Pennsylvania Code
Title 234 - RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 4 - PROCEDURES IN SUMMARY CASES
Part A - Instituting Proceedings
Rule 401 - Means of Instituting Proceedings in Summary Cases Charging Parking Violations
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(A) Political subdivisions may use parking tickets to inform defendants of parking violations and to offer defendants an opportunity to avoid criminal proceedings by paying an amount specified on the ticket within the time specified on the ticket.
Upon receipt of the citation or the electronically transmitted information, the issuing authority shall proceed as provided in Rule 411, and the case shall proceed in accordance with Rules 411-414.
(B) When a parking ticket has not been used, a criminal proceeding in a summary case charging a parking violation shall be instituted by a law enforcement officer issuing a citation either by handing it to a defendant or by placing it on a vehicle windshield.
This rule cited in 17 Pa. Code § 21.111 (relating to parking).