Effective Oct. 1, 2024, the New Jersey judiciary will resume enforcement of penalties, including suspensions of driving privileges, for individuals with parking ticket violations. This returns to the legislative framework following a temporary adjustment during the Covid-19 pandemic, when some people could not reasonably attend to parking tickets due to the public health emergency.

Starting Oct. 1, 2024, defendants who have not appeared in court or who have not satisfied an outstanding parking ticket will receive individualized notices informing them of options, including to contact the court or to make payments using NJMCdirect. Those notices will specifically advise defendants that penalties will be imposed if they do not respond or pay the parking ticket.

Payment arrangements will be available for any person who appears in court and is ordered to pay their parking ticket. Defendants who do not contact the court or otherwise appear will be subject to penalties consistent with the law.