Appealing your Citation

If you feel that you were not in violation of the bylaw indicated on your citation or there were extenuating circumstances that resulted in the citation please enter and appeal.

Your appeal must be submitted online through UR Parking Account and must be received within seven calendar days of the citation being issued. All supporting documents will be submitted online with the appeal.

Please be advised, that due to the legal nature of citations issued at the University of Regina we cannot accept informal citation appeals by e-mail or telephone and they must be submitted through our website. If you have accessibility needs that prevent you from submitting your appeal online please let us know.

If you have submitted an appeal, or are planning to submit an appeal for your citation, do not pay your citation. Parking & Transportation Services will contact you by e-mail notifying you of the appeal outcome. If payment is required, your early payment citation reduction period of 14 calendar days will restart once your appeal outcome has been determined.

During the appeal process:

• DO NOT pay your citation, remitting payment for a citation is considered an admission of guilt by the Provincial Bylaw Court. Once payment has been made it is no longer eligible for appeal through the University of Regina or Provincial Bylaw Court.
• Early citation payment timeline of 14 days is SUSPENDED and will resume once a decision is made.
• Once you submit an appeal you will receive a follow-up email confirming the receipt of the appeal. You will then receive a decision on the matter within 10 business days.

Potential Appeal Outcomes:

Appeal Granted: If your appeal is granted, Parking & Transportation Services will remove all citation-related fees associated with the citation and no further action is required.

Partial Appeal Granted: Upon review of the citation you may be granted a partial appeal, this is often in the form of a fine reduction. This payment will be due within 14 calendar days of notification or the amount owed will revert back to the full citation fee amount.

Appeal Denied: If your appeal is denied, the registered vehicle owner will be responsible to pay the fine as outlined on the citation.

Additional Steps:

Providing additional information:

If your appeal was denied and you have additional information that you did not attach to your appeal such as photos, receipts or account numbers that will prove that you were in compliance you may respond to the appeal decision with them and your appeal may be re-reviewed.

Bylaw Court:

You also have the right not to pay your parking citation and appear in Provincial Bylaw Court once you have received a summons to court. At this venue, you will have to opportunity to plead not guilty without explanation or guilty with explanation, if you plead not guilty the Justice will set a future court date for you. At this second court date, you will have the opportunity to present your case, before the Justice and in the presence of the University of Regina prosecutor. If you fail to attend the summons court date or this subsequent court date and your citation is in good order the Justice will issue a court-deemed conviction in your absence.

Paying a Citation

If you are issued a citation, you have 7 days from the date of the citation to enter an appeal and 14 days from the date of the citation to take advantage of any early payment option if one is available. Please note if you plan to appeal your citation do not pay it during the appeal process.

• Pay Online: Use your UR Parking Account and pay online using a credit card.
• Pay in Person: Pay your citation at the Parking & Transportation Services Office located in in College West Building with cash, debit, cheque, or credit card.
• Pay by Mail: Send a cheque or money order (payable to the University of Regina) to:
  University of Regina, Parking & Transportation Services, 3737 Wascana Parkway, College West Building, CW108, Regina, SK, S4S 0A2

Early Payment Citation Reductions

Pay your parking citation early, within 14 days of the citation issue date, to take advantage of the reduced amount shown on the citation if applicable. Not all bylaw violations will be eligible for an early payment citation reduction.
Failure to Pay Your Parking Citation

If the citation is not paid after 14 days of being issued and it is not part of a payment plan or in the appeal process the following documents will be sent.

Pending Summons

If you have received a Notice of Pending Summons, this is a reminder that you have an outstanding citation balance with the University of Regina Parking & Transportation Services that is overdue and requires immediate attention.

Summons

Failure to make payment on outstanding citations for parking violations will lead to a Summons, formally charging you with a parking offence, and will require an appearance in Provincial Bylaw Court.

The summons will include the offence, the date of plea court, and the location of plea court. If the date does not work for you, you may contact Parking and Transportation Services to ask for a different date.

Provincial Bylaw Court:

You also have the right not to pay your parking citation and appear in Provincial Bylaw Court once you have received a Summons to Court.

At this venue, you will have to opportunity to plead not guilty without explanation or guilty with explanation, if you plead not guilty the Justice will set a second court date for you. At this second court date, you will have the opportunity to present your case, before the Justice and in the presence of the University of Regina prosecutor.

Failure to appear at your scheduled court appearance may result in a deemed conviction in your absence.

Failure to appear/address

If you choose not to address the citation through either payment of the citation or through provincial bylaw, court the citation will be advanced to court in your absence. If the citation is found in good standing, a court-deemed conviction will be issued, 30 days after the court-deemed conviction is issued an administrative fee maybe be added to the citation and the matter will be forwarded to collections.