Denver Closes Online Parking Ticket Appeal Portal Amid Budget Cuts

By  Nicole Fierro | KDVR FOX31

DENVER, Colo. (KDVR) — Denver layoffs are now going to impact your ability to dispute parking tickets with the city online, which went into effect on Thursday.

Denver court officials told FOX31 that with the city and county of Denver’s projected budget deficit, the county court had to lay off 10 employees on Aug. 27th. Five employees of those were from the parking magistrates’ office, which was a team of five.

In 2024, the Parking Magistrate’s Office processed 66,378 parking appeals and 10 final parking hearings.

The spokesperson with Denver court officials also told FOX31, the team worked collaboratively with a variety of city stakeholders, including Right of Way Enforcement, the Parking Violation Bureau, Denver County Vehicle Impound and Passport, Inc. Software.

Without the office, the spokesperson told FOX31 that parking disputes will now fall to Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.

A spokesperson with DOTI said the following to FOX31 regarding the change:

“The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) and the Parking Violations Bureau (PVB) does not have the staff to assume the duties and roles of the Denver County Courts magistrates that were laid off.  The online portal that people have historically utilized to dispute citations is closing today at the end of the business day.”

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