Milwaukee Scofflaw Boot Removal — Underlying Citation Reduction
Under Milwaukee Code §101-46, a vehicle with 3 or more unpaid parking citations totaling $50+ may be booted/immobilized. Boot removal requires payment of all outstanding citations plus a $25 boot fee. The boot can be challenged by attacking each underlying citation. Reducing the count below 3 OR the total below $50 forces removal. Milwaukee has periodically run amnesty programs (most recent: 2022 amnesty waiving late fees on old tickets). The strongest play: simultaneously appeal each underlying citation with the strongest available defense, demand consolidated review, and request boot removal pending hearing.
Legal basis
Milwaukee Code §101-46; Wis. Stat. §349.13; Bell v. Burson (due process)
Sample appeal wording
[DATE] Milwaukee DPW Parking Enforcement Re: BOOT REMOVAL HEARING — Vehicle [PLATE] I request immediate hearing under Milwaukee Code §101-46 challenging the immobilization of my vehicle on [DATE]. The boot is unwarranted because the underlying citations are invalid: - Citation #[A]: [defense — signage / payment / wrong vehicle] - Citation #[B]: [defense] - Citation #[C]: [defense] If any one of the cited tickets is invalidated, the vehicle drops below the 3-ticket / $50 threshold required for immobilization, and the boot must be removed without fee. Additionally, the boot has caused [WORK / MEDICAL HARDSHIP], creating undue prejudice. I request: (a) immediate boot removal pending hearing; (b) consolidated hearing on all underlying citations; (c) refund of any boot fee paid under protest. [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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- Milwaukee Code §101-46
- city.milwaukee.gov/Parking/ParkingCitations
- Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535