1) You have 5 minutes after parking your car to walk to a muni-meter, purchase time, return to your car, and display the paid receipt on your dashboard. This is called the 5-minute grace period. 2) You also have a 5-minute grace period after your purchased time expires to move your car before receiving a parking ticket. 3) If you receive a parking ticket but have a valid muni-meter receipt showing payment within 5 minutes of the ticket time, this is an affirmative defense that can get the ticket dismissed. 4) You can transfer any unused muni-meter time to another parking space as long as the rates are the same or lower and you do not

1. Muni- Meter Laws you ought to
know before Parking in NYC
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2. You have 5 minutes after you park your
car to walk to :
• Walk to the muni- meter
• Purchase time
• Return to your car
• Display the paid receipt on your
dashboard
5-Minute Grace
Period
Walking to and from a
Muni- Meter

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After time is up
5-Minute
Grace Period
You have 5 minutes after time
expires to move your car
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4. Under the new law, a
parking ticket judge is
required to dismiss you
parking ticket, if
”…a valid muni-meter
receipt with an official
start time stamp and
such start time is no later
than five minutes after
the time of the issuance
of such notice, or other
suitable evidence as
determined by the
hearing officer that such
a receipt was purchased,
shall be an affirmative
defense to such a
violation."
Parking Ticket for
Failure to Display
Muni- Meter
Receipt

5. Transferring Muni-
Meter Time
You can transfer the unused
time, if:
You can transfer unused time, if:
The parking meter rate at such parking
space is the same as or less than the rate
at the location where such parking time
was purchased;
Your vehicle is not parked at such parking space in
excess of the maximum amount of time parking is
authorized at such parking space as indicated on posted
signs. For purposes of this paragraph, the length of time a
vehicle is parked at a parking space shall be calculated
from the time such parking time was purchased, as
indicated on the muni-meter receip

6. Parking at a Broken
Muni- Meter
Parking is permitted for free at a broken
muni- meter as long as there are no other
working muni- meters in a parking field.
Clear as the nose on your face, right?!
Well, maybe not. What is the meaning of a
"parking field?"
It means a driver is required to check all
the muni- meters on both sides of a block
for an operational meter.
.

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