Fraudulent Parking Ticket. What to do?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Fraudulent Parking Ticket. What to do?

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:33:02 PM EDT

I get home tonight and find a letter in my box from the Del Ray Beach police department stating that I or someone with access to my vehicle has failed to pay a parking ticket and the fine is $55.

This is absolute BS. I've never been to DelRay Beach, don't even know where it is, and on the date and time in question the car was sitting in my driveway.

The letter has my tag number, but no description of the car.

Is the meter maid too stupid to write down the proper tag number? am I being scammed by the PD on purpose?

What's going on and how do I straighten it out?

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:34:41 PM EDT

[#1]

Every ticket I've ever gotten had the instructions printed on the back of the ticket.

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:39:03 PM EDT

[#2]

This has happened to me in the past.

IIRC, I received 2 from the city of Chicago. I didn't understand because I didn't own a Doge and I had never parked in that area of the city as I generally avoided it. I called up for weeks until I got an actual human. She told me that it ends up that the city had issued tens of thousands of temporary plates and alot of them were duplicates of real plates. Supposedly, it was even on the news but, of course, they couldn't do anything to help me out. So, I didn't pay them. I got some threats, IIRC, but blew it off. They never messed with my credit.

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:43:39 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Every ticket I've ever gotten had the instructions printed on the back of the ticket.

I didn't get a ticket. It's a false charge. I got a letter informing me of unpaid ticket.

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:44:57 PM EDT

[#4]

are you foing?

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:46:28 PM EDT

[#5]

Yup.. Meter Maid blew the writeup. I got one once saying that I had to pay $xxx to get my car out of impound. I thought seriously about showing up with the cash and demanding they produce my vehicle (which, of course, was at home counties away), but I ended up just calling.

Got an "Oopsie... sorry... nevermind."

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:47:15 PM EDT

[#6]

Reply in writing with all of the detail you gave in the OP and more.

Make/model/year of your car will be critical, as this info is probably also on the original ticket. If a letter/number was transposed or wrong on the original ticket, chances are the make/model/year won't match your vehicle.

Honestly, it should not be too difficult to get this straightened out.

ETA: Dibs on guns and ammo if it doesn't work out.

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:49:03 PM EDT

[#7]

http://www.mydelraybeach.com/Delray/Departments/Police/default.htm

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:52:03 PM EDT

[#8]

Sue.

Posted: 11/19/2008 3:54:23 PM EDT

[#9]

I've been in a similar situation. Petition instructions are on back of ticket. It was pretty painless getting rid of it.

For most minor parking infractions, you can petition the ticket. They simply don't give a fuck. If you put the energy to get rid of it, it will go away. This is assuming you don't have any serious and/or frequent past parking infractions.

Posted: 11/19/2008 4:03:47 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
I've been in a similar situation. Petition instructions are on back of ticket. It was pretty painless getting rid of it.

For most minor parking infractions, you can petition the ticket. They simply don't give a fuck. If you put the energy to get rid of it, it will go away. This is assuming you don't have any serious and/or frequent past parking infractions.

Why did Indiana Jones throw your post out of the Hindenburg?

NO TICKET.

See above...

Quoted:

Quoted:
Every ticket I've ever gotten had the instructions printed on the back of the ticket.

I didn't get a ticket. It's a false charge. I got a letter informing me of unpaid ticket.

Posted: 11/19/2008 4:05:05 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I've been in a similar situation. Petition instructions are on back of ticket. It was pretty painless getting rid of it.

For most minor parking infractions, you can petition the ticket. They simply don't give a fuck. If you put the energy to get rid of it, it will go away. This is assuming you don't have any serious and/or frequent past parking infractions.

Why did Indiana Jones throw your post out of the Hindenburg?

http://ttp://media.filmschoolrejects.com/images/lastcrusade_noticket.jpg

NO TICKET.

Hah, I fail reading comprehension. Sorry. The instructions and applicable forms can usually be found online. Would make it easier of the letter contained a reference # to original ticket.

Posted: 11/19/2008 4:16:34 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Sue.

Sue whom exactly? On what basis? Civil court or criminal?

OP call the number on the ticket tomorrow morning. Ask to have the ticket absolved as you were not at the location at the time of the ticket. Offer to provide witnesses that can attest to your vehicle's proximity at the time the ticket was issued.

If this doesn't work, ask to speak to the next highest supervisor. If this still doesn't work, use the phrase, "I'm sorry we couldn't have this issue resolved. Could you please provide the appropriate contact information for your supervisor? My attorney has advised me to take down this information for pending legal action." Usually the quoted phrase gets you what you want.

Be cordial as well, you're probably being recorded.

Posted: 11/19/2008 4:21:53 PM EDT

[#13]

Sounds like they had some unpaid tickets and thought they'd go fishin'. Never know,someone might say"Oh teh noes!!!111,I forgot to pay a ticket"and pay. Or not.

Posted: 11/19/2008 4:36:55 PM EDT

[#14]

Call lawyers till you find one familiar with the Unfair Debt Collection Practices Act. He'll make more off the suit than you, but you'll have the satisfaction of seeing the city pay in 4 or 5 figures for a $25 attempted scam.

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