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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lawyer here, not providing legal advice (and not condoning the behavior)...

I don't see how this is enforceable by Georgetown. It's not the DC government, and I see no DC law that specifically authorizes a private property owner to issue and enforce parking penalties. Georgetown could enforce this against members of the university community (by making university services contingent on payment or incorporating this into a contract), but that doesn't cover you. If Georgetown sent this to collections, you could dispute the debt, since you never entered into a contract with Georgetown agreeing to pay this type of penalty.

There *is* a DC law with a $250 penalty for parking on private property without the consent of the property owner. It's possible that Georgetown would refer you to MPD, which would then issue a citation. That would be enforceable. But you could wait and see if that happens.

If I were you, I'd just wait and see. And never drive that car on the Georgetown campus again.
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Bad advice. Do you really think the Georgetown is issuing tickets for fun with no way to collect? You think Georgetown does not employ or hire lawyers for this type of stuff?

[quote] Citations unpaid after 30 days from the date of issue will be forwarded to the University’s ticket control agent, Data Ticket Corporation, for processing. Citation information forwarded to Data Ticket is subject to additional late fees assessed by Data Ticket acting as the University’s agent in the collection of outstanding citations due the University. [b]The right to appeal is waived after failure to pay or request an appeal within 10 days from the date of issuance and applies for outstanding citation information submitted to Data Ticket.[/[/b]quote]
https://transportation.georgetown.edu/campus-traffic-rules/

Data Ticket Corporation will try to collect the fine. In 3 years it will be sold as bad debt to debt collectors. So OP will have $250 plus other fees on her credit report as bad debt. In reality the impact of that is not that great but it will be there.[/quote]

GU is not the government.  They can make up all the rules and fines they want, but they have no way to collect if don’t have a relationship with them.  If they try to put it on a credit report it will be easy to get it removed because they can’t validate it.[/quote]

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