Violation Payment

A violation payment is the process of paying a specific NYC violation through Clear Plates rather than directly through CityPay or the OATH portal. Clear Plates processes the payment via Stripe (credit card or saved payment method), records the transaction, and queues the violation for actual remittance to NYC through the city payment queue.

Each violation payment includes the current amount due (sourced from CityPay-verified data when available) plus a $2 handling fee per violation. The handling fee covers payment processing, city payment coordination, and record-keeping. Payments can be made individually or in bulk via the payment cart, which allows operators to select multiple violations across different vehicles and pay everything in one transaction.

After payment, the violation card in the dashboard updates to show "Paid" status, and the item enters the city payment queue for remittance. Fleet operators receive confirmation when the city payment is completed. For accounting purposes, each payment is recorded with the violation details, amount, handling fee, payment date, and Stripe transaction ID. Clear Plates provides a complete payment history accessible from the Payments section of the dashboard.