D.C. Offers Temporary Parking Ticket Amnesty

Have an old parking ticket from Washington, D.C. sitting shamefully in the glove compartment of your car? Beginning Aug. 1 you can pay that ticket at its face value — no late fees.

The temporary ticket amnesty program applies to all open parking tickets, citations for moving violations and photo-enforcement tickets issued before Jan. 1, 2010. The program runs through Jan. 27.

There are more than 4 million outstanding tickets, totaling $245.7 million in fees, that qualify for amnesty. According to the press release from the Mayor's office drivers in Maryland owe the most to the District in unpaid tickets among all local jurisdictions.

Of the open fines 37.6 percent are Maryland drivers, 22.7 percent are Virginia drivers, 17.4 percent are D.C. drivers and 22.3 percent are from other jurisdictions, according to Lucinda Babers, director of the District's Department of Motor Vehicles.

“In the current economic environment, we expect that many customers will take advantage of this opportunity to clear their debts to DMV at a lower cost — producing revenue results for the District,” said Mayor Vincent Gray in a news release. 

The last time the District offered a ticket amnesty was in 2001.

Customers can pay their amnesty tickets online at www.dmv.dc.gov, over the phone (866-893-5023) or in person at DMV Adjudication Services, located at 301 C Street, NW, Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. until 4 p.m.