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Will an old unpaid traffic ticket be a problem?

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Mar 25th, 2016 | 11:33 AM
  #1  
Many months after returning home from my last trip to Italy 10 years ago, I got a mail notice of a ticket for a violation picked up by a camera on one of the autostradas. Unsure of whether it was legitimate I never paid it. I'm planning a September trip and will be renting a car. Will that unpaid "ticket" be a problem?
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Mar 25th, 2016 | 11:50 AM
  #2  
10 years ago? No problem. Don't do it again.
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Mar 25th, 2016 | 12:13 PM
  #3  
In all my years of travel, I've never seen a post that answers this question. Please come back and let us know how your rental went.
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Mar 25th, 2016 | 01:06 PM
  #4  
Unless the agency handling your rental car has some sort of connection to the legal system in which the ticket is/or was a part of I somehow doubt this will be an issue. However, there is only one way for you, and if you report back, us, to find out.

A lot of those traffic tickets are linked to systems through which you can pay them on-line but that is now and it probably hadn't even been thought of ten years ago.
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Mar 25th, 2016 | 01:20 PM
  #5  
Maybe, maybe not. You'll have to tell US. Good luck.
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Mar 25th, 2016 | 02:01 PM
  #6  
You'll be hanged by the balls until you confess and pay. Now, if you're a woman, it might be even worse.

Honestly, nobody will bat an eye - even in well organized Germany after 2-3 years it was forgotten/forgiven/erased. Nobody keeps records for so long.

If you want to be extra prudent, rent with another company - but I just say so that you sleep better.
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