It says New York State on the ticket, and the city's ticket system has never heard of it.
A moving violation written in the five boroughs of New York City is answered to the New York State DMV Traffic Violations Bureau, not to the city. Parking tickets and camera violations are the city's, they sit on the plate, and the free lookup on this site reads them out of the city's own file.
| Who holds it | What that covers | Where to look it up | The clock | What it costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York State DMV, Traffic Violations Bureau | Non-criminal moving violations written in the five boroughs. Not parking, not red light or speed camera, not a misdemeanor or felony. | Plead or pay a TVB ticket, or print an open one | The date is on the ticket. DMV publishes no single number of days, only the penalty for missing it: your license is suspended. | No single figure published. Stated when you plead or pay. |
| NYC Department of Finance | Parking tickets, red light camera and speed camera violations. These sit on the plate. | Dispute free at nyc.gov, pay at CityPay, or the free plate lookup here | 30 days from the date on the ticket to request a hearing. | Published code by code on the city's fine schedule. |
Every row above links the office that holds the ticket. Sources read 2026-09-22.
Holding a parking or camera ticket? That side is free here. It is the city's, it sits on the plate, and you do not need to pay anyone to see it. Show every open violation on my plate. Disputing is free at nyc.gov, inside 30 days from the date on the ticket.
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Same ticket, same bureau, whichever way you spell the state. DMV states that all non-criminal traffic violation tickets issued in the five boroughs are adjudicated by its Traffic Violations Bureau, and that the bureau handles no parking, red light camera or speed camera tickets (dmv.ny.gov, checked September 22, 2026). Everything on that excluded list is the city's.
Read the heading on the ticket. If it names the Traffic Violations Bureau, you answer it at DMV: plead guilty and pay, or plead not guilty and schedule a hearing, online, by mail or by phone (dmv.ny.gov, checked September 22, 2026). If the paper is lost, DMV lets you print your open TVB tickets rather than guess. If it is a parking or camera ticket, it is on the plate, and the lookup below reads it out of the city's own file.
DMV publishes no number of days here. It publishes the consequence: if you do not answer a traffic ticket on time your driver license will be suspended, and if you ignore it after the suspension notice you are convicted by default (dmv.ny.gov, checked September 22, 2026). The date to answer by is printed on the ticket, which is why this page will not invent one.
The state publishes no single figure. The amount is stated when you plead or pay, and a conviction can carry a mandatory surcharge and points; at six or more points inside eighteen months DMV charges a driver responsibility assessment on top (dmv.ny.gov, the driver point system, checked September 22, 2026). If you cannot pay at once, DMV runs its own payment plans.
We compute New York City parking and camera hearing outcomes and publish them free. We hold nothing on state moving violations or on the other agencies' files, so this page sends you to the office that does. If a link has moved, write to me. One person reads that mail and answers it; expect a reply within a few days.
Every claim above is linked to the document it was read from. All read 2026-09-22. Not legal advice.
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