How to Contest a Parking Ticket in Nashville

Parking tickets in Nashville are written by the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) or Metro Police and processed by the Traffic Violation Bureau, a division of the General Sessions Court run by the Davidson County Circuit Court Clerk. To dispute a ticket, you plead not guilty and request a court hearing on or before the compliance date for your ticket, which you can look up in the clerk's Ticket and Citation Portal.

You can look up your ticket and its options in the clerk's Ticket and Citation Portal, write to the Traffic Violation Bureau at P.O. Box 196302, or visit the Justice A.A. Birch Building, 408 Second Ave N, Suite 1160. Bring or send dated photos of signs, curb markings and meters, along with any receipts or permits, and keep copies.

Once the compliance date passes, a default judgment is entered and you will owe a higher amount. The Circuit Court Clerk has warned about scam text messages about past-due tickets and says its clerks do not send them, and Metro Police say real parking fines are paid only through the clerk's Traffic Violations Bureau. Fines, costs and fees can be added if a judgment goes unpaid.