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IF YOU HAVE FOUR OR MORE OVERDUE, UNPAID PARKING INFRACTIONS
YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE BOOTED STARTING JULY 5, 2011

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If you have any unpaid parking tickets, the City strongly suggests you take care of them immediately

Vehicles that have four or more overdue, unpaid parking tickets are defined as scofflaws, per City ordinance #123447. For all Scofflaws, starting July 5, 2011:

  • Your vehicle may be immobilized ("booted") when parked on a city street.
  • Once booted, to get the vehicle released you will have 48 hours to pay all parking tickets, default penalties, interest, collections agency fees, and a boot fee. What to do if you have been booted.
  • If you do not pay within 48 hours (excluding weekends) of being booted, the vehicle may be towed and impounded. To release the vehicle from impound, you will need to pay all fees and fines, plus tow fees, per Seattle Municipal Code.
  • If your vehicle is not claimed from impound within 15 days, it may be sold at auction to help pay your debts.

Check the Seattle Municipal Court - Public Information Web Site to see if your vehicle has unpaid parking tickets