Outstanding Parking Tags - due date timelines - rental vehicles -delivery trucks

Parking Ticket Timelines:

  1. 15- 30 days from the date that the ticket is issued, the defendant will receive a Notice of Impending Conviction (NIC). The NIC describes the amount that is owed and the date that it is due by. This due date is the deadline to request a trial.
  2. 60 days from the date that the ticket was issued, the tag is sent to court for conviction.
  3. 60-90 days from the date that the ticket was issued, a conviction is registered and a $16.00 charge is added for court and associated costs. A Notice of Fine and Due Date is produced and mailed.
  4. 90 days from the date that the ticket is issued, the tag is forwarded to the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO). Tickets convicted as of January 1, 2016 incur a $40.00 enforcement fee which will be added to the existing fine and cost amount. The fine amount must be paid to MTO upon renewal in order to receive your plate sticker for the following year or to purchase new plates.

City of Toronto Act - Unpaid fines - 381.1
The treasurer of the City may add any part of a fine for a commission of a provincial offence that is in default under section 69 of the Provincial Offences Act to the tax roll for any property in the City for which all of the owners are responsible for paying the fine and collect it in the same manner as municipal taxes. 2009, c. 33, Sched. 4, s. 2.

For information about Parking Tag payments, disputes, first appearance see:
Parking Violation Payments and Disputes

Parking Tag statistics are available on the City's Open Data website

Rental Vehicles:
You should discuss this with the rental car company before making a payment.

Disputing a Parking ticket issued on a rental vehicle:
If you are planning to dispute a parking ticket issued on a rental vehicle, you must provide written authorization from the rental operator, on the rental operator's letterhead, expressly authorizing the customer to allow them to file a Request for Trial on the specified ticket numbers. Some rental companies do not allow their customers to dispute their tickets.

Requests for information about parking tickets on rental vehicles:
The Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) only allows the City of Toronto's Parking Tag Operations to release information about outstanding parking tickets to the vehicle owner or their authorized agent.

Contact the rental car company for further information about parking tickets.

You can make a Freedom of Information (FOI) Request to the City of Toronto's Corporate Access and Privacy office. The office is the official point of contact for those wishing to make a formal request for access to information held by the City of Toronto.

Reversal of parking ticket charges on rental vehicles:
If you have written authorization from the rental company to initiate an investigation, you can fax or bring in person, proof of payment to one of the four Parking Tag location to request an investigation or trial.

If you do not have written authorization from the rental company, you can provide proof of payment to Parking Tag Operations staff, and they will contact the rental car company to verify that a contract existed at that time.

Delivery Trucks:
Currently, First Appearance Facilities, use the Cancellation guidelines to deal with anyone who receives a tag while on delivery.

The internal policy allows the FAF staff to grant consideration for certain infractions in particular areas while the person is engaged in making a delivery as long as they present supporting documentation.

  1. A typed letter on company letter head noting the ticket number (s), date of infraction and the specific of the delivery. The letter must have an original signature (photocopies are not acceptable) and be signed by the signing authority on file at the First Appearance Facilities.
  2. The original or carbon copy of the run sheet, waybill, delivery slip, invoice or receipt of delivery.
  3. All documentation must be reviewed by the company to confirm the information is correct prior to being submitted to Parking tag operations. Companies found to be submitting inaccurate documents will have their courtesy indefinitely suspended and /or the Toronto Police Services may conduct an investigation.

Note: Tickets issued at or within the vicinity of your place of business will not be granted consideration.

Towing: Habitual offenders are motorists who have three or more parking convictions and/or outstanding parking tickets and more than 120 days have passed since their last qualifying ticket. Habitual parking ticket offenders' vehicles may be towed when found parked illegally on City streets.

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