speeding ticket in another state??

Allenb - Not all tickets that are written have a court date on them. Lots of times it will give a number to call after a certain number of days to check on the status.

Really, it depends on your intentions. If you are considering moving to MD, or even driving through the state at some point in the future, you should take care of the ticket. You would need to in order to get a valid MD driver's license. However, if you are never going to step foot in MD again, it's your call what to do. You could leave it alone - nothing is going to happen. It is possible that if you were to drive in MD and you got pulled over, they could arrest you on a failure to appear bench warrant. They are not going to go to CO and hunt you down.

The failure to appear suspension is a suspension of your "conax" MD license (which basically is a number assigned to you so they can track violations). The "suspension" will remain indefinitely until you take care of the ticket.

My suggestion is to call the court and verify the fine and see if you can pay it over the phone. It really isn't worth all the headache - and it isn't going to affect your license in CO.

With the consolidation of records and reporting, along with the sharing of information, I suspect there is a bench warrant for arrest issued for the failure to appear. Either that, or its possible your diving on a suspended license, and if pulled over your risking arrest. Contact the BMV in MD, arrange a transfer to pay the fine, or mail certified check. If you get pulled over, that's trouble, if you try to renew your license, your will be denied until the fine is satisfied.

Colorado and Maryland are both members of the non-resident violator compact (NRVC) which means that if you have an unpaid ticket in a member state (Md) your home state (Co) is required to suspend your license. My guess is that right now you are suspended in both Md and Co. There are two ways to find this out for yourself, #1 contact Co DMV or #2 get yourself stopped and the nice officer will explain it all as he takes you to jail. I'm a retired Co State Trooper, trust me on this.

Since 9/11 states have been working to form a compact with regards to driving privileges. Consequently, it is possible your CO license has been or will be suspended due to your fail to appear. Check with you state to make sure of your status and get the MD problem taken care of.

I don't how they do it in Maryland, but I would think your court date would have been listed on the ticket you were given at the time. Therefore, it's hard for me to work up much sympathy for your predicament.