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Citations and appeals process

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All citations need to be paid or appealed within 10 calendar days. Failure to pay the citation and formally appeal negates any right to further address the citation. Paying a ticket is not an admission of guilt. If after review the ticket is overturned, a refund will be mailed to the appellant. The list below is effective July 1, 2019.

List of Citation Fines

Citation Description

Citation Fine
Warning
$0
Bicycle or Other Personal Transportation Device Impound Fee
$35
Expired Meter
$40
Parking in an Unauthorized Area
$45
Parking on a Yellow Line or Curb
$45
Parking in a No Parking Zone
$45
Parking in a Roadway
$45
Parking in Hash Marks
$40
Parking on the Turf
$80
Other or Service Vehicle Only
$45
Overtime Parking
$45
Fire, Bus, or Air Intake Lane
$75
Parking in a Handicap Zone
$250
Tow Relocation Fee
$125 
Unauthorized Use of Permit
$200

If Parking Services does not receive payment for fines, or submission of a first appeal, within 10 days from the date of citation issuance, an additional, one–time $10 late fee will accrue. Payments sent through the United States Postal Service must be postmarked within seven days of citation issuance. Payments sent through campus mail must be received by the 10th day of citation issuance. Lost, stolen, or misplaced citations do not excuse the late fee.

All student accounts with citations 10 days past due will be blocked regardless of the amount. Accounts must be paid in full for the block to be removed. In addition to blocking accounts, grade transcripts may be withheld until the account is paid in full.

Faculty and staff fines may be handled as a payroll deduction, as an offset against the Commonwealth of Virginia Vendor Debt Setoff Program, and/or assessed against any other money due you from the university. Nonpayment of fines may result in blocked class registration and/or withheld grade transcripts. Outstanding fines may also be given to a collection agency. Accounts sent to collections will be assessed an additional collection cost.

When a vehicle is found to be in violation, fines are assessed to:

  • the person, company, corporation, or firm in whose name the vehicle is registered with at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles or the corresponding agency of another state or nation
  • the person who purchased the University permit displayed on the vehicle
  • the son, daughter, spouse, or ward of the registered owner enrolled in or employed at Virginia Tech

Payment of Parking Fines

Parking fines may be paid by cash, Visa, Master Card, or check payable to Treasurer, Virginia Tech.

Individuals may:

  • Pay in person at 505 Beamer Way or online
  • Mail citation and payment through the United States Postal Service.
    • The payment envelope must be postmarked no later than seven days from the date of citation issuance to avoid a late fee. Please do not mail cash.
    • Mail to:
      Virginia Tech 
      Transportation Services (0540)
      505 Beamer Way
      Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
       
  • Deposit the citation and payment in the lock box outside of Parking Services. Payment must be received at Parking Services by the 10th day of citation issuance to avoid a late fee. Payments dropped off in the lock box will be checked daily. Payments left in the drop box on Friday will not be processed until Monday. 

Mail citation and payment through campus mail to Parking Services, mail code 0540. Payment must be received by the 10th day of citation issuance to avoid a late fee.

How to Submit an Appeal

All citations need to be paid or appealed within 10 calendar days. Failure to pay the citation and formally appeal negates any right to further address the citation. Paying a ticket is not an admission of guilt. If after the ticket is overturned, a refund will be mailed to the appellant, or applied back to credit card.

The citation can be appealed within 10 days of its issue date at the Office of Parking and Transportation or online.

Appeals can also be mailed to:

Parking and Transportation (0540)
505 Beamer Way
Blacksburg, VA 24061–0540

Ensure the address and phone numbers included on the appeal are complete, accurate, and legible.

Our Ticket Adjudication Office does offer walk-in's during the following hours to discuss your citation: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, 8am - 10am; Tuesday & Thursday, 1pm - 3pm (Please note that all appeals must be in writing) 

The Appeals Process

The Office of Parking and Transportation appeals hearing officer reviews all written appeals involving non- moving traffic violations. This is the first appeal.

Citations received for parking in fire lanes, on yellow lines or curbs, in roadways, handicap areas, handicap access areas, bus lanes, air intake lanes, or metered spaces will not be viewed favorably in the appeals process except in genuine emergency situations as determined by the Appeals Hearing Officer. The issue of an appeal is whether or not the cited rule was violated. It is no defense to “not mean” to violate a rule, to “see others” violate it, to “not realize” it was violated, or to have “violated it in the past without penalty.”     

Second Appeals

Individuals who disagree with the decision made on an appeal, may request that the Parking Appeals Hearing Committee review the decision.

The citation must be paid and the second appeal must be requested through the Office of Parking and Transportation within 10 business days of the postmark date on the first appeal.

The permit holder should submit the appeal when a ticket is issued.

The Office of Parking and Transportation will schedule a hearing time on the next available date that the the Parking Appeals Hearing Committee is to meet. Individuals will be scheduled within a 30-minute block (i.e., 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, or 4:30) and will present their case on a first-come first-served basis within that 30-minute time period.

Individuals may appear in person before the committee or may have a written statement (usually the first appeal) read by the committee during the appeals hearing session. Witnesses, parents, spouses, family members, or attorneys may not be brought to the hearing.

The committee will greet the individual as the enter the courtroom. The Office of Parking and Transportation will provide a packet containing information and history of the case to each Parking Appeals Hearing Committee member. This may include the original citation, original appeal, signage notebook, permit notebook, maps, etc. Individuals will have approximately three minutes to state their case. The chair will monitor the time and answer any questions or direct them to the Office of Parking and Transportation representative. Parking Appeals Hearing Committee members may ask the individual questions as well.

After both sides have answered all questions, the individual will be asked to leave the room. The committee will discuss the case and will vote to reduce, uphold, or dismiss the citation. Individuals will be notified by mail in about a week of the Parking Appeals Hearing Committee ruling, and if warranted, issue a refund for reduced or dismissed citations.

This hearing is the final step in the appeal process and decisions of the Parking Appeals Hearing Committee are final.

No-Shows

Individuals who are unable to show up during the assigned 30-minute block have two business days to notify the Office of Parking and Transportation of their intent to continue with the appeal.

A second written appeal must be submitted within three business days (total maximum time to submit second written appeal is five business days). This second written appeal will be decided by the Parking Appeals Hearing Committee at the next hearing. No-shows will not be scheduled for a second hearing date to present their case.

After two business days pass from the scheduled hearing date, the citation is automatically upheld and the appeal is dismissed.

Individuals who fail to show up for the last Parking Appeals Hearing Committee meeting of the semester (either fall or spring), but submit a second written appeal, will have their case decided by the Parking Appeals Hearing Committee via an email vote in order to complete the case before the end of the semester.