Private lot parking ticket?

Absent a law that authorizes them to charge a fine. ( I doubt there is one but there might be) They would have to take you to court to enforce it.

Don't just ignore it though, There is little doubt that they have the name and address of the vehicles registered owner. If you ignore the ticket it will go to a collection agency.

Write a letter to the parking company asking them what authority they have to charge you.
Tell them you do not agree with the charge and refuse to pay it. The failure to dispute the "fine" might be seen as passive consent to the "fine", or at least they might try to argue that.
Do not admit to parking there and leaving. It is up to them to prove your wife did it.
Go to the lot and see if the signs are clearly visible from where she parked. also I would think the signs would have to specifically mention the fine.

Is her car registered to you? If so simply tell them that you are not responsible to pay for someone else parking in their facility. The "fine" is issued to the registered owner if the registerd owner wasn't driving then........

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This is a Washington state AG opinion, the "ticket" is from CA.

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I understood that when I posted it. It doesn't matter. It was simply an example. I found it using the "search" that I recommended.

thanks for doing the

research in the jurisdiction

rather than talkin out

thru opinion from nv

Big Guy said:

thanks for doing the

research in the jurisdiction

rather than talkin out

thru opinion from nv

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Huh???

eye95 said:

Huh???

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What's the matter eye95? Don't have your gibberish to English dictionary handy?:lol:

eye95 said:

Huh???

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Here, let me try......



Doug says: Hey biteme, at least you provided some info from some state other than Nevada, if not the state in question."

Big Guy said:

thanks for doing the

research in the jurisdiction

rather than talkin out

thru opinion from nv

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Doug, my intent was not to "do research" for the OP, but to suggest a method for the OP to do research. I assumed that rational persons would understand that.

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What's the matter eye95? Don't have your gibberish to English dictionary handy?:lol:

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I thought it was some kind of Haiku.

eye95 said:

I thought it was some kind of Haiku.

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Nah, it is a stilted attempt to disguise the writing traits of the poster in hopes of avoiding detection and a new ban.



NOTE: It was a failed attempt to avoid detection and a new ban.

It could be prosecuted if the lot is clearly posted and if California statute provides for such. I don't read the vehicle code cite here (admittedly out of context) as clear provision for it.

Will they take you to court for $60? Probably not.

Did your wife not buy a coffee, have lunch, stop for milk on the way home, etc. at that shopping center? Even without a receipt, if she did, and attested to such, then she is within her rights to park there, right?

The honorable thing is to pay it if she disregarded what she knew about parking there, to the contempt of the private property owner. But if she spent a cent at that shopping center during that day, write and ask them not to take out frustrations on customers.