No license plate parking ticket

Allowing motorists to obtain personalized plates provides them with an opportunity to obtain something distinctively unique, something that commands far more attention than the usual humdrum string of letters and digits. In a Los Angeles man named Robert Barbour found this out the hard way when he sent an application to the California Department of Motor Vehicles DMV requesting personalized license plates for his car.

The DMV form asked applicants to list three choices in case one or two of their desired selections had already been assigned. Four weeks later he received his first notice for an overdue parking fine, from faraway San Francisco, and within days he began receiving dozens of overdue notices from all over the state on a daily basis.

Now that Barbour had plates bearing that phrase, the DMV computers were matching every unpaid citation issued to a car with missing plates to him.

Barbour received about 2, notices over the next several months. He alerted the DMV to the problem, and the agency responded in a typically bureaucratic way by instructing him to change his license plates. Please call and have your license plate number readily available. If you receive a ticket at a meter or kiosk you believe is defective you need to file a complaint to initiate an investigation. See below to view your options regarding a broken meter or kiosk.

By phone- Option 1 Call and follow the prompts to report a broken meter. Online Visit our Kiosks Customer Service portal by clicking here. Pay Tickets. Home Pay Tickets. Violation Information The Philadelphia Parking Authority offers four ways to pay parking tickets, so that you can choose the method that is most convenient for you. Pay Parking Ticket. Pay Red Light Violation.

Pay Speed Camera Violation. Pay Past Due Violations. Tickets Frequently Asked Questions. If your friend knew you were lending him a car with invalid or missing plates, you could try to convince him to pay the ticket; but it's hard to imagine a judge letting you off the hook if you knew of the problem, given that you also knew that your car was being driven by this person. Join Date Jun Posts Quoting Mr. A parking ticket is against the vehicle, not the driver. KIA has been around for a very long time and is a highly respected member of these forums.

As with most non-moving or "parking" violations, the defendant is NOT present at the time the citation is issued.

That presumption will stand until it is overcome by a preponderance of evidence. So, as far as your statement:. I'd say at least 2 people are aware he did not commit the violation Member, I would file a Affidavit stating that You did not cause the vehicle to be parked there, did not have possession of the vehicle at the time of the violation, Sponsored Links.

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