Pay or Dispute a Parking Ticket

Pay a Parking Ticket

Parking tickets can be paid by mail or in person at the Provincial Offence Office (POA) located at 480 Sunset Drive, St. Thomas.

Payments can also be made by phone at 519-631-1460 ext. 300 with credit card information.

For more information please visit the Elgin County Provincial Offences page.

Dispute your Parking Ticket

The Municipality of Central Elgin will only consider informal parking ticket disputes where an administrative payment error is reasonably believed to have occurred and where the charge of "Fail to Pay for Timed Parking Entitlement - Municipal Lot" has been issued.

(An example is where an incorrect plate number was entered into a pay machine and where proof of payment can be demonstrated.)

All other forms of dispute must take place by following the instructions on the ticket and exercising Option 2 – Trial Option and by attending the Ontario Court of Justice located at 480 Sunset Drive, St. Thomas Ontario N5R 0J5.

This informal dispute form must be submitted within 3 calendar days (72 hours) of the issuance of the parking ticket (date on the ticket). Failure to submit within 3 days may result in automatic rejection of the informal dispute. The Municipality reserves the right to reject an informal dispute for any reason.

Important: If you have received a ticket, you must still follow the instructions on the rear of the ticket and exercise either Option 1 –Payment or Option 2 –Trial within the time frame specified, unless you receive notice from the Municipality in writing that you were successful in the informal dispute process and the ticket has been cancelled. Submitting this dispute form does not absolve you from the requirement to either pay or dispute the ticket in court within the specified time frame. The Municipality makes no guarantee that informal dispute forms will be reviewed and that a decision will be rendered within the required time period to exercise your options.

Online Parking Dispute Form

PDF Parking Dispute Form

Please send completed PDF forms to (sdesutter@centralelgin.org)