Crime & Safety

MD Drivers Benefit from DC Ticket Amnesty

Maryland drivers owe the most in unpaid tickets in the District.

Have an old parking ticket 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 prior to Jan. 1, 2010, District officials announced Wednesday.

The program runs through Jan. 27, 2012.

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There are more than 4 million outstanding tickets — totaling $245.7 million in fees — that qualify for amnesty.  Maryland drivers owe the most money to the District in unpaid tickets among all local jurisdictions.

Of the open fines, 37.6 percent belonged to Maryland drivers, compared with 22.7 percent for Virginia drivers, 17.4 percent for D.C. drivers, and the remaining 22.3 percent for drivers from other jurisdictions, according to Lucinda Babers, director of D.C.’s Department of Motor Vehicles.

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

Pay your tickets online at www.dmv.dc.gov, over the phone (866-893-5023), or in person at DMV Adjudication Services, 301 C St., NW, Washington, D.C.,  8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Laura L. Thornton, Editor, ChevyChase.Patch.com, contributed to this article. 


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