Parking Enforcement

Parking Enforcement consists of Transportation Enforcement Officers who patrol the city by foot and vehicles to enforce the parking laws of the city.

Point Traffic Control

Transportation Enforcement Officers are deployed to critical intersections throughout the downtown area to provide traffic control. Deployments are primarily during the morning, mid-day, and evening rush hours. Officers are also deployed at special events and emergency situations that require road closures i.e. football, baseball, and concerts.   

Repeated Violations

Transportation Enforcement Officers look for cars that have three or more unpaid parking tickets that are over 30 days old. They use special tools to find these cars and put boots on them to stop the cars from moving until the tickets are paid.

Abandoned Vehicles

Officers patrol different parts of the city to find abandoned cars or cars that have been parked in one spot for more than 48 hours. They mark the cars with chalk and put an orange sticker on cars without tags or that are broken. If the car stays in the same spot for more than 48 hours, it gets a ticket and is towed.

Crossing Guards

Crossing Guards are deployed at intersections where more than thirty (30) school children cross in order to attend school.

How to Pay a Parking Ticket

Mail Payments to:

Parking Fines Section
P.O. Box 13327
Baltimore, MD 21203

Pay Online:

Visit Baltimore City Parking Fines 

Pay By Phone:

Call (410) 396-4080 or TTY 1-800-735-2258

How to Contest a Parking Citation

Trial requests can be made by logging on to Baltimore CIty Parking Fines or by completing the back of the citation and mailing it to the City of Baltimore, Attn: Parking Fines, 200 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. If mailed, you will receive an acknowledgment letter stating that the City has received your letter. If you do not receive this letter within two weeks of mailing in your request, please call 410-396-4080.