What is the name of your state? Texas
I received a ticket while parking in a private parking garage. The ticket was for parking in a "visitors" parking place. The ticket was given to me for "being a tenant and parking in visitors place" and was given about 1 hour after I parked there. There are NO time limits on the visitors place I was parked in.
The Ticket demands that I pay them a 50 dollar fine. I am supposed to pay in cash or certified funds to the private office of the building within 10 days or my EMPLOYER will be contacted. Failure to pay will result in my parking privileges being revoked.
A few facts: I do not have a contract to park there in the building as a tenant. I usually park near my building in a public parking spot, however, I parked in this spot because I was visiting a friend who lives in the building. I live 10 miles away.
I do however, work for a company that is in a building across the street, but do NOT normally park in the building. But since I work across the street for an employer that does contract with the parking garage for other employees to park there, they classified me as a tentant and gave me the "ticket" and told me I have to pay the 50 dollar fine or they will contact my employer.
I don't mind if they terminate my "parking privileges" in fact, I wish they would so I wouldn't be considered a tenant.
I received no warning for this.
The questions are:
1) What civil remedies do they have to collect this "fine" should I refuse to pay it? I know no criminal liability exists since the person that issued the "ticket" is an employee of the building and is not an officer of the city or state.
2) If I refuse to pay, can they legally "contact" my employer? I thought the debt collection practices for civil amouints prevent someone from "contacting your employer" for purposes of harassing someone.
3) Can my employer fire me or discipline me for this (I know since I live in Texas that the answer to this one is "yes" they can fire me for anything they want to).
4) Do they have to have a "contract" in place with me before they can legally claim a right to the money?
5) I was not at work when the car was ticketed. I was visiting my friend. Does this mean anything? The car was parked there for less than 2 hours.
No - talking does not work - I asked them to not charge me the fine since I was visiting someone and hence parked in a "visitor" spot that was marked "Visitors parking only. Violators will be towed at owners expense." Since I was visiting someone, I thought with good intentions that I was doing the right thing. They, however, said I still have to pay them the money.
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I received a ticket while parking in a private parking garage. The ticket was for parking in a "visitors" parking place. The ticket was given to me for "being a tenant and parking in visitors place" and was given about 1 hour after I parked there. There are NO time limits on the visitors place I was parked in.
The Ticket demands that I pay them a 50 dollar fine. I am supposed to pay in cash or certified funds to the private office of the building within 10 days or my EMPLOYER will be contacted. Failure to pay will result in my parking privileges being revoked.
A few facts: I do not have a contract to park there in the building as a tenant. I usually park near my building in a public parking spot, however, I parked in this spot because I was visiting a friend who lives in the building. I live 10 miles away.
I do however, work for a company that is in a building across the street, but do NOT normally park in the building. But since I work across the street for an employer that does contract with the parking garage for other employees to park there, they classified me as a tentant and gave me the "ticket" and told me I have to pay the 50 dollar fine or they will contact my employer.
I don't mind if they terminate my "parking privileges" in fact, I wish they would so I wouldn't be considered a tenant.
I received no warning for this.
The questions are:
1) What civil remedies do they have to collect this "fine" should I refuse to pay it? I know no criminal liability exists since the person that issued the "ticket" is an employee of the building and is not an officer of the city or state.
2) If I refuse to pay, can they legally "contact" my employer? I thought the debt collection practices for civil amouints prevent someone from "contacting your employer" for purposes of harassing someone.
3) Can my employer fire me or discipline me for this (I know since I live in Texas that the answer to this one is "yes" they can fire me for anything they want to).
4) Do they have to have a "contract" in place with me before they can legally claim a right to the money?
5) I was not at work when the car was ticketed. I was visiting my friend. Does this mean anything? The car was parked there for less than 2 hours.
No - talking does not work - I asked them to not charge me the fine since I was visiting someone and hence parked in a "visitor" spot that was marked "Visitors parking only. Violators will be towed at owners expense." Since I was visiting someone, I thought with good intentions that I was doing the right thing. They, however, said I still have to pay them the money.
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