Hardeman County At-Large Precinct Justice-of-the-Peace Court — Local services in Quanah

Beware of this county and the Hardeman Sheriff's Office they are corrupt and unconscionable. The Sheriff's Office targets truck driver's and out of towner's. Unlike other states where Officer's/Sheriff's can use reasonable discretion the public servants in this county do not. I have a good driving record, no issues on there. However, I was issued a citation for going through a yellow light and the Sheriff gave me a ticket for, "disregard of a red light". He didn't bother to check my driving record where he could've issued a warning (reasonable discretion). This is because he had ulterior motives for stopping me in the 1st place. Than instead of listening to my explanation on the true facts of the matter, he chose to twist my words against me in effort to issue addition traffic citations. Totally corrupt in an effort to steal people's hard earned money and jeopardize their freedom. Public servants aren't suppose to behave in such a manner....

So I got a speeding ticket, I will own that. But they gave me 10 days to resolve the issue and for 10 days I have been unable to reach anyone. The information sheet that they gave me with the ticket states how I can pay for the ticket specifically says I have to speak with someone 1st before making a credit card payment. After not getting ahold of anyone I tried to make the credit card payment, via a 3rd party agency, and they are going to charge me an additional $10. It is now past my appearance date and I am unsure if I should pay the amount that is on the recording or if they will add additional fines because I did not verbally speak to anyone like the information sheet states. This is a worse system I have ever experienced, not because I get a lot of tickets but because I have 15 years of prior law...

8/30/2019 12:45pm Received a speeding ticket and showed up to the court house within the timeline of the summons. The town is a little small but I was able to locate it just fine through Google maps. I arrived however the court house was closed as I believe the clerk, Kristy was on break. 15 minutes pass by and the court house was reopened and Kristy was quite friendly and professional in forwarding my case for trial. I will be back again soon or await further notices in my case. It was just a minor speeding ticket however after visiting 30 countries last year, all I can say is God bless America as in America, we have our constitutional rights to defend ourselves in court and present a reasonable case in a fair trial no matter how big or how small. I will be updating this review in...