New year, new penalties: Seattle parking fines up in 2025
Cars are shown parked from the Smith Tower observatory on Friday, December 1, 2017, in Seattle.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
With the new year comes increased parking fines for Seattle drivers. City officials say the hike in penalties — the first since 2011 — is to account for inflation.
As of Wednesday, parking tickets could cost you, on average, anywhere from $43 to $78, depending on the violation. That’s up from the city’s previous parking fine range of $29 to $53.
The parking violations subject to increased fines include those related to pay-to-park zones, loading and unloading zones, restricted parking zones, and parking on the wrong side of the street.
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See the city's full list of new parking infraction fines here.
