Parking Ticket or Camera Violation Clearance

Your New York State vehicle registration can be deferred or suspended if you have:

3 or more outstanding parking, red light, bus lane, speed, or weigh-in-motion camera violations in any combination in judgment within an 18-month period, or
5 or more outstanding parking violation judgments within a 12-month period.

This includes registrations for passenger, commercial, and Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) vehicles.

If your registration renewal is being deferred or suspended, the Department of Finance (DOF) will notify you by mail.

Before you can register or renew your registration with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), you must clear all of your parking and camera violation judgment debt. To resolve your judgment debt, you need to pay what you owe or request a hearing to fight the violations, even if you are on a payment plan.

To resolve your judgment debt, you can pay what you owe or request a hearing to fight the violations as long as they are less than 1 year old.

The fastest way to get a Registration Clearance is to resolve your violations in person at a Department of Finance Business Center.

For deferred or suspended registrations from a state other than New York, you must check with that state about its procedures.

If you resolve your judgments through payment or hearings online or the mobile app, you'll be able to apply online for your registration with the DMV in 48 hours.

Learn how to pay violations on the Parking Ticket or Camera Violation Payment page.

Learn how to pay violations in judgment on the Parking Ticket or Camera Violation Dispute page.

If you need to have your suspension or deferment cleared the same day as your payment or hearing, you should go to a Department of Finance Business Center.

Make sure to ask for a Registration Clearance after the outstanding judgments are paid or dismissed at the hearing. Getting a Registration Clearance is not an automatic process; you must ask for one.

After you get the document, bring it with you to the DMV so you can renew your registration.

DOF Business Centers

Bronx DOF Business Center
3030 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor (between East 155 and East 156 Streets)
Bronx, NY 10455
Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Learn more about the Bronx Business Center.

Brooklyn DOF Business Center
210 Joralemon Street (between Court and Adams Streets)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Learn more about the Brooklyn Business Center.

Manhattan DOF Business Center
66 John Street (between Dutch and William Streets)
New York, NY 10038
Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Learn more about the Manhattan Business Center.

Queens DOF Business Center
144-06 94th Avenue (between Liverpool Street and Sutphin Boulevard)
Jamaica, NY 11435
Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Learn more about the Queens Business Center.

Staten Island DOF Business Center
350 St. Marks Place, 1st Floor (between Hyatt Street and Victory Boulevard)
Staten Island, NY 10301
Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Learn more about the Staten Island Business Center.

If you have paid your parking or camera violation judgment debt, you can request the Registration Clearance document by mail.

Before requesting the clearance, make sure that you have paid all of your judgment debt on all vehicles you own.

Look up your parking tickets or camera violations.

Call 311 or 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-9675) for help.

If your commercial vehicle registration has been deferred or suspended, and you have 10 or more parking or camera violations, you should go to the Department of Finance Commercial Adjudications Unit for an in-person hearing.

For more information, visit the Parking Ticket or Camera Violation Dispute for Businesses page.

Parking Ticket or Camera Violation Clearance

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