Pay Those Parking Tickets

If you don’t intend to dispute the parking ticket you received, cough up the money and pay it timely.  Tardiness is costly.  Many states add hefty late fees to parking tickets that are not paid on time.  Some states will tow your car and other states will withhold your state tax refund.  Some jurisdictions send unpaid parking tickets to collection agencies and also report to the credit bureaus.  So if you aren’t contesting the ticket, just pay it.