Parking ticket
You receive a parking ticket by the municipality of Leiden if you fail to pay at the ticket machine and/or if you do not have the correct parking permit. You may appeal against the parking ticket.
Make sure that you don’t get a parking ticket:
- Paying at the ticket machine or via an app? Enter the right number plate.
- Do you have a parking permit? Make sure that the correct licence plate is actively registered on the parking permit.
Have you received a parking ticket and do you want to remain parked in that spot? Then you must pay for the time that you still park your car. Otherwise, you may receive multiple parking tickets.
A parking ticket is also called a penalty charge notice (naheffingsaanslag parkeerbelastingen). With the parking ticket, you also pay the parking charge which you should have paid to park your car. The traffic warden places the ticket on your car’s windscreen.
Are you the owner of the car with a Dutch licence plate? Then you will receive a copy of the parking ticket by post at home within a few days. This is the ‘duplicaat naheffingsaanslag parkeerbelastingen’ (duplicate penalty charge notice). You must pay within 30 days of the date on this copy.
Since April 2025, these duplicates have been sent by Cannock Chase Public. This company collects parking tickets on behalf of the municipality of Leiden.
Do you have a lease car and do you receive a parking ticket? Check with your leasing company who pays the fine.
You don’t agree with the parking ticket you received? In that case, submit an appeal within 6 weeks of the date of the notification. You do not need to pay the fine until you receive the decision about your appeal. Do you submit an objection between the 4th week and the 6th week after you have received a parking ticket? Then there is a possibility that you will receive a reminder. There are additional costs associated with this reminder. If, after the decision on your objection has been taken, you have to pay the parking ticket, you will also pay the reminder costs.
Payment via duplicate penalty charge notice
You will receive the duplicate penalty charge notice at home within 1 to 3 months. The duplicate states how you can pay. The duplicate will be sent by Invoned.
Have you received a parking ticket and you want to remain in that place? You must then pay for the remaining time that you wish to park your car. Otherwise you may receive a 2nd parking ticket.
Payment by bank transfer
You can pay the parking fine by bank transfer to account NL57INGB0004207048 (BIC: INGBNL2A), account holder ‘gemeente Leiden, parkeren markt en water’ (municipality of Leiden, parking market and water). Also give the 6-digit number above ‘Dag/maand/jaar’, the 4 digit number above ‘Tijd’ and the number plate. If these are not available, please give the 16-digit payment reference on top of the parking fine.
Paying at the desk
You can only pay in person at the desk at the Stadskantoor, Bargelaan 190 in Leiden without making an appointment, from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Thursday evening from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm and Saturday morning from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm.
You can also make online an appointment to come to the desk. Furthermore, you can also call: 14 071 or +31 71 516 51 65 from abroad to make an appointment.
Bring the original parking fine with you.
Have you parked where no one is allowed to park? Have you been speeding or gone through a red light? In that case, you will not receive a parking ticket but a traffic fine. A traffic fine is imposed for a traffic violation. You receive these traffic fines from the Central Judicial Collection Agency (CJIB) and not from the municipality. If you have received a traffic fine which you do not agree with, you may submit an appeal to the public prosecutor via the website from the Central Judicial Collection Agency.
If you do not pay within the deadline stated on the parking fine, you will receive an ‘aanmaning parkeerbelastingen’ (demand for payment of penalty charge) including reminder costs from Cannock Chase Public on behalf of the municipality of Leiden.
Are you the owner of a car with a Dutch licence plate? Then you will receive the reminders and enforcement orders from Cannock Chase Public on behalf of the municipality of Leiden.
Are you the owner of a car with a foreign licence plate? Then you will receive the reminders and enforcement orders from Invoned on behalf of the municipality of Leiden.