2022-2023 Student Handbook

Citation Information

General Parking Violations

Parking in a handicapped parking space - $50

Improperly parked - $10 + damages

Parking in or on service drive, crosswalk, or sidewalk - $10

Failure to park within lines of parking space - $10

Parking (all others) not defined - $10

Parking too close to fire hydrant or in a Fire Lane - $25

Parking in manner which obstructs parked or moving vehicles, double-parked - $10

Parked in No Parking or Visitor’s Zones - $10

Parking on wrong side of street - $10

Registration Violations

Failure to display a registration permit - $25

Failure to display a registration permit properly - $25

Using fictitious, altered, stolen, or lost permit - $25

Improper transfer of permit - $25

Falsifying registration information - $25

Moving Violations

Disregarding stop sign - $20

Speeding - $25

Operating a vehicle in an unsafe manner - $40

Failure to yield to pedestrians in crosswalk - $50

Careless/reckless driving - $50

Miscellaneous Violations

Repairing vehicle of campus - $10

Vehicle abandoned - $10

Excessive noise from a motor vehicle - $20

Disobeying police/security officer - $100

Littering - $100

Citation Appeal Process

To appeal a campus parking citation, the following process should be followed:

The person receiving a citation should contact the SAU Tech Campus Police at 870-574-4517 to request a citation appeal form no later than five (5) days from issuance of the citation. Upon receiving the appeal form, the Campus Police will provide the date, time and location for the appeals hearing. Ordinarily, a person will be required to appear in the appeals hearing to provide testimony. A person who fails to appear without giving notice will be required to pay the citations and will also lose any further right to appeal. Persons wishing to appeal a decision of the appropriate appeals committee may do so only to the Chancellor or designee.

To appeal a campus moving violation citation, the following process should be followed: Persons receiving citation should contact the SAU Tech Police Officer who issued the citation and request the citation be transferred to the county/municipal court system. The Officer will then issue a county/municipal citation which may be challenged in the county/municipal court of the appropriate jurisdiction.