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Traffic ticket paralegal in Durham Region
Charged with a Highway Traffic Act offence in Durham Region? Your matter is prosecuted at Durham Region Provincial Offences Court. A licensed Ontario paralegal can request disclosure, negotiate at Early Resolution, and appear for you so you don't have to take a day off work.
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Focused on Provincial Offences
Traffic, licence and driving charges — not a general practice that dabbles.
Serving Durham Region and all of Ontario
Toronto-based, appearing for drivers at POA courts across the province.
Charges we defend in Durham Region
The same Highway Traffic Act charges are prosecuted at every Provincial Offences court in the province. Each page below explains the charge and how it is defended; the Durham Region court details are further down this page.
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- Fail to RemainWhat the charge is, the penalties, and how it is defended in Ontario.
- Red Light & Stop SignWhat the charge is, the penalties, and how it is defended in Ontario.
- SpeedingWhat the charge is, the penalties, and how it is defended in Ontario.
- Stunt Driving & RacingWhat the charge is, the penalties, and how it is defended in Ontario.
How a traffic charge works in Durham Region
Durham's prosecutors take charges laid by Durham Regional Police, the OPP and smaller agencies such as Durham Health; for a Ministry of Transportation, GO Transit or City of Oshawa ticket, disclosure comes from the agency that issued it. Disclosure on a Durham Regional Police or OPP ticket is requested from the Durham Region Prosecution Office. If you cannot tell from the ticket which agency charged you, the Region says to contact the court office and staff will tell you. The Durham Regional Police division for each municipality is listed below.
The Regional Municipality of Durham runs this Provincial Offences Court Services office on the lower level of Regional Headquarters, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby. The counter opens at 8:00 a.m., half an hour before the phone line (905-668-3130) starts answering at 8:30; both close at 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. You have 15 days to choose an option on the back of the ticket, or you are deemed not to dispute the charge. For Option 1, the phone line takes Visa Debit and Mastercard Debit as well as Visa and Mastercard credit; the Region does not accept Interac e-transfer, email payments or American Express. Option 2 (early resolution) and Option 3 (trial) are requested at ontario.ca/TicketsandFines, by mail to the address on the back of the ticket, or in person. You or your representative may request the trial, and the Notice of Trial mailed to you explains how to appear and how to get disclosure.
The enforcement agency has seven days to file your ticket with the Durham court office, so an online early resolution request at ontario.ca/TicketsandFines may find no record at first; the Region's instruction is to try again in seven days. Durham takes trial evidence through an Evidence Upload Portal, and only for trials: the Region asks that nothing be uploaded for an early resolution meeting or a judicial pre-trial. Uploads are due at least five business days before the trial date. For a file larger than 15MB, email POAexhibits@durham.ca for instructions on how to send it.
However the ticket was issued, the three ways to respond are the same: pay the set fine, request anEarly Resolution meetingwith the prosecutor, or set the matter down for trial. Which is right depends on what thedisclosureshows — see the charge you are facing for how each one is defended.
Where your Durham Region matter is heard
Highway Traffic Act charges laid in Durham Region are prosecuted at a specific Provincial Offences court, listed below with its address and contact details.
Durham Region Provincial Offences Court
605 Rossland Road East, Lower Level, Whitby, ON L1N 0B3
Source:durham.ca
| Municipality | Police service |
|---|---|
| Pickering | Durham Regional Police Service, West Division |
| Ajax | Durham Regional Police Service, West Division |
| Whitby | Durham Regional Police Service, Central West Division |
| Oshawa | Durham Regional Police Service, Central East Division; Central West Division covers Oshawa's northern boundaries |
| Clarington | Durham Regional Police Service, East Division |
| Uxbridge | Durham Regional Police Service, North Division |
| Scugog | Durham Regional Police Service, North Division |
| Brock | Durham Regional Police Service, North Division |
Which court hears your matter depends on where the ticket was issued, not where you live. See all Ontario POA court locations.
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Traffic charges in Durham Region — common questions
Can I drop off a Durham ticket after hours?
Yes. The no-cash drop box beside the south entrance of Regional Headquarters, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, takes Option 1 payments and Option 2 early resolution requests, and the Region also lists it for court document submission. Do not put cash in it. A certified cheque should be made payable to 'The Regional Municipality of Durham', and the Region asks you to include the ticket or the Notice of Fine and Due Date with a mailed payment.
Is a Durham judicial pre-trial held in Whitby or on Zoom?
Zoom is recommended. JPTs sit in Courtroom #101, and the Region recommends attending remotely by Zoom unless a justice of the peace orders otherwise; other appearances in Courtrooms #101 to #104 run in person, by telephone or by Zoom. Pre-trials are closed to the public. If you miss your assigned time, the justice of the peace decides how the matter proceeds. The Region publishes the Zoom details for each courtroom on its Court Appearances page.
Who do I ask for disclosure on a Durham Regional Police or OPP ticket?
Durham Region Prosecution Services, which the Region says provides disclosure free of charge. Request it through the online Disclosure Request Form or in person; the court page also mentions fax, but no Prosecution Office fax number is published. The phone line is 905-666-6252. The form asks for requests well in advance of the trial date and lets you choose email delivery or a call to pick it up at the Prosecution Office. Body-worn or in-car camera video arrives as an Evidence.com link by email.
Does the Durham court office or the prosecutor handle a change of date?
The prosecutor. Prosecution Services says it accepts change-of-date requests for the charges it prosecutes. Its office is on the main floor of 605 Rossland Road East, while the court office is on the lower level, and the Region says email to Prosecutors@durham.ca is the best way to reach a prosecutor. Prosecution Services also states that it cannot give legal advice.
How long do I have to appeal a Durham traffic conviction, and where is the appeal court?
Thirty days from the conviction. The Region says appeal forms must be completed and filed within that time at the appeal court at 150 Bond Street East in Oshawa, which ontario.ca lists as the Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel S. Sharpe, DSO, MP Courthouse, Oshawa, ON L1G 0A2. Transcript orders for Durham Provincial Offences proceedings are handled by the Region's Transcript Coordinator, TranscriptCoordinator@durham.ca.
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