"Impugnación" Unit
Functions Expanded
With the introduction of the new Ley de
Tránsito, the function of the "unidades de
impugnación" (or the "Challenges Unit" in
our best translation) has been expanded to
include authorization to return confiscated
vehicles, license plates and drivers
licenses.
The original function of the unit has been
to take in complaints of drivers who feel
they have been unjust traffic ticket.
Now the unit has taken on functions that
once were performed by the juzgados de
tránsito (traffic courts).
For the moment only four units are working.
In San José, the area with the greatest
number of drivers and traffic tickets,
drivers and owners of vehicles can make
their challenges at the Consejo de Seguridad
Vial (Cosevi) in La Uruca.
The other three units are the Tránsito
offices in Cartago, San Ramón de Alajuela
and the court building in Guápiles.
Coming soon, possibly as early as next week,
the units in Alajuela, Pérez Zeledón,
Liberia, Puntarenas and Limón, will be
operating.
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