Parking Ticket Win Rates: NYC, Chicago & San Francisco

See real dismissal rates for every parking violation type — based on millions of actual hearing outcomes from official city data. Select your city and violation type to check your odds.

How We Calculate Win Rates

AutoDismiss aggregates hearing outcome data from official municipal open data portals. For NYC, we analyze hearing results from the Parking Violations Bureau. For Chicago, we use Administrative Hearings disposition data. For San Francisco, we track disposition codes from SFMTA citation records. All data is refreshed weekly.

Why Contest Your Parking Ticket?

The vast majority of parking tickets go uncontested — in Chicago, 94% of ticket recipients never file a dispute. Yet among those who do contest, the dismissal rate exceeds 50% in some categories. The odds are in your favor, but only if you act within the deadline.

  • NYC: 30-day contest window from issue date
  • Chicago: 7-day initial contest window — the shortest of any major city
  • San Francisco: 21-day window. Do NOT pay before contesting — payment waives your right to dispute.

Let AutoDismiss Handle It

AutoDismiss monitors your plates around the clock and automatically generates dispute letters the moment a new ticket appears. One dismissal pays for your entire year.

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