Comments on: Increased Fine, Focused Ticketing Means More Painful City Sticker Enforcement

By: The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:13:58 +0000

Mikey,

You can try to contest this ticket using your receipt, but I don’t think it will help you.

A few years ago, if you slapped the sticker on your plate after the fact or in other words, brought your vehicle into compliance with the law and were able to document it, the ticket would be dismissed.

However, the law was tweaked a couple of years ago so that this is not the case anymore.

I would give it a try. Perhaps you can prove that the time between when you ordered the plate sticker and when you were ticketed was such a long period of time, that it unfairly disadvantaged you.

Personally, I would fight it, but realistically I feel your chances of winning are low-perhaps 30% or lower.

Sorry.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:04:07 +0000

Geek -

I renewed my plates online and got the receipt but the sticker is not in, and I got a ticket. Can I plead not guilty and win by showing the plates were renewed prior to getting the ticket?

By: Capt M-Plate

Capt M-Plate — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:55:27 +0000

Geek…August is a 31 day month.

August 26 to Sept 25 = 31 days

By: Makicisa

Makicisa — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:56:35 +0000

Thanks a bunch.

By: The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:16:07 +0000

TJMOM,

Oof! It’s 30 days, not 60 days.

Are you sure you didn’t purchase the car 08/26? Hint, hint.

By: TJMOM

TJMOM — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:27:02 +0000

Ok so i just purchased my car 08/18 and recieved a ticket for no city sticker 09/25….I was under the assumption that they couldnt ticket you within 60 days of purchasing a car seeing as how i contested a ticket last year for the same reason… has the law changed?? i am a resident but i just got the car and need time to pay 195 :-/

By: The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:49:25 +0000

Makicisa,

Yes. You MUST fight this. Request an in person hearing.

Bring in your registration and perhaps some mail showing you live in Palatine.

The ticket MUST be dismissed as A) you don’t live in Chicago and B) the car is registered in Palatine.

I would advise immediately removing last year’s Chicago city sticker ASAP. Also, if Palatine has a city sticker, get one of those on your car pronto.

By: Makicisa

Makicisa — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:44:29 +0000

Hi,

My husband and I purchased a used car early this year. We live in and the car is registered in Palatine. I neglected to get the city sticker and received a ticket for $200 after parking downtown Chicago. A Chicago city sticker (from the previous owner)from last year is still displayed in the window. Because I live and car is registered in Palatine am I in anyway exempted from paying that amount?

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:09:55 +0000

I bought my 2012 city sticker on time but due to difficulty removing my 2011 sticker, I simply laid the new sticker (barcode visible) in the lower righthand corner of my windshield under the 2011 sticker.

I got a $200 ticket for “no city sticker”. Any way I can get this reduced to the $30 fine for “improperly displayed city sticker” by contesting??

By: The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:59:27 +0000

Pete, you make a very good point.

I remember a long, long time ago, I had a similar fight with the city. I had a van I was fixing on private property and some jerk walked on to the property to write a ticket for a lapsed plate sticker. Totally pissed me off.