How do you know when a parking ticket is real or fake?

Hey, I know this may seem like a silly question, but when you get a parking ticket or any kind of ticket when you are in violation either given to you when you have reached your vehicle or personally given to you by a police officer, how do you know if the ticket is real or not? Some tickets are fake. How do you know? Thank you.

You can contact the agency that issued the ticket. A real ticket will have the agencies name and address. It will also have a unique number and give you instructions on how to take care of it.

Every parking ticket I’ve seen is in the shape of an envelope, so you can submit a payment. If it is an envelope, it is almost certainly valid, as I doubt someone would go through the extra expense of printing an envelope.

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4 Responses to “How do you know when a parking ticket is real or fake?”

Copgirl on December 15th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

Call the number on the ticket.
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Bruce on December 15th, 2009 at 1:40 pm

You can contact the agency that issued the ticket. A real ticket will have the agencies name and address. It will also have a unique number and give you instructions on how to take care of it.

Every parking ticket I’ve seen is in the shape of an envelope, so you can submit a payment. If it is an envelope, it is almost certainly valid, as I doubt someone would go through the extra expense of printing an envelope.
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Law enforcement since 1991
Pete T on December 15th, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Don’t pay it and see what happens.
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garylee on December 15th, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Oh, it is real.
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