What to do if my university has sent a parking ticket I received to collections without contacting me first and now is claiming I owe an egregious sum of money?
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What to do if my university has sent a parking ticket I received to collections without contacting me first and now is claiming I owe an egregious sum of money?
I’m more than willing to pay the original ticket but not the $100+ in late fees from a ticket I didn’t even know I had. Is there anything I can do?
Asked on December 28, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, Washington
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If your school has sent you a parking ticket that you did not know about initially but due to your failure to pay it timely additional penalties have accrued where the debt has been sent to collections, I suggest that you do the following:
1. contact your school's department that is in charge of the issuance of tickets to see what can be done to pay off the face value of the ticket (no late penalties) and explain that you did not get notice of the initial date to pay off the ticket.
2. if an agreement is made to pay the face value of the ticket, sign an agreement to that effect and pay it off.
3. if your school is unwilling to reduce the amount of the total owed, your options are to pay the full amount or contest the total.
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