INFORMATION FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO CONTEST PARKING CITATIONSEFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1993, California Assembly Bill 408 decriminalized the adjudication of parking citations. This bill transfered the responsibility of adjudicating a parking citation from the criminal court system to the issuing agency. If you wish to contest your parking citation, a request must be made to the Finance Department for a parking citation review within 21 days of issuance of the parking citation or within 14 days of the mailing of the notice of delinquency. The request for a "Parking Citation Request for Review" may be made by telephone, in writing, or in person to: Finance Department A completed form, along with the original parking citation, must be returned to the City's Finance Department. The Traffic Officer in the Carlsbad Police Department will review the citation, the issuing officer's statement of facts and your statement to determine if the citation is valid. If the citation is determined to be invalid, a letter will be sent to you and the citation will be dismissed. If the citation is determined to be valid, you will be notified by mail. You will then have two options: a) to pay the citation immediately or b) request an administration hearing no later than 21 days following the mailing of the results of the review. Failure to comply in a timely manner with this requirement will result in waiver of your right to further review of the citation. If you request an administrative hearing, you must deposit funds in the amount equal to the value of the citation including any penalties. The request for a hearing using a "Request for Neutral Examination of Parking Citation" form can be made by telephone, in writing, or in person to the Finance Department. If the administrative hearing determines the citation is valid, and you still wish to contest the citation, you may do so by requesting a court hearing (De Nova) in civil court and depositing a twenty-five ($25.00) fee. Your request to the court must be made within 30 days of the mailing of the hearing examiner's decision. The court hearing will consist of a review of the facts presented at the administrative hearing. No new evidence can be submitted at the court hearing. Time to upgrade to Acrobat Reader 7.0Many of the documents being distributed on the City of Carlsbad Internet site are now being developed with Adobe Acrobat 7.0. If you experience problems opening these documents, you may want to consider upgrading your Acrobat Reader.
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