Violations & Fines

 

Tampering with University equipment: Repair or replacement cost

(For example, the current replacement value of a vehicle immobilization device is approximately $500.)

• Removing, defacing, repositioning or altering immobilization devices, gate arms, parking meters, or other University equipment.
• May include judicial or disciplinary sanctions where appropriate.

Fraudulent permit: $75

• Possession, use, or display of a reproduced, altered, or stolen parking permit.
• Permit holder whose permit has been reproduced or altered.
• Obtaining a permit through fraud or false pretenses.
• Permit transferred to another vehicle without authorization.
• May include judicial action where appropriate.

Parking without a permit: $50

• Failure to purchase a permit.
• Parking a vehicle without a valid MSU parking permit displayed.

Unauthorized parking: $40

• Parking in a restricted area or lot.
• Parking in an area not specifically authorized by the permit.
• Parking in a reserved or restricted space for which the vehicle is not authorized.
• Parking on lawns, cultivated areas, sidewalks.
• Parking in an area which is not a marked parking stall.
• Blocking access to parking lots, parking spaces, roadways, walkways or loading docks.
• Impeding traffic flow.
• Parking beyond permitted and/or posted hours.

Vehicles not displaying an authorized parking permit: $35

• Registered vehicles not displaying a permit on a given day.
• Improper display of a permit.
• Failure to display a valid permit as required in such a manner that the permit type, expiration date, and/or barcode are not clearly visible.

Expired time at a meter: $20

Overtime parking at the Children’s Center: $20

Municipal Parking Summonses

Tickets issued by the Montclair State University Police Department for parking in handicapped spaces or fire zones are municipal offenses returnable to the municipality listed on the summons. By law these infractions can incur fines of $250 plus court costs of $35 for unauthorized parking in a handicapped space and $44 for parking in a fire zone.

Important-Please note

Students

Non-payment of fines can result in a "Hold" being placed upon your ability to register for class and access your transcripts, grades, etc.  In addition, you will be unable to obtain a new parking permit for the next academic year.  Students with excessive outstanding fines may lose the privilege of parking on campus and find their vehicles booted or towed if they attempt to bring them to campus.  Any and all charges associated with towing are the responsibility of the student, employee, and/or registered owner of the vehicle.  Unpaid fines will be forwarded to a collection agency for payment, with the cost of collections to be borne by the owner or operator of said vehicle.

Faculty and staff

Any employee with outstanding unpaid fines of any amount will not be eligible to obtain a parking permit until such time as the fines are paid.  Where an employee is in possession of a current parking permit, that permit will be revoked automatically if the employee accumulates outstanding unpaid fines of $100 or more.  Unpaid fines will be forwarded to a collection agency for payment, with the cost of collections to be borne by the owner or operator of said vehicle.