N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 96: Payment of fines in traffic cases

§ 96. Payment of fines in traffic cases. It shall be unlawful for any

person, firm or corporation to advertise in any manner that for a fee a

traffic summons will be presented and a fine paid into the court, or to

agree that for a fee a traffic summons will be presented and a fine paid

or to present any traffic summons and pay a fine for a fee into the

court.

Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this

law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of

not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty

days for default in the payment of said fine, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.