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Why you should keep your garage parking ticket for a year
A small piece of paper that you are given when you leave the car and that is worth more than it looks.
A piece of paper that is worth more than it looks
When you leave your car in a garage inside the ZTL, the garage gives you a parking ticket. Our advice is not to throw it away: put it in a drawer and keep it for at least a year. It looks like an unimportant slip, but it is the proof that on that day your car was parked there, with the entry into the ZTL authorised by the garage.
Why a year
Fines to foreign customers arrive late: the notice can arrive even after twelve months, although usually it arrives after about six. If the ticket is no longer there, reconstructing the stay becomes much harder. See when a ZTL fine arrives.
What it is for when a fine arrives
If a fine arrives for the ZTL, the ticket is the first thing to send to the garage: together with a copy of the notice and an identity document it lets you find out whether something went wrong in the registration of the number plate and, if needed, prepare the appeal to the Prefetto, which is free and must be filed within 60 days. The steps are in ZTL fine for foreign drivers and how to appeal.
ZTL fines: all guides
ZTL fine for foreign drivers · When does a ZTL fine arrive? · Why keep your garage parking ticket (you are here) · ZTL fine with a rental car · Rental company letter or real fine? · Pay the ZTL fine or appeal? · Can the garage appeal for me? · Prefetto or Giudice di Pace? · How to appeal a ZTL fine · Rental company fees for fines
Questions from international drivers
Why keep the parking ticket?
It is the proof that on that day your car was parked in the garage, with the entry into the ZTL authorised by the garage.
For how long should I keep it?
At least a year: the notice can arrive even after twelve months, although usually after about six.
What do I do with it if a fine arrives?
Send it to the garage with a copy of the notice and an identity document, to check the plate registration and, if needed, prepare the appeal to the Prefetto.