Summary: Find out how to properly display your parking permit.
Parking rules
Parking tips
Follow the instructions on your permit.
Follow the instructions printed on both sides of your permit, and:
Make sure the entire permit face is visible.
Place the permit only on the rearview mirror or the driver-side dash.
Notify Parking if you forget your permit.
Get a complimentary day permit from the Parking Office if you've forgotten your annual permit.
Notify Parking Compliance, (858) 822-3379, right away if you forget to
display your annual permit and can't get back to your car.
Car cover users: Display your permit visibly.
To avoid possible damage to your vehicle, a parking officer will not look under the car cover for your parking permit.
Lock your permit so it hangs visibly onto the driver-side of the car cover. (The Parking Office will laminate your permit upon request and provide a cable for annual permit holders.)
If you plan to display your permit on the rearview mirror or the driver-side dash, it must be visible to the officer without having to lift or remove the car cover.
Make sure your permit is valid.
Annual permits expire June 30 of the current academic year.
Short-term permits expire on various dates. Make sure the date of use on your permit is current. If your permit requires specific dates of use:
Clearly mark an "X" on the date of use.
Use black ink only.
Never erase or alter a mark.
Renew a pre-dated permit before it expires.
Never display a counterfeit, altered, or missing permit.
Avoid these common mistakes:
Laminating your permit: Only permits laminated by the Parking Office are valid.
Erasures on self-dated permits: If you date your permit incorrectly, have it corrected at the Parking Office before parking for the day.
Dating your permit with any type of removable adhesive
Changing any pre-printed information on the permit
Reproducing your permit
Displaying someone else's permit, or a permit that's been reported as missing.
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