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[quote=Anonymous]OP here with another update, and a thank you to everyone who chimed in with ideas and advice.

I reached out to my local councilperson(s). (Thank you to the DCUM poster who suggested this). They replied that since the garage is owned by a private company, not by the county, it is not under their jurisdiction. However, they forwarded my complaint to the Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection.

I filed a complaint with the Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection. (Thank you to the DCUM poster who suggested I do so, and to the poster who suggested that I cite the Maryland Commercial Law Code provision). I heard back from an investigator within 24 hours.

The investigator informed me that there is currently an open investigation regarding the company that owns the garage, as many people who have parked there have filed complaints regarding tickets received in the mail. The Consumer Protection Office is aware that the parking garage company does not have a mechanism for any sort of dispute resolution. I am one of the few people who actually paid the parking ticket. Others who received tickets in the mail contacted the consumer protection office before paying the fine. The complaints have been assigned to an attorney. They may look into whether someone at the DMV is passing along home addresses to the owner of the parking garage company using the scanned license plates, or if the private garage company is obtaining people's home addresses using another mechanism. I don't know where things stand on that issue.

Thank you again to everyone who brainstormed ways to get this resolved. I appreciate everyone's thoughtfulness and kindness. 
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