Contact: Patti Koontz
Phone: (336) 373-2503

 City Parking Ticket Amnesty Program Starts Today

GREENSBORO, NC -- (December 1, 2008) – Gather those overdue parking tickets collecting dust on your dashboard because starting today, December 1, the City of Greensboro is giving parking violators a free pass on paying any late fees. The Parking Ticket Amnesty program, which Greensboro City Council approved at its November 18 meeting, allows drivers to pay all outstanding parking tickets minus the burden of the late fee. The program will run through the entire month and ends December 31.

Most tickets start at $5, but a $25 fee is added if the ticket isn’t paid within 45 days. Multiply that by numerous tickets and violators could have a hefty amount to pay. Under the Parking Ticket Amnesty program, any outstanding, unpaid and overdue parking ticket penalties will be forgiven if the City receives the full payment of the original ticket by December 31.

After the amnesty ends, the Greensboro Police Department will start towing cars that have at least three tickets more than 90 days overdue. Drivers won’t be able to retrieve their cars until the fees are paid.

For more information on the Parking Ticket Amnesty program, call (336) 373-2503. Also, you can pay your parking tickets on the Internet with the City’s new online parking ticket payment system at www.greensboro-nc.gov/payonline.

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