Parking Tickets in Judgment

Drivers are required to pay or contest a parking ticket within 30 days from the date the ticket is issued to avoid penalties. If a driver requests a hearing, the time spent waiting does not count towards the number of days payment is due (or overdue). If there is no response or request for a hearing after 30 days, penalties are added to the original fine amount. After approximately 100 days, the City will enter a default judgment against the registered vehicle owner for the entire amount (fines and penalties) of any ticket that remains unanswered or unpaid.

Finance will not grant a hearing on judgment tickets more than one year old. You will be required to pay the entire outstanding amount for tickets that have been in default judgment for over one year.

You may request a hearing for tickets in default judgment (i.e. more than 100 days old) only if they are less than one year old from the judgement date. However, before you request a hearing on a ticket in default judgment for less than one year, you must complete and submit a Request for Hearing After Judgment form.  On this form, explain why you did not respond to the tickets in time.

The Request for Hearing After Judgment can only be submitted by the person to whom the vehicle is registered or their authorized representative, and it can only be granted by an Administrative Law Judge.

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If the Request for Hearing After Judgment is granted, the judge will then hear your defense to the parking tickets. If the request is not granted, you will not be given a hearing on those tickets, and you will have to pay any outstanding amount due.

See also Obtaining a Satisfaction of Judgment, Registration Clearance, or Vehicle Release.