Parking ticket laws, dose anyone know the laws?

We have a thing where they say by parking in the school parking lot you agree to their rules and they are allowed to enforce them.

I think the school makes their own policies, when you get a permit you agree to them. Its in the fine print and can be found in the handbook or look at the school website and search for their policies.

These are my schools rules, there are more where they are all explained somewhere, kinda tricky to find but im sure your school has one. Find it, read it.

http://www.wit.edu/ps/parking.htm

Yes, a ticket can legally be placed under your windshield wiper.

Warrants are needed to search your car and property. Putting a ticket under your windshield wiper is not a vehicle search.

Since your ticket was received from a campus cop, you may find the charge on your student account. You may be able to appeal it with the univeristy. That's how it worked when I was in college.

Parking tickets do not put points on you license and do not demand court dates.

The last parking ticket I received didn't have the correct license number on it so I didn't pay it.

Incorrect information can invalidate a citation. But the ticket does not need a signature to be valid.

I am not familiar with parking ticket laws and most laws differ from state to state. It isn't against a law for a cop to touch the outside of your car. It would be against the law to enter you car without reasonable cause to enter it (drugs, open alcohol, etc) Im sure you could fight that ticket though, it is high importance to fill the ticket out completely, and if you are suspicious of that and if you can get it cleared, then go to the parking office at your college and veto your ticket, it will go to student court and settled in that manner, also file a complaint about your windshield wiper.

None of that is guaranteed to work in your favor but that is what you need to do. Good Luck Man.

Sorry to be the one....

Unless you have the ability, a lawyer to work pro bono, and a lot of time on you hands -- the police do as they please. They count on the fact you will not protest a ticket, you have no time or your time is worth more than the time spent, you cannot prove them wrong and that the average person is working and cannot take the time to fight in court. If you do not pay they may issue a warrent for your arrest, suspend your liscence, or void your licesnce plates.

This is an area that needsreform, but no one will listen. It puts money into the city's pocket. They have you. Period.

I live in a residential area where parkingis a premium. I have been given tickets for parking less than 20 feet from an intersection. I measured & was 19.5 feet from the intersection. Unless I got out of the car with a tape measure, I could not have known I was 6 inches from the legal limit

Funny enough, I saw a Police Car in the area and knew he was giving tickets. I parked, believing it was legal, saw him giving me the ticket. I confronted him. He threatened me. in front of my children. He threatened to arrest me for asking why I got a ticket. My children were both under 10 at the time and I would not risk his "macho moment" to compromise my children's security.

I own my own business and cannot take off time to fight a parking ticket. It was $ 98.00 for being 6" off !!!

I am a single mom where every penny counts. (No child support, and no enforcement for child support, but let me park 6 inches away from the required corner amount and I have to pay nearly $100!!! )

The city of Pittsburgh, PA has to find another way to find revenue other than targeting "parking violations" to suppot themself. It wouldn't be so bad if it were fair, but I am getting ticketed in places I have parked in for over a decade.

When things get tough, the tough get going. The City of Pittsburgh has to come up with a better way to "get going" other than targeting those that are already struggling.

The spelling errors are a result of Vista and not a reflection on my intellegence.

If you go to court you can argue the wiper blade and maybe get reimbursed. You will have to pay court costs.

The security guards in some places are subcontracted as police assistance so they are probably right. They have the right to leave a sticker, ticket or other official business on your car.

You don't really have a legal leg to stand on except that the ticket is improperly filled out. You can try that. Good luck.

It may depend on your state. I'm no expert, but I know in some states campus police are empowered with the same responsibilities, obligations and authority as that which is given to all police officers--including the right to ticket your car.

Of course they can touch your car without a warrant. The fact that the ticket was not completely filled out may be a defense.

I know you're looking for a warrant answer, and i am sorry for not knowing the anawer to that. BUT i do know that you CAN go to court and fight it! I've got all of my parking tickets dropped that way. Best of luck!

You have to sign a complaint with the police. You are the one who is being harassed not the police. After you sign the complaint you have to go to court possibly to testify. Going to the landlord will do nothing. Sign the police complaint. She apparently is signing a false complaint on you. I suggest you start signing your own complaints.

Um I would be checking with the police because they the only ones who can give you a real answer and then you can point to them if they are wrong.