Parking Citations

Contesting a citation must be made within 21 days from the date of the citation or 14 days from the date of Notice of Illegal Parking. Failure to do so will result in added late fees to the original bail amount.

To contest a citation, please visit www.pticket.com/solanocc. Click on “Contest Online” and follow the prompts.

Once your appeal has been received successfully it will be under review. The fine is placed on hold until a decision is entered. At this time, you will not be required to pay the fine.

You should expect to receive a response within 30 days from the date the appeal has been entered. If you do not receive a response within 30 days from the appeal date, please call (800) 818-1832 to request the status of your appeal. Please have the citation number and appeal reference date available when you call us. You may also check the status of your appeal at www.pticket.com/solanocc.

Please note contesting the citation does not clear your record. You are responsible for following up on your appeal. To avoid penalties, if you have not received a response within 30 days, you are required to check the status of your appeal.

The following are some commonly listed reasons for violating parking regulations. While these reasons may seem valid to the violator, they do not address the laws of the State and policies of Solano College. These reasons, generally, will not result in the citation being dismissed, or the violator being successful in contesting the citation.

Drivers are required to look for signs when parking and know the rules and regulations of Solano College. This may mean checking an entire lot from corner to corner or contact Parking Services prior to arrival on campus. Drivers are also required to abide by the directions on the sign. A person indicating that they did not see a sign preventing parking or requiring a specific permit is not an acceptable excuse.

No errand, no matter how short or how important to the driver, besides a bonafide medical emergency, is an acceptable excuse for illegal parking. While a short errand is a very common excuse, it is not a valid reason for illegal parking.

This explanation is one of the most common claims. Even if true, parking without a valid parking permit or in a prohibited area is illegal.

This is never a valid excuse for parking illegally. Nobody should be rewarded for getting away with prior violations.

Generally speaking, employees have no authority to give permission to break the law. Whenever possible, an officer will caution about illegal parking, but silence by an official does not waive parking restrictions.

Sometimes this excuse is raised as discriminatory enforcement. The officer may have had to leave the area before checking all the vehicles; however, a citation stands on its own.

This normally is not the case, however, inadequate staffing or other priorities may give rise to violations not being enforced continually, but nowhere does apparent failure to enforce parking laws constitute a valid excuse for illegal parking.

Under the law, the registered owner (R/O) has joint responsibility with whoever was driving the vehicle. The R/O, renter, or lessee is responsible for the parking citation.

Due to a new law (AB 503) that went into effect on August 1, 2018 for California universities and community colleges, a payment plan for low-income individuals with multiple unpaid parking citations is now available.  Delinquent fines and penalty assessments are waived when a low income plan is approved but are reinstated if out of compliance (late payment).  To qualify for the payment plan, you must meet the following criteria: 

1. You must have multiple tickets outstanding
2. You must be the registered owner of the vehicle
3. You must apply within 60 days of citation issuance or 10 days after administrative hearing determination, whichever is later
4. You agree to pay a $5.00 processing fee that must be paid either at the time of application or added to the payment plan amount
5. The payment plan cannot exceed 18 months
6. In order to receive a waiver of fines and penalty assessments, you must make all payments on time
7. You must certify that you meet one of the following income criteria:

LOW-INCOME VERIFICATION

 Qualifications

To qualify for the Low-Income payment plan, you must meet one of the two following conditions: 

1)  Your monthly income is 125% or less of the federal poverty level, as shown below: