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Citation Services

Indigent Person Payment Plans

Citation Services

Indigent Person Payment Plans

Payment plans for individuals qualifying as indigent persons under GOV 68632 are available and are subject to program eligibility requirements pursuant to California Vehicle Code 40220 and California Vehicle Code 40220.5.

Failure to pay a parking citation may result in a hold on the vehicle's DMV registration for any upcoming registration renewal date.

CA Government Code 68632

Definition of public benefits and program eligibility for payment plan

CA Vehicle Code 40220

State law regulating citation payments and payment plans

CA Vehicle Code 40220.5

State law providing for Indigent Person Payment plans

U.S. Federal poverty guideline

Qualifying households are at or below 200% guideline levels

Revenue Division counter

View phone and office hours

Eligibility documentation

Examples of required documentation and household incomes for payment plan

Apply for indigent person payment plan

Please apply using one of the following options:

Call the City of Sacramento Revenue Division at (916) 808-8500 during office phone hours
Visit the Revenue Division at New City Hall, 915 I Street, Room 1214 during office counter hours.
Email ParkingCitation@cityofsacramento.org to request an application

Citations issued on or after 7/1/2018	Citations issued before 7/1/2018
Application must be submitted within 120 calendar days of citation issue date or 10 calendar days after an Administrative Hearing (whichever is later)	Application may be submitted at any time, however this option expires January 1, 2027
Total citation fines and fees owed must be $500 or less (not including late fees and penalty assessments). CA VEH section 40220(a)(1)(A)	Total citation fines and fees owed must be $500 or less* (not including late fees and penalty assessments). *CA VEH section 40220.5(c) provides that amounts must be $300 or less. However, the City of Sacramento will process total amounts up to $500 .

Citations issued on or after 7/1/2018

Citations issued before 7/1/2018

Application must be submitted within 120 calendar days of citation issue date or 10 calendar days after an Administrative Hearing (whichever is later)

Application may be submitted at any time, however this option expires January 1, 2027

Total citation fines and fees owed must be $500 or less (not including late fees and penalty assessments). CA VEH section 40220(a)(1)(A)

Total citation fines and fees owed must be $500 or less* (not including late fees and penalty assessments).

*CA VEH section 40220.5(c) provides that amounts must be $300 or less. However, the City of Sacramento will process total amounts up to $500 .

Program benefits

$5 processing fee to enroll that may be included in plan payments
Monthly payments will not exceed $25 per month.
No prepayment penalty.
Up to 24 months to pay off, interest-free.
Temporary removal of existing DMV registration holds (as long as monthly payments are timely).
Waiver of all parking citation late fees and penalty assessments accrued at the time of application.
Payment plan will include only the base citation fine amount and CA State Surcharge of $12.50 per citation.
Multiple parking citations may be paid under one payment plan if fines and fees combined do not exceed a total of $500.

Program details & documentation requirements

Documentation evidencing receipt of any services under GOV 68632 or income that is 200% or less than current poverty guidelines must be submitted upon application
Payment of a $5 processing fee (may be included in payment plan upon request).
California State Surcharge of $12.50 per citation will be included in payment plan and cannot be waived.
Default on monthly payments may result in DMV vehicle registration hold (One-time exemption if payment is submitted within 45 days of default).
Citations enrolled into this payment plan will be ineligible for further Administrative Hearings or appeals.
If participant's status as either Low Income and/or as the recipient of Public Benefits is found to have been willfully fraudulent, the reduction or removal of any late fees, penalties or DMV registration holds will be re-instated and the full amount of any fines and fees will be restored.

Contact the Revenue Division for payment plan assistance or questions.

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