Parking tickets
A parking ticket goes to the city or a parking agency, not traffic court. Fines are set city by city, so check your city's fines. Here's what a parking ticket can and can't do to your license.
PointsUsually nonenot a moving violation
InsuranceUsually noneunless it leads to a suspension
Who you payThe agency printed on the ticket
FineBy city
Does a parking ticket add points?
- AlabamaNo
- AlaskaNo
- ArizonaException: Driving over or parking in a gore area, 3 pointsNo, with one exception
- ArkansasNo
- CaliforniaNo
- ColoradoNo
- ConnecticutNo
- DelawareNo
- District of ColumbiaNo
- FloridaException: All other moving violations (including parking on a highway outside the limits of a municipality), 3 pointsNo, with one exception
- GeorgiaNo
- IdahoNo
- IllinoisNo
- IndianaNo
- IowaNo (no point system)
- KansasNo (no point system)
- KentuckyNo
- MaineNo
- MarylandNo
- MassachusettsNo (no point system)
- MichiganNo
- MinnesotaNo (no point system)
- MissouriNo
- MontanaNo
- NebraskaNo
- NevadaNo
- New HampshireNo
- New JerseyNo
- New MexicoNo
- New YorkNo
- North CarolinaNo
- North DakotaNo
- OhioNo
- OklahomaNo
- OregonNo (no point system)
- PennsylvaniaNo
- Rhode IslandNo (no point system)
- South CarolinaNo
- South DakotaNo
- TennesseeNo
- TexasNo (no point system)
- UtahNo
- VermontNo
- VirginiaNo
- WashingtonNo (no point system)
- West VirginiaNo
- WisconsinNo
- WyomingNo (no point system)
Based on each state's own point schedule, linked and sourced on the state page.
What happens if you don't pay?
That depends on the city, not the state traffic rules. The back of the ticket and the city's parking website list the late fees and what happens next. Late fee rules for 15 big cities.
Is a camera ticket a parking ticket?
No. Red light and speed camera tickets are their own category, and they work differently from both parking and regular traffic tickets. How camera tickets work →
Got a different ticket?
- Speeding
- School zone
- Work zone
- Red light
- Stop sign
- Texting
- No insurance
- Expired registration
- Seat belt
- School bus
- Failure to yield
- All ticket types →
What else do people ask?
Do parking tickets add points to your license?
Ordinary city parking tickets carry no points in any of the 48 states listed here. Arizona has one exception: driving over or parking in a gore area counts for 3 points. Florida has one exception: all other moving violations counts for 3 points.
Do parking tickets raise car insurance?
Insurers price your driving record, and an ordinary parking ticket is not a moving violation on that record. Unpaid tickets that lead to a suspension are different, because a suspension does show up.
Where do I pay a parking ticket?
To the city, county or parking agency printed on the ticket, not the traffic court that handles speeding tickets.