Parking Citations

Where safety and education intersect

LPS issues parking citations to educate drivers on parking safety.

Disregard of regulations render the owner and/or operator of a vehicle liable to fines and/or disciplinary actions. Citations may be delivered to the driver of an offending vehicle or mailed to the owner or person responsible for the vehicle, but in most instances will be left on the offending vehicle.

Linfield is a private institution. Vehicles on Linfield property may be towed due to extenuating circumstances. Efforts will be made to contact the responsible person(s) to move a vehicle prior to the department having them towed. Vehicles may be towed at the owner’s risk and expense for any violation of university traffic or parking violations. Towing of a vehicle does not relieve the owner of responsibility for payment of any fines.

You received a citation... now what?

Fines for citations issued to Linfield students will be charged to the student’s account. Students, faculty and staff may make payments to their account at the cashier’s office in Melrose Hall.

Appealing a citation

The appeal process is in place for use by those who wish to dispute or request leniency for a parking ticket they have received. This process allows for the resolution of any misunderstanding regarding the parking rules and regulations. The process is a parking appeal review which affords the opportunity to explain the circumstances that made it necessary to park in violation.

Before submitting an appeal, please review the Linfield parking regulations.

In order to be a valid appeal:

• An appeal form must be printed and filled out, then submitted to Linfield University Parking Appeals. All of these fields need to be filled out or appeal will be rejected:
  • Citation number
  • Copy of the original citation
  • Date of violation
  • Vehicle license plate information
  • Linfield ID number
  • Full name
  • Phone number
  • Address
  • Brief explanation of circumstances
• Appeals must be filed within fifteen (15) days of the citation issue date.
• Appeals can be hand-delivered to Cozine Hall, sent through interoffice mail to A502, emailed from your Linfield email account to lps@linfield.edu or mailed to:

Linfield University
Parking Appeals, Unit A502
900 SE Baker Street
McMinnville, Oregon 97128

Parking appeals may uphold the original violation decision, dismiss the violation or reduce the fine. A review of a citation appeal will be completed within two weeks of receipt and an email response will be sent to your Linfield email account. Fines for citations issued to Linfield students will be charged to the student’s account. Students, faculty and staff may make payments to their account at the cashier’s office in Melrose Hall.