Got a ticket - Advice needed

[polishmafia]

This is not a cop bashing thread, nor is this a "please pity me" thread.

On 7/29, I was pulled over here in Maple Grove. I turned the car off, put my keys and wallet on the dash, and turned on the interior lights.

The officer came to my window, asked for my license and registration, which I handed to him. He asked if I knew why he pulled me over, and I said I wasn't sure. He said he pulled me over for my window tint. He used the tint meter on my front driver and rear driver side windows, said my windows were at 35% percent. He never showed me the reading on the meter.

He returned to his car with my information, and after about 5 or 6 minutes he came back. He handed me my license and sternly said "Fix your car". He started walking back to his vehicle and I said "Ok officer, I will. Thank you."

I am guessing he didn't quite hear me, so he turned back for a second and asked "What?", to which I repeated that "I will get the tint taken care of, I appreciate you letting me go."

Again, but louder this time, he said "Fix your car!"

I believe I got a warning, and drove home.

...

Today in the mail I received a ticket for illegal window tint! It has the date and time of when he pulled me over, and it has all of my information.

- I never received a paper copy of the ticket when I was pulled over.
- I never signed anything or was given information regarding how to pay or contest the ticket.
- The officer never said he was issuing a ticket.

Can I be issued a ticket via the mail?? Even if I did NOT receive any notification when I was pulled over? I'm a bit shocked.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I'd really like to go to court to hear the officer's side of the story - that is, if I should have been given notification then and there when I was pulled over.

*** Cliff Notes
- Got pulled over
- Was never given a ticket or notified I was being given a ticket
- Got a ticket in the mail today

Any advice? If I'm in the wrong, I'll pay the ticket