Draft a letter to the Prefetto in the city where you received the ticket. Provide specific evidence to support your case. This could be evidence to prove that you or your car were not in the area cited at the time of the offense. Ask the Prefetto to cancel the ticket.
Hire a translator to re-write your letter in Italian and translate any supporting documents.
Locate the city where the traffic offense was committed on the ticket itself. Look up the address of the Prefetto for that city on Italy's Interior Ministry website.
Make a copy of the letter and supporting documents to keep. Then send your letter and supporting documents, written in Italian, to the Prefetto. Because timeliness is important when contesting a ticket, you may want to expedite the shipping or ask for delivery confirmation. Send the letter as soon as you can after receiving the ticket.
Contact the U.S. Embassy in Italy to find English speaking attorneys in Italy.
Hire an attorney to file an appeal and appear before the Justice of the Peace on your behalf to mount your defense.
Call the attorney and present the facts and evidence of your defense.
Give the attorney the information from your ticket about the city in which the offense took place and your ticket number.
Pay the associated hourly rate for your lawyer. If the appeal is denied, you'll have to pay for the ticket, too.
