C&F - tons of parking tickets Forum

[mist4bison]

I saw another thread on C&F and realized that moving and non-moving tickets need to be reported. I'm in a weird position where I have a TON (25ish) but they're all being contested.

For context: I live in a city with strict parking rules. You need a permit to park. You have one time you can park there before getting a 15 day warning. I went to look at an apartment in May, and they must have put me in their system because when I went back later to look at the apartment again, I got a 15 day notice that I must register my car. Unfortunately, I hadn't moved yet. I moved two weeks later and started getting notices to register and tickets very frequently. I called the DMV and they told me to register. I have a lease, so I needed to get my title, which took a total of 8 weeks! 2 weeks processing, the first one lost in the mail, 2 more weeks of processing, the duplicate sent and taken by my upstairs neighbor (he gets my mail constantly) and not given to me for 3 weeks, despite my asking about it. When I finally got the title from him, I went to the DMV ASAP, but in that time had a ton of tickets. I'm contesting them all, but I'm worried that 20+ tickets will look very, very bad. That's not even including the probably 4 speeding tickets i received when I first started driving.

Do I report the tickets if they're being contested? Do I explain the entire situation in an addendum? Help.

[benwyatt]

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[rnoodles]

Wait, we're supposed to report a parking ticket? I got one during the Dark Knight Rises premier at like 12:30AM for parallel parking in the wrong direction (no cars were near my car, so I didn't know). Had no idea I had to report this...

[AlanShore]

Read the question carefully - schools differ. The ones I applied to asked for criminal arrests or convictions - parking tickets are civil and dont have to be reported. Similarly, for c&f when you apply to the bar, questions will also differ. I think FL asks for parking tickets and traffic violations. Massachusetts doesnt. (I asked the Dean if I need to report my 2 speeding tickets and she said no - only criminal stuff). That being said, even if a question does ask about traffic violations and civil penalties, no one will care.

[mist4bison]

Read the question carefully - schools differ. The ones I applied to asked for criminal arrests or convictions - parking tickets are civil and dont have to be reported. Similarly, for c&f when you apply to the bar, questions will also differ. I think FL asks for parking tickets and traffic violations. Massachusetts doesnt. (I asked the Dean if I need to report my 2 speeding tickets and she said no - only criminal stuff). That being said, even if a question does ask about traffic violations and civil penalties, no one will care.

Thanks! This puts my mind at ease.

[Troianii]

Read the question carefully - schools differ. The ones I applied to asked for criminal arrests or convictions - parking tickets are civil and dont have to be reported. Similarly, for c&f when you apply to the bar, questions will also differ. I think FL asks for parking tickets and traffic violations. Massachusetts doesnt. (I asked the Dean if I need to report my 2 speeding tickets and she said no - only criminal stuff). That being said, even if a question does ask about traffic violations and civil penalties, no one will care.

Thanks! This puts my mind at ease.

Read carefully when applying on LSAC. Most specifically say not to report parking tickets - at least on apps I've started, that is the norm.

[lymenheimer]

Read carefully when applying on LSAC. Most specifically say not to report parking tickets - at least on apps I've started, that is the norm.

Sooo...Literally what AlanShore just said. Cool. Is this your shtick? Just repeating what other posters have commented but slightly differently, mixed with giving horrible advice?

[Mack.Hambleton]

Are parking tickets even recorded after they're paid? They're also tied to your car not individual people

[A. Nony Mouse]

Read carefully when applying on LSAC. Most specifically say not to report parking tickets - at least on apps I've started, that is the norm.

Sooo...Literally what AlanShore just said. Cool. Is this your shtick? Just repeating what other posters have commented but slightly differently, mixed with giving horrible advice?

people are allowed to add their own two cents. chill.