Student Handbook - Tougaloo College

Towing and Booting
A vehicle may be towed immediately at the owner’s expense and/or booted for the following
violations:
• Unregistered vehicle
• Parking in unauthorized or undesignated parking lots/spaces.
• Creating a traffic hazard.
• Parking in a yellow-curbed or painted area.
• Parking in a handicap space.
• Parking in a safety zone.
• Abandoned Vehicle.
• Driving on sidewalks, the grass, and other landscaped areas.
• A vehicle that remains illegally parked can be ticketed every four (4) hours. A vehicle
ticketed two (2) or more times in the same space over seventy two (72) hours and has not
moved will be ticketed and booted and may also be towed.
• A vehicle parked in a manner that would cause a hazard, i.e. blocking fire lanes,
handicapped access, etc. will be ticketed and towed.
• A vehicle illegally parked in a reserved space will be ticketed, booted, or towed.
• Vehicles with three or more unanswered tickets and whose owner or driver is
unidentified will be booted or towed.
• A vehicle displaying a fraudulent parking decal will be ticketed, booted, or towed.
• Other violations may apply.
Tougaloo College reserves the right to revoke a student or faculty/staff permit for excessive
violations and unpaid violation notices. The vehicle will be towed from campus at the expense of
the owner. The College assumes no responsibility for vehicles damaged as a result of towing.
Abandoned Vehicles
Vehicles that have been left unattended for a period of thirty (30) days and show no signs of
being used will be considered abandoned. The owner will be notified to remove such vehicle
from the College. Failure of the owner to remove said vehicle within ten (10) days after the
notice is sent or to make alternate arrangements with Public Safety will result in the towing of
said vehicle at the owner’s expense.
Traffic Violations and Penalties
Violators will be assessed a parking fine. All fines are to be paid at the Cashier’s window in the
Blackmon Administration Building. They include, but are not necessarily limited to the
following:
• False registration - $100.00
• Altered parking permit - $100.00
• Operating a vehicle on campus without a decal - $50.00
• Greater than safe speed - $50.00-$100.00
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