Parking Violation (Ticket)
Parking Services do ensure that students, staff, and visitors have access to the parking spaces they pay for by providing consistent enforcement of all parking rules and regulations. The parking lots are patrolled by our Parking Services Community Service Officers.
If you receive a parking violation, it must be presented to the Parking Services office within 5 working days. You may pay the violation with either Cash, MC/Visa/Discover or check, made out to Indiana State University. After 5 days of non-payment, the amount will be charged to your account and will need to be paid in the Controller’s Office. Tickets that are not linked to an ISU student or staff: If payment is not received within 45 days of the date of the ticket, the debt will be passed to our debt collection agency. At that time additional collection costs may be assessed, if applicable. This could impact your credit rating, and therefore, we urge you to make payment as soon as possible.
- Parking Lot or No Permit violations are $30.00
- Handicap Violation is $125.00
- Yellow Zone Violation is $30.00
A vehicle will be booted and/or towed after it has accumulated 5 or more paid or outstanding parking violations. All parking violations fees owed and a $75.00 boot removal fee is must be paid in full to remove a boot within 48 hours. If vehicle is also towed, additional towing fees may be added.
Any attempt to move a booted/immobilized vehicle or remove the device may cause serious damage to the vehicle.
Appealing a ticket means that you do not agree with the decision of Parking Services to hold you responsible for the violation. If you feel that you have been ticketed in error or do not agree with the ticket, you may file a parking appeal with Parking Services (see below for examples of appeal reasons that will NOT be waived). The Parking Appeal must be submitted in writing. The forms are available at the Parking Services Office at 218 N 6th Street or can be filled out with the Printable Form, and mailed to ISU Parking Services, 218 N. 6th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809. The appeal will be reviewed by the Parking Appeals Committee (made up of faculty, staff, students) and a decision to waive the ticket or to uphold the ticket will be made by the committee.
Appeal only when you have valid reasons. You should limit your appeals to those circumstances in which the parking ticket was issued in error and/or you did not commit a violation.
If the facts show that you committed a violation of parking rules, your appeal will be denied, regardless of the reason or excuse for committing the violation.
Your personal opinion that the parking rules are unfair or that there is insufficient parking on campus is not a legitimate basis for appeal.
Tickets must be appealed within five (5) working days of the date appearing on the ticket. Requests for appeal made after five (5) working days will not be accepted.
The Appeals Committee meets once a month if needed. The decision of the committee is final and a violation may not be re-appealed unless significant new evidence or proof is submitted. You will be notified of their decision by mail.
Examples of appeal reasons that will NOT be waived:
- Lack of knowledge of the regulation.
- Lost the citation.
- Forgetfulness.
- Parking only for a short period of time.
- Had flashers on.
- The meter could not have been expired more than a couple of minutes.
- I had too much to carry to park in the lot.
- Inability to find a legally marked parking space.
- Had the wrong permit for the space used.
- Failure to obtain a temporary permit.
- Did not see a parking sign.
- There were other cars parked improperly (“everyone else was doing it”).
- I did not receive the ticket on my vehicle.
It is the responsibility of each member of the University Community to read, understand, and abide by the parking regulations. Ignorance of the regulations is not an acceptable reason for appeal of a ticket.