diff --git a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator.java b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator.java
index 2dff518..f047f70 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator.java
+++ b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator.java
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator implements
     /**
      * Helper method to encode the service url.
      *
-     * @param service the service url to encode.
-     * @return the encoded service url.
+     * @param value the String to encode.
+     * @return the encoded String.
      */
-    protected final String getEncodedService(final Service service) {
+    protected final String urlEncode(final String value) {
         try {
-            return URLEncoder.encode(service.getId(), "UTF-8");
+            return URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8");
         } catch (final Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
diff --git a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas10TicketValidator.java b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas10TicketValidator.java
index 43d2053..b82a1a9 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas10TicketValidator.java
+++ b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas10TicketValidator.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public final class Cas10TicketValidator extends AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator
     protected String constructURL(final String ticketId, final Service service) {
         return getCasServerUrl() + "validate?ticket=" + ticketId
                 + (isRenew() ? "&renew=true" : "") + "&service="
-                + getEncodedService(service);
+                + urlEncode(service.getId());
     }
 
     protected final Assertion parseResponse(final String response)
diff --git a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas20ServiceTicketValidator.java b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas20ServiceTicketValidator.java
index adb6166..54d5138 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas20ServiceTicketValidator.java
+++ b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas20ServiceTicketValidator.java
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ public class Cas20ServiceTicketValidator extends
                 + ticketId
                 + (isRenew() ? "&renew=true" : "")
                 + "&service="
-                + getEncodedService(service)
+                + urlEncode(service.getId())
                 + (this.proxyCallbackUrl != null ? "&pgtUrl="
-                + getEncodedService(this.proxyCallbackUrl) : "");
+                + urlEncode(this.proxyCallbackUrl.getId()) : "");
     }
 
     protected final Assertion parseResponse(final String response)
diff --git a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Saml10TicketValidator.java b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Saml10TicketValidator.java
index fec9c45..cde7041 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Saml10TicketValidator.java
+++ b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Saml10TicketValidator.java
@@ -46,12 +46,7 @@ public class Saml10TicketValidator extends AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator {
 
 
     protected String constructURL(final String ticketId, final Service service) {
-        try {
-            final String encodedTicket = URLEncoder.encode(ticketId, "UTF-8");
-            return getCasServerUrl() + "/samlValidate?SAMLart=" + encodedTicket + "&TARGET=" + getEncodedService(service);
-        } catch (final Exception e) {
-            return getCasServerUrl() + "/samlValidate?SAMLart=" + ticketId + "&TARGET=" + getEncodedService(service);
-        }
+        return getCasServerUrl() + "/samlValidate?SAMLart=" + urlEncode(ticketId) + "&TARGET=" + urlEncode(service.getId());
     }
 
     protected Assertion parseResponse(final String response) throws ValidationException {