hey all you lawyer types - in the past 2 weeks i have gotten two tickets for a "residential permit parking" even though my residential parking permit was clearly displayed on my windshield. i have a feeling that i was ticketed because the permit was displayed in the wrong place - top passenger side instead of bottom passenger side. where can i go to see if this is an actual law? if this is not a law, can i still be ticketed for this so-called "offense"?
2006-11-01 08:19:44 · 8 answers · asked by General P 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
please note I AM NOT ASKING WHETHER OR NOT I HAVE TO PAY.
i am asking where i can go to find out if ticketing someone for a misplaced parking permit is against the law or not.
2006-11-01 08:26:28 · update #1
ugh - i can't move it because if i try to peel it off it will get destroyed.
2006-11-01 08:30:39 · update #2
municipal code 9-64-090
2006-11-01 08:43:18 · update #3
Laws vary by jurisdiction. Generally speaking, parking laws are issued by municipalities; you would have to look at the city code for the specific code.
You should seek the advise of a lawyer in your area.
2006-11-01 08:23:26 · answer #1 · answered by www.lvtrafficticketguy.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! It is worth appealing. It costs you nothing to appeal, and even if you lose the appeal, you're simply re-set to the beginning of the process. The only cost you have to pay is postage of your letter to the parking appeals address. Go onto the council (that issued the ticket) website and get the address. They have different addresses depending on what type of ticket - so look up where to send the letter. Also read any info on there, make sure you know exactly why you got the ticket - was it for being in the bus lane? Then, they usually ask you to write a letter stating why the ticket was wrong. Do that! State you were not obstructing the bus lane, merely at the end of it. IF you fail in your appeal, you simply have to pay the fine. I've never got one for a bus lane before by when the husband has got a parking ticket, you get 2 weeks to pay at half the price, then 2 at full price, then it goes up etc. So if you appeal (and they receive the letter *CRUCIAL* so send it recorded delivery) within the first 2 weeks, and the appeal isn't accepted, you simply go back to having to pay half the fine again. (You go back to where ever you where when the appeal was received) The appeal put everything on hold, so you might as well try. Be polite, concise and maybe pray to St. Anthony. (Patron St. of lost causes!) Edit: If you appeal (first time) you are not going to court, so there are no court fees to pay. You're simply writing a letter to the people who issued the ticket telling them the reasons it is wrong. If you were say, in the bus lane, they usually write back saying "you were clearly photographed in the bus lane, blah blah" and send a pic of that. Then you know you can't get out of it, and pay. Like I said, apart from the postage cost, and the palaver of writing the letter, you have nothing to lose in trying.
2016-05-23 05:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the borough parking office. If they say the permit has to be someplace else, ask them for a replacement permit. Meanwhile photograph what you have and paste a colour photo in the right place, with an arrow pointing to the real one.
Since you don't say where you are, nobody can give you authoritative advice. In the borough where I live the permit can be anywhere, so long as the parking warden can see it.
2006-11-01 08:40:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were ticketed by the place you are living, and not the real cops, then yes you have to pay the fine, or appeal it to the landlords.
If you are at uni, then most likely it was campus security that did it, and not the cops. It's something you would have had to agree with when you moved into the Res. Hall. You can most likely appeal the ticket, or get it reduced to improper placement or somesuch.
2006-11-01 08:25:20 · answer #4 · answered by big_bookworm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a city issue. I would contact the city where the incident occurred and ask them regarding your residential parking and where you would go to read the law or fight tickets you have wrongully been given.
2006-11-01 08:37:29 · answer #5 · answered by straightup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just asking do not get defensive on me why didn't you put the sticker on the right spot if you knew where it was supposed to be placed. Move it!
2006-11-01 08:29:47 · answer #6 · answered by CHAEI 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone is trying to fill a quota...
2006-11-01 08:23:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
quit whining. you're starting to sound like a liberal.
2006-11-01 14:15:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋