Many people still ask our Washington ticket attorneys if camera tickets that you receive in the mail will go on their record. The DO NOT. Washington State camera tickets are different than similar tickets found in other states, such as Arizona. Unlike in Arizona, the cameras are not allowed to take pictures of the driver of the vehicle. Because of that, there is no proof of who was actually driving the vehicle at the time of the alleged WA traffic violation. Thus, it is treated like a parking ticket. Just like a camera ticket, you do not know who parked the car.
However, unlike a parking ticket, if you received a Seattle traffic ticket by camera but you were not the driver of the vehicle, you can send the court an affidavit swearing under the penalty of perjury that someone else was driving. The court will then dismiss the case.