The Madison Police Department offers one full-service payment center and four modified payment centers for your convenience. Please read through the following qualifications to determine your in-person payment options: Accepted forms of payment
Cash, Money Order, Checks (that meet certain requirements), Visa or Mastercard

If any of the following conditions exist, parking citations must be paid at the Central District:

If you wish to pay with cash. Cash payments are only accepted at the Central District.
If your vehicle has been impounded.
If you have a volume of outstanding fines that requires that our database records be searched by Court Services Staff
If you are unable to submit your ticket or a copy of your late notice so that our offices may properly locate your citation and credit your payment. Hours:
Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm

PAYING BY CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD: There is a convenience fee on all credit and debit card transactions. The convenience fee is 2.75% of the amount of the parking ticket payment. For a no fee method of payment, see eCheck described below.
PAYING BY CHECKING/SAVINGS ACCOUNT (eCHECK): There is NO FEE for this method. It requires you to enter your checking or savings account information. The amount you designate is then deducted from your bank account. Make sure you indicate whether you want the payment to be deducted from a checking account or a savings account. Disclaimer: Please note that this is not real time data. Hence, there may be outstanding tickets and/or fees that do not appear in the search results. Allow up to five business days from the date of issue for tickets to be uploaded to the website. If you are unable to access your ticket(s) via the website, or if you wish to confirm the current outstanding amount due, please call Court Services for additional information.

Payment can also be made in person (Locations accepting payments in person) or via U.S. Mail to the City Treasurer's Office, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 107, Madison WI, 53703.
If tickets are not paid in full, they are subject to additional administrative charges.

Cash, check, money order, and Mastercard/Visa/Discover with a $2.00 transaction fee.
Open Monday-Friday, 9:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M.
Saturday 8:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.(noon)

Mastercard/Visa/Discover with a $2.00 transaction fee

Mastercard/Visa/Discover with a $2.00 transaction fee. Search by citation number and/or license plate and state/province:Please provide the citation number or the license plate number and the State/Province. Make sure the information is exactly how it appears on the citation, and press ''Search'' to continue.