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  • 08-26-2015, 05:18 PM
    PropMgr1
    Can You be Ticketed for Parking in a Handicapped Spot on Gated Private Property
    My question involves a parking ticket from the state of: California

    I received a parking ticket while parked in a handicapped parking space at the property I manage. This is a gated and secure apartment garage. You need keys and a remote to get in. A parking enforcement officer is seen on camera, sneaking into our property, unescorted, then writing a citation and leaving it on my car. Is he allowed to do that? We have trespassing signs everywhere and this guy sneaks his way in to write a ticket???

    Unless you are a tenant or I grant the access, you are not allowed on our property.

    Anyone know the answer?

    Thank you ~
  • 08-26-2015, 05:27 PM
    adjusterjack
    Re: Citation Issued on Gated, Secured Private Property Garage
    I'm guessing that somebody reported you parking in the space and a local officer came in and cited you.

    You can look up the statute yourself from the number on your citation but I'm pretty sure that the ticket is valid any time and any place that you park in a handicap spot.

    Since you manage the place, you should have known better.
  • 08-26-2015, 05:29 PM
    jk
    Re: Citation Issued on Gated, Secured Private Property Garage
    why do you believe handicap tickets are not valid for private property? Most handicap parking is on private property. The laws apply there just as they do on public property.
    Quote:

    This is a gated and secure apartment garage. You need keys and a remote to get in.
    so did he have keys and a remote? If not, then apparently you do not need keys and a remote to get in.
  • 08-26-2015, 10:41 PM
    L-1
    Re: Citation Issued on Gated, Secured Private Property Garage
    California Vehicle Code Section 22507.8.(d) extends the handicapped parking prohibitions to privately owned and
    maintained offstreet parking.

    As a side note, public employees are exempt from California's trespassing laws when acting in the scope and course of their duties.
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