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Parking ticket help

Okay so long story short I got 20,000 in parking tickets give or take a few bucks. I know who does that right? Stupid. Anyway I have been paying them one at a time but now I need to renew my tabs. So I can never pay the collections agency in the two years they want,it in. I am paying it slowly as its my responsibility and I deserve it but I need my car so I can go to work. Does anyone know any way to get around the system so I can renew my tabs to continue working to continue paying? Please be kind as I already realise what a jerk I am for doing this and I am not trying to get out of them just find a way to keep driving, btw this is in seattle wa

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  • Gold-head_small
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    Good heavens, that's a spectacular total. That's like what, ten years of three tickets a day? Dedication!

    Does Kirkland ever do amnesties?

    Have you tried calling the city attorney's office and begging for mercy, promising to pay them without a collection agency on some kind of arrangement in return for not being taken off the road? Use a pay phone. Maybe they'll deal; they get very little through the agency.

    Good god, $20,000. That's more than both our cars are worth combined (admittedly one of them is valued at 85 cents).

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  • Librarians_small
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    Strangely enough, you are the person that Chapter 13 of the bankruptcy act was written for! If you file a 13 (you can do it yourself--there are a bunch of online tools), you notify the collection agency and the licensing dept. and they lift all those holds. You pay a certain amount every month to pay off the debt in any time range you choose from three years to five years (36 months to 60 months).

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  • Ozomahtli_small
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    I hate to answer a question with a question, but what happens if you just give up the car and get another one? I've known a few people who lost cars to impound and just let them keep it as the outstanding ticket balance was higher than the car was worth. Hell, I even knew one guy who took a sledgehammer to his booted car, with the same effect (i.e. no more car, but no more tickets). This was in CA, and I'm not certain it would work the same way in WA.

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  • Dinolock_small
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    I have no idea but I would like to congratulate you on $20k in parking tickets. Quite epic. How are you not booted/impounded?

    You know about the new van they have that drives around scanning plates and boots people with more than 3 unpaid tickets, yeah?

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