PLEASE BE ADVISED. Customers must pay all fines and citations BEFORE picking up their vehicle. Please be aware that you may have additional charges under your name!
The Department of Motor Vehicles is responsible for adjudicating parking tickets motorists believe were issued erroneously. To adjudicate a ticket, motorists should follow the directions on the back of the ticket.
After finding the image of the parking violation, DC Department of Motor Vehicles allows you to pay tickets online or adjudicate the ticket. The DC Central Collection Unit of the Office of Finance and Treasury is responsible for arranging payment plans to resolve tickets.
DC OFFICIAL CODE 50-241.21.09 DC Official Code §50-2421.09 provides that in order to reclaim an impounded vehicle, the owner or lienholder must make payment in accordance with DC Code §50-2201.03(k)(5). DC Code §50-2201.03(k)(5) provides the following: (5) Before the removal of an immobilization mechanism on a motor vehicle or the release of a motor vehicle from impoundment, the owner shall pay all outstanding fees, charges, civil fines, or penalties incurred pursuant to this section and §§ 50-1401.01, 50-1401.02, 31-2413(b)(2)(A), 50-1101, 50-1106, 50-1501.02, 50-1501.03, 50-2301.05, 50-2303.04a, and 50-2421.09a, against the owner or any motor vehicle in which the owner has an ownership interest or had an ownership interest when a notice of infraction was issued.
