VC 22500TBWD eligibleParking
Parking in prohibited location
Stopping, parking, or leaving a vehicle standing in a prohibited location: intersection, crosswalk, sidewalk, fire lane, driveway, or within 15 feet of a hydrant.
Vehicle Code 22500 — statutory text
Official source ↗A vehicle shall not be stopped, parked, or left standing, whether attended or unattended, in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device: (a) Within an intersection, except adjacent to curbs as may be permitted by local ordinance. (b) On a crosswalk. (c) Between a safety zone and the adjacent right-hand curb or within the area between the zone and the curb as may be indicated by a sign or red paint. (d) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station. (e) In front of a public or private driveway. (f) On any portion of a sidewalk, or with the body of the vehicle extending over any portion of a sidewalk. (h) Alongside or opposite any street or highway excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic. (i) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, except as provided.
Quoted from the California Legislative Information website. The full section may contain additional subdivisions not reproduced here — click “Official source” for the complete text as currently in force.
Base fine
$65.00
Does not include court fees or assessments.
DMV points
0
No DMV points.
Filing window
30 days
From citation date, use form TR-205-2024.
You can file a Trial by Written Declaration
Under CA Vehicle Code § 40902, infractions may be contested in writing. If the officer fails to respond within their required window, your ticket is dismissed. California requires a bail deposit equal to the fine; it is refunded if dismissed.
Also known as
illegal parkingparked in red zoneblocking hydrant
Defenses our AI considers (12)
- Equipment fixed — correctable violationhistorical success ~80%Equipment violations (window tint, exhaust, lights, plates, wipers, etc.) are correctable in every supported state. Proof of repair signed by a qualified inspector resolves the citation administratively.
- Documentary cure — proof on date of citationhistorical success ~75%Many "failure to produce" charges (insurance, registration, license) are dismissed on proof the document existed and was valid on the date of citation. This is codified in most state fix-it / correctable-violation statutes.
- Sign obscured, missing, or recently changedhistorical success ~50%A driver cannot be held to a regulation that was not reasonably communicated. An obscured, damaged, missing, or recently-changed sign at the cited location is both a mistake-of-fact defense and a due-process notice defect.
- Statute of limitations / speedy-trial violationhistorical success ~45%Every state imposes statutory deadlines between citation, arraignment, and trial. When the state misses a jurisdictional deadline — including officer-declaration deadlines in TBWD proceedings — dismissal is mandatory, not discretionary.
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