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St. Louis Boot / Tow — Three-Tickets Threshold and Notice

City of St. Louis Revised Code §17.66.110–§17.66.120 govern booting and towing for parking-scofflaw enforcement. The Treasurer may boot or tow only after a registered owner has accumulated three or more unpaid citations more than 30 days past due, AND has been mailed proper notice. Booting/towing without (a) the predicate three-tickets threshold being satisfied, or (b) proper certified-mail notice, or (c) opportunity to be heard, violates the ordinance and the Due Process Clause. Numerous St. Louis tow disputes have been resolved by showing one or more underlying citations was already paid, contested, or never properly served.

Legal basis

Revised Code of the City of St. Louis §17.66.110, §17.66.120; Mo. Const. Art. I §10; U.S. Const. Amend. XIV

Sample appeal wording

TO: St. Louis Treasurer's Parking Division / Municipal Court RE: Boot / Tow on [DATE] — Refund and Vacatur I dispute the boot/tow under Revised Code §17.66.110–§17.66.120. I assert: ☐ I do not have three citations more than 30 days past due (one or more of [LIST] is already paid, contested, or never properly served). ☐ I never received certified-mail notice prior to boot/tow. ☐ I was denied opportunity to be heard. I demand: (1) full refund of $[AMOUNT]; (2) vacatur of any predicate citations not properly served; (3) confirmation in writing. Signed, [FULL_NAME] Date: [DATE]

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Sources

  • Revised Code of the City of St. Louis §17.66.110
  • Revised Code of the City of St. Louis §17.66.120

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