A real Chicago vehicle debt report — tickets, fees and all — straight from the City's records (plate masked for privacy). Yours will look just like it.
Provide your name, email, and license plate number. We need this to submit the FOIA request on your behalf.
We submit an official Freedom of Information Act request to the Chicago Department of Finance for your full vehicle debt — tickets, camera violations, boots, tows, and storage fees.
When the city responds (typically 5 business days), we email you a full report with every ticket and fee, its type, amount, status, and what you still owe.
See how much your block pays in tickets right now — no waiting required. Block-level data from 35.7M FOIA tickets.
Check Your Block5.25 million parking and traffic citations issued in 2025, obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests.
Total Tickets
5.25M
2025 full year
Avg Per Day
14,384
tickets issued daily
Avg Ticket
$83
with late fees
Contest Win Rate
59%
mail-in decided parking ticket cases, 2023–2025 FOIA data
Chicago drivers pay an average of $300+ per year in parking tickets. Our Autopilot system catches new tickets and automatically contests them.59% of mail-in contested parking tickets get dismissed.
FOIA stands for Freedom of Information Act. Under Illinois law (5 ILCS 140), any person has the right to request public records from government agencies. The city is required to respond within 5 business days.
Yes, completely free. There is no charge for submitting a FOIA request. We handle the paperwork and email you the results.
The city is legally required to respond within 5 business days, though they can extend to 10 business days with written notice. Most responses come within 1-2 weeks.
Your report will include everything the City of Chicago has on your plate — every parking ticket, camera violation, and any boot, tow, or storage fee — with numbers, types, dates, locations, amounts, payment status, hearing outcomes, and what you still owe.
Yes. FOIA requests for ticket records must be submitted by the registered owner of the vehicle. By submitting this form, you confirm that you own the vehicle.
If the FOIA results show unpaid tickets that were issued incorrectly, you may have grounds to contest them. Our $99/year Autopilot service handles this automatically.