In a Jersey Ctiy, NJ, I was visiting a friend. I parked in the street, but I wasn't aware that I wasn't allowed to park there because there was street cleaning that day in the hours that I parked there. I got a ticket for $42. I paid the fine, then a few weeks later, I got a notice in the mail saying that I have yet to pay the fine on a parking ticket for the week BEFORE the ticket I already paid for. I had in fact visited my friend the week before and parked in the exact same spot. However, there was no ticket on my car at the time. So I am guessing it might have flew off. Yet the city is demanding I pay the ticket for $42, plus another $20 as a late fee.
My argument is, that if I had actually RECEIVED that ticket for the first week, then I would have never parked there the second week. Why would I park there a second time in a row if I knew I got a ticket for parking there the week before?
Can I make an argument out of this in court? Or should I just pay the ticket?
2006-09-02
14:39:45
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