewed 1000s of board applications....and to be honest I would not even report this. If it does show up, you will get a letter asking for an explanation in writing. When I started reading, I thought you had started a forest fire. I would not waste the board's time with this....others may certainly disagree.

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Specializes in Med/surg, Quality & Risk.

Yeahhhhh this is nothing. I cannot imagine an application question that would require you to respond in the affirmative for this offense.

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Many thanks to the both of you.

I was worried because there were posted restrictions and risk of a forest fire is serious to me. What's ironic is that after I got the ticket, 2 camps surrounding me started their campfires and got away scot-free. Ain't that something? :-)

Anyway, thank you again for alleviating my uncertainty and doubt.

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I received a non traffic infraction for opening alcohol bottle in a car.., do I need to report it ?

The law confused me because this sounds alcohol related but I was not charge for drinking alcohol ( it is just that the car has open bottle)

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Well, here's what I did. I put in a LiveScan request to the DOJ for a copy of my criminal history. When I got the correspondence back, the letter stated that I had none. So I applied as usual.

I would suggest that if you run it and something does come up, you would have to declare and explain the charge.

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