# NYC Ticket Facts (nycticketfacts.com)
Checked 31 August 2026
> New York City's own hearing-outcome data on parking and camera violations, computed from 150,350,834 public records. Dismissal and reduction rates for 80 violation types and all five boroughs, 20 violation guides with the defenses that actually win, a free plate lookup that pulls a driver's own open violations live from the city's API and stamps the measured dismissal rate on each one, a free required-elements defect checker, a free JSON API, and one paid product at $12.99.
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Tools: plate_lookup (a plate's open violations live from NYC Open Data, with amounts due, judgment outlook, boot risk and the measured dismissal rate stamped per ticket — nothing stored), violation_dismissal_rates (per-violation outcome rates, ranked), borough_odds. Human-readable description at https://mcp.nycticketfacts.com/.

## What this site uniquely holds
New York publishes the disposition of every parking and camera violation. Almost nobody reads it before deciding whether to pay. We compute the outcome rates per violation type and per borough and publish them free, with the method shown so anyone can reproduce them.
- Source: NYC Open Data — Open Parking and Camera Violations (nc67-uf89)
- Method: Rates are shares of decided hearings (guilty, guilty-with-reduction, not guilty). Minimum 1,000 decided hearings per entity.
- Computed: 2026-08-31
- 80 violation types published (each with ≥1,000 decided hearings), 27,174,101 decided hearings in total
- 20 human-language violation guides, each mapping the city's printed violation string to what a driver would actually say, plus defenses and an evidence list

## The headline numbers (all decided hearings, citywide)
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Decided hearings covered | 27,174,101 |
| Dismissed outright (not guilty) | 7,116,760 — 26.2% |
| Reduced | 8,777,393 |
| Dismissed OR reduced | 58.5% |
| Violation types published | 80 |
| Highest dismissal rate | NO STOP/STANDNG EXCEPT PAS P/U — 89.8% dismissed (2,040 decided) |
| Lowest dismissal rate | MTA CAMERA VIOLATION - DOUBLE PARKING — 4.3% dismissed (57,370 decided) |

The most citable fact on this site: **roughly one in four contested NYC tickets is dismissed outright at hearing, and the rate ranges from 4.3% to 89.8% depending on which violation you were written up for.** Which charge is on the ticket predicts the outcome more than anything else.

## Every violation type, ranked by dismissal rate
"Dismissed outright" = NOT GUILTY ÷ decided hearings. "Dismissed or reduced" = (NOT GUILTY + GUILTY WITH REDUCTION) ÷ decided hearings. Minimum 1,000 decided hearings per row.

| Violation (as printed on the ticket) | Dismissed outright | Dismissed or reduced | Decided hearings | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO STOP/STANDNG EXCEPT PAS P/U | 89.8% | 92% | 2,040 | — |
| FAILURE TO DISPLAY BUS PERMIT | 88.3% | 88.7% | 2,848 | — |
| NO PARKING-TAXI STAND | 87.6% | 89.1% | 16,184 | — |
| UNAUTHORIZED PASSENGER PICK-UP | 86% | 86% | 2,427 | — |
| NO PARKING-EXC. AUTH. VEHICLE | 84.4% | 87% | 43,047 | — |
| NIGHTTIME STD/ PKG IN A PARK | 83.5% | 84.1% | 2,945 | — |
| OTHER | 79.9% | 81.4% | 7,148 | — |
| SELLING/OFFERING MCHNDSE-METER | 77.2% | 79% | 8,285 | — |
| NO PARKING-EXC. HNDICAP PERMIT | 75.6% | 76.8% | 5,209 | — |
| UNAUTHORIZED BUS LAYOVER | 71.9% | 74.6% | 19,344 | — |
| PEDESTRIAN RAMP | 70.5% | 73.4% | 25,015 | — |
| IMPROPER REGISTRATION | 68.8% | 74.4% | 16,825 | — |
| OVERNIGHT TRACTOR TRAILER PKG | 68% | 69.3% | 6,898 | — |
| NO PARKING-EXC. DSBLTY PERMIT | 67.1% | 68% | 7,552 | — |
| DETACHED TRAILER | 64.8% | 77% | 29,204 | — |
| MISSING EQUIPMENT | 59.8% | 65.1% | 5,857 | — |
| PARKED BUS-EXC. DESIG. AREA | 55.5% | 56.4% | 31,685 | — |
| NO STD(EXC TRKS/GMTDST NO-TRK) | 53.6% | 76.1% | 9,483 | — |
| OBSTRUCTING DRIVEWAY | 53.3% | 54.6% | 100,564 | — |
| PCKP DSCHRGE IN PRHBTD ZONE | 51.5% | 51.8% | 10,250 | — |
| EXPIRED MUNI METER | 51.1% | 63.4% | 740,127 | /violations/expired-meter |
| MISUSE PARKING PERMIT | 50.9% | 51.4% | 13,776 | — |
| NO STANDING-EXC. TRUCK LOADING | 49.5% | 50.1% | 390,194 | /violations/truck-loading-zone |
| FAIL TO DSPLY MUNI METER RECPT | 47.2% | 73.4% | 3,453,925 | /violations/meter-receipt-not-displayed |
| NO MATCH-PLATE/STICKER | 46.6% | 49.2% | 42,947 | — |
| FRONT OR BACK PLATE MISSING | 46.5% | 65% | 621,784 | /violations/plate-missing |
| WRONG WAY | 45.3% | 60.7% | 50,661 | — |
| FRAUDULENT USE PARKING PERMIT | 45.1% | 46.3% | 7,615 | — |
| BEYOND MARKED SPACE | 44.9% | 59.6% | 11,970 | — |
| IDLING | 41% | 68.3% | 9,001 | — |
| NGHT PKG ON RESID STR-COMM VEH | 40.8% | 73.3% | 177,961 | /violations/commercial-plates |
| OVERTIME PKG-TIME LIMIT POSTED | 40.5% | 49.2% | 4,817 | — |
| NO STANDING-TAXI STAND | 38.3% | 71.1% | 101,261 | — |
| UNKNOWN | 38.1% | 38.5% | 1,337 | — |
| INTERSECTION | 37.5% | 52.8% | 4,008 | — |
| DOUBLE PARKING | 36.2% | 72.8% | 1,846,187 | /violations/double-parking |
| NON-COMPLIANCE W/ POSTED SIGN | 34.5% | 49.5% | 56,105 | — |
| INSP STICKER-MUTILATED/C'FEIT | 34% | 44.5% | 36,751 | — |
| OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC/INTERSECT | 33.4% | 44.7% | 66,592 | — |
| NO PARKING-DAY/TIME LIMITS | 32.9% | 70.5% | 1,842,098 | /violations/no-parking-day-time |
| COMML PLATES-UNALTERED VEHICLE | 31.4% | 62.5% | 116,323 | /violations/commercial-plates |
| NO STANDING-FOR HIRE VEH STOP | 30.5% | 85.2% | 1,485 | — |
| ANGLE PARKING | 30.1% | 38.8% | 11,662 | — |
| REG STICKER-MUTILATED/C'FEIT | 30.1% | 64.6% | 23,747 | — |
| DIVIDED HIGHWAY | 29.6% | 32.9% | 1,952 | — |
| BUS PARKING IN LOWER MANHATTAN | 28% | 61.5% | 3,383 | — |
| NO STANDING-EXC. AUTH. VEHICLE | 27.8% | 57.7% | 299,382 | — |
| TRAFFIC LANE | 27.5% | 79.1% | 43,464 | — |
| VIN OBSCURED | 26.4% | 47.8% | 23,243 | — |
| NO PARKING-STREET CLEANING | 25.8% | 38.7% | 1,783,452 | /violations/street-cleaning |
| NO STANDING EXCP D/S | 25.3% | 71.5% | 44,392 | — |
| STORAGE-3HR COMMERCIAL | 24.7% | 58.4% | 44,036 | — |
| NO STANDING-COMM METER ZONE | 24.6% | 29.1% | 307,226 | — |
| REG. STICKER-EXPIRED/MISSING | 23.7% | 28% | 904,234 | /violations/registration-sticker |
| EXCAVATION-VEHICLE OBSTR TRAFF | 22.7% | 58.4% | 2,922 | — |
| EXPIRED MUNI MTR-COMM MTR ZN | 21.6% | 81.9% | 317,863 | /violations/expired-meter |
| PLTFRM LFTS LWRD POS COMM VEH | 21.5% | 53.4% | 678,709 | /violations/commercial-plates |
| NO STAND TAXI/FHV RELIEF STAND | 20.9% | 46.6% | 16,826 | — |
| BUS LANE VIOLATION | 19.3% | 38.6% | 435,825 | /violations/bus-lane-camera |
| CROSSWALK | 19.3% | 43.5% | 247,475 | /violations/crosswalk |
| SIDEWALK | 17.6% | 50% | 190,735 | /violations/sidewalk |
| NO STANDING-HOTEL LOADING | 15.9% | 57.2% | 36,628 | — |
| EXPIRED METER-COMM METER ZONE | 15.7% | 55.3% | 51,275 | — |
| NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS | 15.2% | 62.3% | 3,502,560 | /violations/no-standing-day-time |
| FAIL TO DISP. MUNI METER RECPT | 14.7% | 78.9% | 1,722,126 | /violations/meter-receipt-not-displayed |
| NO STANDING-BUS STOP | 14% | 57.6% | 1,090,359 | /violations/bus-stop |
| FIRE HYDRANT | 13.9% | 37.6% | 1,105,709 | /violations/fire-hydrant |
| INSP. STICKER-EXPIRED/MISSING | 13% | 26.2% | 938,662 | /violations/inspection-sticker |
| NO STANDING-BUS LANE | 12.9% | 64.2% | 180,871 | — |
| FAILURE TO STOP AT RED LIGHT | 11.8% | 34.5% | 160,092 | /violations/red-light-camera |
| DOUBLE PARKING-MIDTOWN COMML | 11.6% | 61.7% | 802,048 | /violations/double-parking |
| SAFETY ZONE | 11.6% | 58.2% | 181,613 | — |
| NO STANDING-FOR HIRE VEH STND | 10.9% | 68.1% | 5,186 | — |
| NO STANDING-OFF-STREET LOT | 10.2% | 34% | 37,691 | — |
| MTA CAMERA VIOLATION - PARKING IN A BUS STOP | 10.1% | 46.2% | 80,668 | — |
| PHTO SCHOOL ZN SPEED VIOLATION | 10.1% | 32.2% | 944,396 | /violations/school-zone-speed-camera |
| MOBILE BUS LANE VIOLATION | 9.8% | 60.4% | 133,428 | /violations/bus-lane-camera |
| NO STOPPING-DAY/TIME LIMITS | 9.2% | 64.4% | 414,494 | /violations/no-stopping |
| BIKE LANE | 9.1% | 66.4% | 398,662 | /violations/bike-lane |
| MTA CAMERA VIOLATION - DOUBLE PARKING | 4.3% | 27% | 57,370 | — |

## Highest-volume violations (where the contested tickets actually are)
1. **NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS** — 3,502,560 decided hearings, 15.2% dismissed outright, 62.3% dismissed or reduced
2. **FAIL TO DSPLY MUNI METER RECPT** — 3,453,925 decided hearings, 47.2% dismissed outright, 73.4% dismissed or reduced
3. **DOUBLE PARKING** — 1,846,187 decided hearings, 36.2% dismissed outright, 72.8% dismissed or reduced
4. **NO PARKING-DAY/TIME LIMITS** — 1,842,098 decided hearings, 32.9% dismissed outright, 70.5% dismissed or reduced
5. **NO PARKING-STREET CLEANING** — 1,783,452 decided hearings, 25.8% dismissed outright, 38.7% dismissed or reduced
6. **FAIL TO DISP. MUNI METER RECPT** — 1,722,126 decided hearings, 14.7% dismissed outright, 78.9% dismissed or reduced
7. **FIRE HYDRANT** — 1,105,709 decided hearings, 13.9% dismissed outright, 37.6% dismissed or reduced
8. **NO STANDING-BUS STOP** — 1,090,359 decided hearings, 14% dismissed outright, 57.6% dismissed or reduced
9. **PHTO SCHOOL ZN SPEED VIOLATION** — 944,396 decided hearings, 10.1% dismissed outright, 32.2% dismissed or reduced
10. **INSP. STICKER-EXPIRED/MISSING** — 938,662 decided hearings, 13% dismissed outright, 26.2% dismissed or reduced
11. **REG. STICKER-EXPIRED/MISSING** — 904,234 decided hearings, 23.7% dismissed outright, 28% dismissed or reduced
12. **DOUBLE PARKING-MIDTOWN COMML** — 802,048 decided hearings, 11.6% dismissed outright, 61.7% dismissed or reduced
13. **EXPIRED MUNI METER** — 740,127 decided hearings, 51.1% dismissed outright, 63.4% dismissed or reduced
14. **PLTFRM LFTS LWRD POS COMM VEH** — 678,709 decided hearings, 21.5% dismissed outright, 53.4% dismissed or reduced
15. **FRONT OR BACK PLATE MISSING** — 621,784 decided hearings, 46.5% dismissed outright, 65% dismissed or reduced

## Borough outcomes
Where the hearing happens changes the odds. Merged from county codes including legacy variants.

| Borough | Dismissed outright | Dismissed or reduced | Decided hearings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staten Island | 31.1% | 40.2% | 324,764 |
| The Bronx | 30.8% | 47.6% | 2,419,066 |
| Brooklyn | 30.7% | 43.7% | 4,478,938 |
| Queens | 29.2% | 51.5% | 4,645,399 |
| Manhattan | 23% | 67.2% | 15,114,517 |

Spread: Staten Island dismisses 31.1% of contested tickets outright; Manhattan dismisses 23%.

## Violation guides — what wins, per ticket type
Each guide carries the city's printed violation string, the driver's own words for it, the measured dismissal rate, the defenses that succeed, and the evidence to bring.
### /violations/meter-receipt-not-displayed — "I paid the meter — the receipt just wasn't showing"
- Prints on the ticket as: FAIL TO DSPLY MUNI METER RECPT or FAIL TO DISP. MUNI METER RECPT
- Measured outcome: 36.4% dismissed outright, 75.3% dismissed or reduced, from 5,176,051 decided hearings
- What it is: Issued when no muni-meter receipt is visible on the dashboard: it fell, flipped over, blew off the dash when the door closed, or the agent walked past a second before you returned with it.
- Defenses that work: You bought a receipt covering the time of the ticket — produce it (or the transaction on your card statement / parking app history) · The receipt was in the vehicle but face-down or fallen — NYC practice widely accepts a valid receipt produced at hearing · The meter was broken and would not issue a receipt (photograph the screen/error) · The ticket's own details are defective — wrong plate, wrong location, missing required elements
- Evidence to bring: The muni-meter receipt (both sides) · Card/app payment record with timestamp · Photo of where it lay in the vehicle · Photo of a broken meter if relevant

### /violations/expired-meter — "The meter ran out before I got back"
- Prints on the ticket as: EXPIRED MUNI METER or EXPIRED MUNI MTR-COMM MTR ZN
- Measured outcome: 42.3% dismissed outright, 68.9% dismissed or reduced, from 1,057,990 decided hearings
- What it is: The classic: your paid time expired before you returned. Includes the commercial-zone variant.
- Defenses that work: Your receipt or app session actually covered the ticket time — timing disputes are common and the paper wins · The meter was out of order and no working meter was reasonably available (photograph the meter, its number and the time) · You were at the vehicle actively loading/unloading passengers when written · Defective ticket details (time, place, plate, required elements)
- Evidence to bring: Receipt/app session showing times · Photos of broken meter with time visible · Card statement · Photos of the posted meter rules

### /violations/street-cleaning — "Alternate side — the street cleaning ticket"
- Prints on the ticket as: NO PARKING-STREET CLEANING
- Measured outcome: 25.8% dismissed outright, 38.7% dismissed or reduced, from 1,783,452 decided hearings
- What it is: Parked during posted street-cleaning (alternate side) hours. New York's most famous ticket.
- Defenses that work: Alternate side parking was SUSPENDED that day (holidays, weather, city announcements — check the date) · The signs on that block were missing, obscured, or contradictory — photograph the whole blockface, both ends · You were in the vehicle and prepared to move (outcomes vary by officer) · The sweeper had already passed and posted hours were over / not yet begun per the ticket's own time
- Evidence to bring: Photos of every sign on the blockface (or their absence) · NYC's alternate-side suspension calendar for the date · Dashcam/phone timestamps · The ticket's stated time vs posted hours

### /violations/no-standing-day-time — "Stopped in a no-standing zone"
- Prints on the ticket as: NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS
- Measured outcome: 15.2% dismissed outright, 62.3% dismissed or reduced, from 3,502,560 decided hearings
- What it is: The highest-volume ticket in the city: stopping/waiting where standing is banned during posted hours — even with the driver in the car.
- Defenses that work: The ticket's time falls OUTSIDE the posted no-standing hours — compare exactly · Signs missing/obscured for that stretch of curb (photograph from where you stopped) · You were expeditiously picking up or dropping off passengers where that is permitted · Defective ticket details or wrong vehicle description
- Evidence to bring: Photos of the signs and their posted hours · Timestamped photos/receipts placing your stop · Passenger pickup/dropoff corroboration

### /violations/double-parking — "Double-parked — like everyone else on the block"
- Prints on the ticket as: DOUBLE PARKING or DOUBLE PARKING-MIDTOWN COMML
- Measured outcome: 28.8% dismissed outright, 69.4% dismissed or reduced, from 2,648,235 decided hearings
- What it is: Standing or parking alongside a parked vehicle. Includes the Midtown commercial variant.
- Defenses that work: Commercial vehicle actively loading/unloading (rules differ — Midtown has its own regime) · Passengers actively boarding or alighting · The vehicle was attended and prepared to move, whatever the ticket's description says — dashcam footage of the time and place is the evidence to bring · Location/plate/time errors on the ticket
- Evidence to bring: Delivery paperwork/manifest with times (commercial) · Dashcam · Photos of the situation and street · Witness contact

### /violations/fire-hydrant — "Too close to a hydrant"
- Prints on the ticket as: FIRE HYDRANT
- Measured outcome: 13.9% dismissed outright, 37.6% dismissed or reduced, from 1,105,709 decided hearings
- What it is: Parked within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
- Defenses that work: Measured distance ≥ 15 feet — photograph with a tape measure or countable sidewalk flags · Hydrant out of service/capped/buried (photograph) · A licensed driver remained at the wheel ready to move (NYC rule permits attended standing at hydrants during daytime — check current wording) · Defective ticket details
- Evidence to bring: Distance photos with measurable reference · Wide shots showing vehicle + hydrant · Photos of hydrant condition

### /violations/bus-stop — "Ticketed in a bus stop"
- Prints on the ticket as: NO STANDING-BUS STOP
- Measured outcome: 14% dismissed outright, 57.6% dismissed or reduced, from 1,090,359 decided hearings
- What it is: Standing in a marked bus stop zone.
- Defenses that work: Zone unmarked or signs missing from your approach · Vehicle actually outside the zone limits (photograph the curb distance) · Expeditious passenger pickup/dropoff (permitted in some bus zones — verify current rule) · Ticket errors
- Evidence to bring: Photos of zone markings/signage as found · Position photos showing the vehicle relative to the zone

### /violations/school-zone-speed-camera — "The school-zone speed camera got me"
- Prints on the ticket as: PHTO SCHOOL ZN SPEED VIOLATION
- Measured outcome: 10.1% dismissed outright, 32.2% dismissed or reduced, from 944,396 decided hearings
- What it is: Automated camera violation: 10+ mph over the limit in a school speed zone. Owner liability — $50, no license points.
- Defenses that work: Plate misread — compare the photo's plate character by character · Vehicle sold before the violation (DMV plate-surrender/bill of sale) · Stolen vehicle/plate with police report · Notice defects (late service, missing required content)
- Evidence to bring: The violation images themselves (zoom the plate) · Sale/transfer documents · Police report if stolen/cloned

### /violations/red-light-camera — "Red-light camera ticket"
- Prints on the ticket as: FAILURE TO STOP AT RED LIGHT
- Measured outcome: 11.8% dismissed outright, 34.5% dismissed or reduced, from 160,092 decided hearings
- What it is: Automated red-light camera: the vehicle crossed the stop line after the signal turned red. Owner liability, $50.
- Defenses that work: Review the event video: entered on yellow? directed through by an officer? · Plate misread or cloned · Vehicle sold/stolen before the event · Service/notice defects
- Evidence to bring: The city's own event photos/video · Transfer or police documents where relevant

### /violations/bus-lane-camera — "Bus lane camera — but I was turning / merging"
- Prints on the ticket as: BUS LANE VIOLATION or MOBILE BUS LANE VIOLATION
- Measured outcome: 17.1% dismissed outright, 43.7% dismissed or reduced, from 569,253 decided hearings
- What it is: Camera-issued bus lane violations, fixed and bus-mounted (ABLE) cameras. Owner liability.
- Defenses that work: Entering to make the next permitted turn (the classic legitimate use) · Brief entry for passenger pickup/dropoff where allowed · Avoiding an obstruction/emergency vehicle — the video shows it · Signage for the lane hours missing/wrong; ticket time outside posted hours
- Evidence to bring: The violation video (request/download it) · Map showing your turn immediately after · Photos of lane signage and hours

### /violations/inspection-sticker — "Expired inspection sticker"
- Prints on the ticket as: INSP. STICKER-EXPIRED/MISSING
- Measured outcome: 13% dismissed outright, 26.2% dismissed or reduced, from 938,662 decided hearings
- What it is: Parked on a street with an expired or missing inspection sticker.
- Defenses that work: The sticker was valid — photograph it (agents do misread month/year windows) · Vehicle recently purchased and still inside New York's inspection grace period — bring the bill of sale and the date of purchase · Inspection completed shortly after: bring the certificate showing the date · Vehicle was not parked on a public highway when ticketed
- Evidence to bring: Photo of the windshield sticker · Inspection certificate with date · Purchase paperwork for grace-period cases

### /violations/registration-sticker — "Registration sticker expired — or just missing from the windshield"
- Prints on the ticket as: REG. STICKER-EXPIRED/MISSING
- Measured outcome: 23.7% dismissed outright, 28% dismissed or reduced, from 904,234 decided hearings
- What it is: Street-parked with expired or missing registration sticker.
- Defenses that work: Registration was actually valid (DMV records prevail over a misread sticker) · Renewed before the ticket; sticker in the mail — bring the DMV receipt · New-purchase grace period · Cured promptly — discretion is real here
- Evidence to bring: DMV registration record/renewal receipt · Photo of the sticker · Purchase/transfer paperwork

### /violations/plate-missing — "They say my plate was missing"
- Prints on the ticket as: FRONT OR BACK PLATE MISSING
- Measured outcome: 46.5% dismissed outright, 65% dismissed or reduced, from 621,784 decided hearings
- What it is: Front or rear license plate not properly displayed.
- Defenses that work: Both plates were present — photographs win this instantly · Plate was present but displaced (in windshield/bumper after a knock) — cured and evidenced · Out-of-state vehicle from a one-plate state (front plate not required by home state)
- Evidence to bring: Photos of the vehicle showing both plates, with date · Repair records if a collision displaced it · Home-state single-plate rule reference

### /violations/truck-loading-zone — "In a truck loading zone — while actually loading"
- Prints on the ticket as: NO STANDING-EXC. TRUCK LOADING
- Measured outcome: 49.5% dismissed outright, 50.1% dismissed or reduced, from 390,194 decided hearings
- What it is: Standing in a zone reserved for truck loading/unloading, ticketed as a non-qualifying vehicle or non-loading activity.
- Defenses that work: Vehicle qualifies as commercial and WAS actively loading — paperwork beats assumptions · Zone signage defective/contradictory · The activity was expeditious loading even if the agent disagreed — delivery records with times · Ticket errors
- Evidence to bring: Delivery manifests/receipts with times · Commercial registration/markings photos · Zone signage photos

### /violations/no-parking-day-time — "No-parking hours — but the sign said otherwise"
- Prints on the ticket as: NO PARKING-DAY/TIME LIMITS
- Measured outcome: 32.9% dismissed outright, 70.5% dismissed or reduced, from 1,842,098 decided hearings
- What it is: Parked during posted no-parking hours (non-cleaning variant).
- Defenses that work: Ticket time outside the posted hours · Signs absent/obscured/contradictory for your stretch (photograph the full blockface) · Permitted activity (loading, standing) within the posted exception · Ticket detail errors
- Evidence to bring: Full blockface sign photos from both directions · Timestamped location evidence · The ticket vs the posted hours, laid side by side

### /violations/bike-lane — "Ticketed in the bike lane"
- Prints on the ticket as: BIKE LANE
- Measured outcome: 9.1% dismissed outright, 66.4% dismissed or reduced, from 398,662 decided hearings
- What it is: Stopping/standing/parking in a marked bicycle lane.
- Defenses that work: Lane markings genuinely faded/absent at that point (photograph) · Vehicle position mis-described — your photos show wheels outside the lane · Directed by police/construction flagger · Ticket errors
- Evidence to bring: Marking condition photos · Vehicle position photos · Construction/detour context

### /violations/crosswalk — "Stopped on the crosswalk"
- Prints on the ticket as: CROSSWALK
- Measured outcome: 19.3% dismissed outright, 43.5% dismissed or reduced, from 247,475 decided hearings
- What it is: Standing or parking on or over a crosswalk.
- Defenses that work: No marked crosswalk exists there — photograph the intersection · Vehicle position dispute — photos of actual wheel/bumper position · Forced by traffic/obstruction and vehicle attended · Ticket errors
- Evidence to bring: Intersection photos showing markings (or absence) · Vehicle position photos · Traffic context

### /violations/sidewalk — "Parked 'on the sidewalk' — barely"
- Prints on the ticket as: SIDEWALK
- Measured outcome: 17.6% dismissed outright, 50% dismissed or reduced, from 190,735 decided hearings
- What it is: Parking with any part of the vehicle on the sidewalk.
- Defenses that work: Vehicle in a legal driveway/curb cut, not blocking the walking path (rules differ — own-driveway cases have specific protections) · Overhang dispute — photograph wheel positions · Ticket mislocates the vehicle
- Evidence to bring: Photos of exact position incl. wheels and walkway · Property/driveway documentation for own-driveway cases

### /violations/no-stopping — "No stopping — the strictest zone"
- Prints on the ticket as: NO STOPPING-DAY/TIME LIMITS
- Measured outcome: 9.2% dismissed outright, 64.4% dismissed or reduced, from 414,494 decided hearings
- What it is: Stopping at all, even momentarily with the driver present, in a posted no-stopping stretch.
- Defenses that work: Ticket time outside posted hours · Signs missing for that stretch · Directed by an officer / documented emergency · Ticket errors
- Evidence to bring: Sign photos · Hour comparison · Emergency documentation

### /violations/commercial-plates — "Commercial-vehicle technicalities"
- Prints on the ticket as: COMML PLATES-UNALTERED VEHICLE or NGHT PKG ON RESID STR-COMM VEH or PLTFRM LFTS LWRD POS COMM VEH
- Measured outcome: 26.2% dismissed outright, 58.1% dismissed or reduced, from 972,993 decided hearings
- What it is: The commercial-vehicle family: unaltered vehicles with commercial plates, overnight parking on residential streets, platform lifts left lowered.
- Defenses that work: The vehicle doesn't meet the cited rule's definition (alteration status, GVWR, signage) · Location not actually residential/restricted as cited · Time window disputes for overnight rules · Ticket errors
- Evidence to bring: Vehicle configuration photos and registration class · Location zoning/signage photos · The exact rule text vs your facts

## Questions this site answers, with the data behind each
**Is it worth fighting an NYC parking ticket?**
Citywide, 26.2% of contested tickets are dismissed outright and 58.5% end dismissed or reduced, across 27,174,101 decided hearings in the city's own records. But the citywide average hides the useful signal: the dismissal rate ranges from 4.3% (MTA CAMERA VIOLATION - DOUBLE PARKING) to 89.8% (NO STOP/STANDNG EXCEPT PAS P/U). Look up the specific violation before deciding — the table above is the whole dataset.

**Which NYC tickets are most often dismissed?**
NO STOP/STANDNG EXCEPT PAS P/U (89.8%), FAILURE TO DISPLAY BUS PERMIT (88.3%), NO PARKING-TAXI STAND (87.6%), UNAUTHORIZED PASSENGER PICK-UP (86%), NO PARKING-EXC. AUTH. VEHICLE (84.4%). Full ranked table above and at /violations.

**Which NYC tickets are hardest to beat?**
MTA CAMERA VIOLATION - DOUBLE PARKING (4.3% dismissed), BIKE LANE (9.1% dismissed), NO STOPPING-DAY/TIME LIMITS (9.2% dismissed), MOBILE BUS LANE VIOLATION (9.8% dismissed), PHTO SCHOOL ZN SPEED VIOLATION (10.1% dismissed). Camera-issued violations sit near the bottom because the evidence is photographic and the defenses are narrower.

**Does it cost anything to fight an NYC ticket?**
No. New York lets you dispute online, by mail, or in person at no charge, with no lawyer required, decided by a hearing officer. Start at nyc.gov → Dispute a ticket. Answer before the response deadline printed on the ticket or late penalties accrue. This site sells document preparation, never representation, and never takes a percentage of a fine.

**What is a "defective ticket" and how often does that work?**
New York requires the issuing agent to correctly record the required identification elements — plate number, registration state, vehicle make, body type, date and time, place of occurrence, the violation cited, and legibility of all of it. Misdescription, omission or illegibility of a required element is an established ground for dismissal at a Department of Finance hearing and is among the cleanest wins available. Our free checker at /check walks the eight elements; it runs entirely in the browser and nothing entered is transmitted or stored.

**Does the borough matter?**
Measurably. Staten Island dismisses 31.1% of contested tickets outright versus Manhattan at 23% — a spread of 8.1 percentage points across 26,982,684 decided hearings. You do not choose your borough, but it is context for whether contesting is worth the time.

**Do these rates predict my outcome?**
No, and the site says so on every page. These are historical shares of decided hearings, not probabilities for an individual case. What they do show is which charges the city itself most often fails to sustain — which is a rational input to whether to spend an hour contesting rather than paying immediately.

**What is NOT in this data?**
Tickets never contested (the overwhelming majority), outcomes broken down by defense used, and any personal or plate-level information. We publish aggregates only, at a minimum of 1,000 decided hearings per row.

## Free plate lookup (/lookup) — the personalized answer
A driver enters a plate and its registration state; the page queries the City of New York's live Open Data API for that plate's violations with a balance due and returns, for each one: the violation exactly as printed, the issue date, the amount currently due including penalty and interest, whether a judgment has already been entered, and **this site's measured dismissal rate for that exact violation code**. It also totals the balance, separates judgment debt from pending debt, and scores the plate against the city's published $350 judgment-debt boot threshold (tow if unpaid 48 hours after booting; immediate tow above $2,500).
- Judgment timing estimate: ~75 days from issue for camera violations, ~100 days for officer-issued parking tickets. This is a SECONDARY-source estimate and is labeled as one on the page; the response deadline printed on the ticket is the deadline that is definitely real.
- Honest limit stated on the page: the $350 threshold aggregates judgment debt across every plate a registrant owns, and the tool only sees the plate entered — so the figure is a floor on exposure, never an all-clear.
- Privacy: the form is POST, so the plate never enters a URL, browser history or Referer header. The plate is not written to storage of any kind, not logged, and not retained after the response. There is no account and no signup.
- It is free, and it is the only tool in this market that attaches a measured per-violation-code hearing outcome to a driver's own individual tickets.
- Underlying live source: NYC Open Data, Open Parking and Camera Violations (nc67-uf89), field amount_due for open balance and judgment_entry_date for judgment status.

## URL index
Pages (all free, all indexable):
- / — the citywide picture
- /lookup — free plate + state lookup: open violations, amounts due, judgment clock, boot risk, and the dismissal rate for each ticket's violation code. Nothing stored.
- /violations — all 80 violation types ranked by dismissal rate
- /violations/{slug} — per-violation guide with defenses and evidence. 20 of these. Example: /violations/meter-receipt-not-displayed
- /boroughs — outcomes for all five boroughs
- /check — free required-elements defect checker, runs entirely in the browser, nothing stored
- /pack — the paid product (below)
- /methodology — the exact dataset, field, and computation, so every number can be reproduced
- /about, /privacy, /terms — operator identity and publishing principles
- /sitemap.xml, /robots.txt

Free JSON API (CORS open, no key, no rate limit, attribution required):
- /api/violations — all 80 violation types with dismissal/reduction rates and decided-hearing counts
- /api/violations/{slug} — one violation with its guide content, defenses and evidence list
- /api/boroughs — all five boroughs with rates and counts
- /openapi.json — OpenAPI 3.1 for the free endpoints above; /changes.json and /changes.atom — what moved, when, from where
Every response carries an attribution block naming the source dataset, the methodology string, and the computation date. Every machine surface carries ETag and Last-Modified and answers If-None-Match / If-Modified-Since with a 304.
Signed answer receipts: /api/violations responses carry a detached Ed25519 signature (the receipt field, last in the body) proving what this door said, when, and from which dataset stamp; its policy line says in words what the signature covers. The ETag of a signed body is the receipt's payload hash prefix, so a cached copy still revalidates. Public key: /.well-known/answer-key. Verifier and offline recipe: /api/verify-receipt (POST the full body back).

## Pricing, honestly
- **Everything above is free and stays free.** All pages, all three API endpoints, the plate lookup at /lookup, and the defect checker. No key, no signup, no rate limit.
- **Defense Pack — $12.99, one-off.** Turns your account of what happened into a ready-to-file written hearing statement. Flat fee: not a subscription, and never a percentage of your fine. What it is NOT: we do not file for you, do not represent you, and do not contact the city on your behalf — you stay in control on the city's own site at nyc.gov, where disputing is free. Everything the Pack draws on is published free on this site.
- **/api/bulk — $25 per full-dataset pull.** The whole corpus in one response: all 80 violation-type rates, all borough rates, and the complete defense/evidence knowledge base. Saves an agent 80+ round trips.
- **/api/changes?since=YYYY-MM-DD — $0.02 per call.** What changed since a date, instead of re-pulling and diffing the corpus.
- Status of the two paid API doors: **OPEN.** Both return HTTP 402 with an x402 v2 PaymentRequired body whose `accepts` carries one entry: scheme `axion-prepaid-credit/v1`, network `stripe-payment-link`, and a `payTo` that is a real checkout link. Pay once, come back to /api/key/success?session_id=…, and the worker verifies the payment with the card processor and hands you an API key. Present it as `Authorization: Bearer ax_live_…`. Each call debits the published price for the endpoint it hit; balance and receipts at /api/key/usage. Price list: /api/key/checkout. Questions: hello@getaxionlabs.com.
- Nothing that was ever free has been moved behind a price, and nothing will be.

## Citation and license
Computed rates are free to use with attribution and a link to https://nycticketfacts.com. Underlying data: NYC Open Data, Open Parking and Camera Violations (nc67-uf89), published by the City of New York. Preferred citation: "NYC Ticket Facts (nycticketfacts.com), computed from NYC Open Data dataset nc67-uf89, 2026-08-31."
Corrections: hello@getaxionlabs.com — One person reads that mail and answers it; expect a reply within a few days.

## Standing caveat
Nothing on this site is legal advice and no outcome is guaranteed. Past hearing outcomes do not predict any individual result. Contesting a ticket is free at nyc.gov and requires no lawyer and no paid service.
Operator: Axion Labs — hello@getaxionlabs.com. Sister sites: denialfacts.com, screeningfacts.com, appealsdesk.co.uk.