How to Display Your Parking 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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

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