Obtaining a Satisfaction of Judgment, Registration Clearance or Vehicle Release

Satisfaction of Judgment
A Satisfaction of Judgment certifies your parking debt has been paid or the tickets have been dismissed.

Registration Clearance
A Registration Clearance certifies your parking debt has been paid or the tickets have been dismissed. It allows you to obtain or renew your vehicle registration with the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles. New York State will not register a vehicle or renew a registration for persons having three or more outstanding tickets in judgment within an 18-month period. If you cannot obtain or renew a registration due to outstanding parking debt, you must resolve the tickets, either by paying them or by having them dismissed at a hearing.
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Vehicle Release
A Vehicle Release certifies your parking debt has been paid or the tickets have been dismissed and allows you to redeem your towed vehicle.

How to Get a Satisfaction, Clearance or Release
Satisfactions, clearances, and releases are only issued after all judgment debt has been resolved, even if you are currently participating in a payment plan. If you need any of these documents and are not disputing the outstanding tickets, the fastest way to obtain one is to pay the full amount of the judgment debt in person at any one of Finance's Business Centers . You can pay with US currency, a certified or cashier's check or a money order drawn on a US bank; American Express, Discover, or MasterCard are accepted. The credit card must be in the vehicle owner's name.

Once the debt is paid, you must ask for an individual satisfaction, clearance, or release. These documents are not automatically given. You must request them.

Taxi and Limousine Plate Clearances
The City of New York Taxi and Limousine Commission does not issue licenses to Taxi and Limousine drivers who have outstanding parking tickets. The Business Centers also issue individual Taxi and Limousine Plate Clearances when the driver or owner pays the full parking debt owed.

If you have numerous ticketed vehicles and need to obtain more than one Taxi and Limousine Clearance, you must contact Finance.

Write:
Parking Summons Collection Unit
NYC Department of Finance
Collections Proceedings, PSC Unit
59 Maiden Lane, 28th Floor
New York, NY 10038