4071  REVOCATION OF CAMPUS PARKING TICKETS

Reference:  California Vehicle Code, Section 40202(e); BA 87-24.

Once an Officer has prepared a notice of parking violation and attached it to 
the vehicle, the Officer is required by law to file the notice with the processing 
agency.  There must be no alteration, modification, concealment, 
nullification, or destruction of the original or any copy of the citation retained 
by the Officer before it is filed with the processing agency or with a person 
authorized to receive deposit of the parking penalty.

If, however, after attaching the notice to the vehicle the issuing officer 
determines that the notice should be dismissed in the interest of justice, the 
issuing agency may recommend to the processing agency in writing that the 
charges be dismissed.  The recommendation shall cite the reasons for the 
recommendation.

If the court is the final processing agency, then the actual authority to dismiss 
or cancel the citation rests with the court.  Some campuses process their own 
citations, however, which means handling all correspondence, collection of 
fines, etc. at the campus and forwarding citations to the court only when the 
violator requests court adjudication.  In this case, citations may be dismissed 
at the campus level, but as the processing agency the campus is required by 
law to record the reasons for dismissal and retain the records.  It is 
recommended that campuses which do process their own citations provide 
the local court with a copy of their procedures for cancelling citations.