Payment Relief Plans

A Parking Citation Payment Relief Plan allows you to divide your parking penalty balance into manageable monthly payments and, when applicable, allows you to remove or prevent a DMV hold on your vehicle registration. Depending on your financial situation, you may apply for either a standard or a low-income plan. Review the details for each plan below, and email the Office of Citation Appeals Administration to request more information at citation@ucsd.edu

Standard Plan

• You must have a minimum of $300 in unpaid parking penalties.
• No initial payment is required unless Transportation Services immobilized your vehicle, in which case, you must pay the $250 boot fee plus two citations to secure the vehicle release.
• You can receive up to six months to pay off all outstanding penalties with manageable monthly payments.

Low-Income Plan

• You must submit this application within 60 days of citation issuance or within 10 days of a second level hearing determination.
• You must meet one of these two criteria:

1. Annual gross income (before taxes) must be at or below these levels:

2. Receiving public benefits from one or more of the following:
   • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or California Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and CALFresh
   • Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and State Supplementary Payment (SSP)
   • Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled legal immigrants (CAPI)
   • County Relief (CR), General Relief (GR), or General Assistance (GA)
   • In-home Supportive Services (IHSS)
   • Tribal TANF
   • CalWorks
   • Medi-CaL

• No initial payment is required.
• You receive a waiver for all delinquent fees.
• Applicants who owe:
  • $500 or less pay a maximum of $25 per month.
  • More than $500 receive up to 24 months with manageable monthly installment payments to pay off outstanding penalties.