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Parking fines

Parking fines are issued to the owner of a vehicle and give you 28 days to pay. If you don’t act, the matter can escalate and involve added costs. View your fine and find out how to pay, contest or consider your other options.  

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Nobody likes getting a parking fine. Our parking officers are tasked with keeping the vehicles in our city moving. The fine amounts set out in legislation encourage drivers to follow parking rules. Without parking controls and enforcement, the limited spaces we have would be full of cars and unavailable for those that need access to kerbside parking.

Pay your parking fine on time to avoid further action and added costs 

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Parking fines

How to pay a parking fine

Find out how to pay a fine and how to apply for a payment arrangement or extension.

Request an infringement review

If you have received a fine from City of Melbourne, you can request an internal review of the infringement and consider your options for dealing with the matter.

Driver nominations

Learn how to nominate someone else for a parking fine.

Overdue fines

Overdue fines don’t just go away – take action now to avoid extra costs.

Court proceedings

If you have a parking, animal or local laws fine, you can elect to have a matter heard at the Magistrates’ Court.

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Penalty amounts

The ‘fine’ is the penalty amount you must pay for a parking infringement offence.

Parking fines range from $99 to $198 for the 2024-25 financial year, depending on the offence. 

Penalty unitsOpens in new tab determine the amount you are fined. The Victorian Government sets the value of a penalty unit each year and the Road RulesOpens in new tab set the number of penalty units for each parking offence.

City of Melbourne doesn’t set and can’t change these amounts.

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