Is your parking meter legal? Pennsylvania law requires parking meters to be inspected by a Certified Parking Meter Inspector (CPMI). Many locations don't comply. Search your location below.
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Pennsylvania law (3 Pa.C.S. § 4112(b.2)) requires parking meters to be inspected every five years by a Certified Parking Meter Inspector (CPMI). Despite this requirement, many locations across Pennsylvania are writing tickets from meters that have never been properly certified.
The state no longer maintains centralized oversight of meter certifications. While owners must ensure inspections happen, there's no specification of what documentation they must keep or for how long. This makes it nearly impossible for citizens to verify whether a meter is legally certified before paying a ticket.
This site fills that gap through systematic public records requests.
In June 2025, I received a $5 parking ticket in Kittanning Borough. Rather than paying it, I requested proof the meter was certified. The borough provided a handwritten log with no inspector name or credentials. When questioned, they identified their inspector but refused to provide certification proof.
I contacted the PA Department of Agriculture directly—they confirmed the individual was never certified as a CPMI. When I presented this to the borough, they went silent. Their solicitor later responded with threats and intimidation rather than addressing the compliance issue.
I filed an appeal with the Office of Open Records to force them to produce valid certification records or admit none exist.
Michael Zboran v. Kittanning Borough
OOR Dkt. No.: AP 2025-2034
If locations cannot prove their meters are certified, tickets issued from those meters lack legal foundation. Thousands of Pennsylvanians may be paying tickets they shouldn't have to pay.
This site brings transparency to the certification process and empowers citizens to verify whether parking enforcement is lawful.
If you've received a parking ticket and want to verify your meter's certification status, check our database. If your location isn't listed yet, contact us and we'll add it to our investigation queue.
Together, we can hold meter owners accountable to the law.
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