Student Tickets and Appeals

Parking enforcement officers are the eyes and ears of Transportation Services. By monitoring areas across campus, they help to ensure the availability of parking and the safety of those entering and exiting campus lots by upholding University parking regulations. Each day our officers strive to meet each of the following goals:

• Prevent traffic and safety hazards caused by improperly parked vehicles.
• Maintain access to buildings, fire hydrants, and other campus facilities.
• Assist in providing parking for faculty, staff, students, and visitors to campus.
• Provide information on parking regulations and available parking options to those attempting to enter campus parking areas.

Tickets

If you receive a parking ticket on campus, payment should be made within 30 days of the date the ticket was issued. There are three ways to pay your fine:

Online: Pay a ticket online with a major credit card (Visa, MasterCard and Discover) by accessing our Online Ticket Payment System.

Transportation Services Office: Bring a credit card (Visa, MasterCard and Discover), LionCash+, check, or money order (payable to “The Pennsylvania State University”),to the Transportation Services Office.

Transportation Services is not responsible for payments or correspondence lost in the mail.

Fines for violating parking regulations include the following:

*Regulatory Fine – Issued to vehicles with a valid parking permit.

**Administrative – Issued to vehicles without a valid parking permit. Administrative violation tickets not paid within 30 days are sent to a collections agency, where additional fees will be assessed.

***Event Parking Weekend - An Event Parking Period or Event Parking Weekend goes into effect when either one major event or a series of events occurs over the same period of time and is expected to significantly impact on-campus parking over the respective time period in terms of availability, allocations, and a larger than normal number of visitors requiring parking, etc. Additionally, “Event Parking” may include all parking locations on campus or a more concentrated area of respective parking locations. Furthermore, it is determined these events will require additional personnel hours, resources, lot and deck management, as well as increased enforcement and managerial oversight. Transportation Services management will determine and communicate when and if an Event Parking Period or Event Parking Weekend will be implemented.

If you feel that you were ticketed in error—or that extenuating circumstances existed—you may file an appeal with Transportation Services.
The Appeals Committee will consider your ticket history when making its decision. ALL APPEALS DECISIONS ARE FINAL. Appeals without merit will be rejected, and not all tickets are eligible for appeal (see the above table).

Appeals can be filed with your Access Account user ID by visiting the Parking Ticket Appeal System within 20 calendar days of the ticket date. The online appeals process includes submitting full payment of the fine amount when submitting the appeal. If the decision is in favor of the University, the ticket will be considered paid and the matter closed. If the decision is in favor of the ticket recipient, a full refund of the ticket payment will be issued. Please allow four to six weeks for refunds to be processed.

Students not registered for a University Park student parking permit who wish to appeal a parking violation online must first link their license plate number to their account using the online parking portal. Failure to do so will result in the appeal option being unavailable.