Monday, November 18

LASD will re-issue parking tickets effective April 1


Parking on streets where cleaning services are scheduled to pass or having the vehicle registration expired are some of the violations that the sheriff’s deputies will start sanctioning again

LASD volverá a poner multas de estacionamiento a partir del 1 de abril
End of parking flexibility in more areas of the county, announced Sheriff Villanueva.

Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP / Getty Images

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department ( LASD , for short English) announced this Wednesday that will once again sanction all vehicles that violate the regulations of parking lot. The local agency temporarily suspended the fines, but now asks drivers to keep in mind that there is less than a week left for them to resume.

Some county cities like Los Angeles reinstated the fines months ago for violating the regulations to park on their streets. Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s announcement makes the flexibility that drivers have had in much of the pandemic so far end in more county areas .

Breaches of rules parking subject to fines

LASD insisted that from the first day of next month will be reapplied “All parking violations” and the issuance of notifications will be restored by:

1. Park in areas with signs announcing that the street sweeping is planned ( street cleaning ).

two. Registration of expired car . In addition, a tow truck will remove vehicles with registrations that have expired more than six months ago.

“Red card” for the abandonment of vehicles

The cranes will also remove vehicles that have had a “red card” off public roads or has violated the parking laws of the State of California and Los Angeles County.

The red card (or red card ) is used as a warning for vehicles located on public roads and displaying signs not having circulated in a while such as excessive dirt, cobwebs, exterior debris, flat tires or vandalism.

If a vehicle has not moved 72 hours after receiving the red card , LASD will issue an abandonment notice and the vehicle will be removed immediately.

Forms of payment of parking fines

The department remembers that the payment of fines ( tickets , in English) can be done in two ways:

1. Online , following the steps on the website and paying $ 2. 25 dollars per transaction.

2. By postal mail , to the address of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, PO Box 30629, Los Angeles, CA 90030 – 0629. This information will also appear in the envelope attached to the ticket .

Anyone with problems paying the fine you can try to solve it with the department by calling the phone number ( 0629) 561 – 2021.