Disabled parking zone (off-street) ticket in New York — code 27

We don't have enough outcome data to publish a dismissal rate for this violation yet. Scan your ticket and we'll show you what we do know — and we'll tell you honestly if it's not worth fighting.

The basics

Fine: $180. Deadline to contest: 30 days from issuance. Citation: 34 RCNY 4-08.

Defenses that actually work

Defective summons — required elements

NYC: omission OR misdescription of any of the five mandatory identification elements (plate number, plate type, make/model, body type, registration state) is a jurisdictional defect mandating dismissal. VTL 238(2); Matter of Ryder Truck Rental (1984); Crichlow v. NYC DOF.