Contravention codes

What does your PCN code mean?

Every UK council and TfL penalty notice carries a numbered contravention code from the official national list. Find yours below, or upload your notice and OverturnFine will read the code and your deadline for you.

On-street codes

Parking, waiting, and loading restrictions on public roads.

Code 01

Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours

Code 02

Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force

Code 04

Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated

Code 05

Parked after the expiry of paid for time

Code 06

Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher

Code 07

Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time

Code 08

Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours

Code 09

Parked displaying multiple pay & display tickets where prohibited

Code 10

Parked without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required

Code 11

Parked without payment of the parking charge

Code 12

Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place where required, or without payment of the parking charge

Code 13

Reserved for TfL use (Low Emission Zone)

Code 14

Parked in an electric vehicles' charging place during restricted hours without charging

Code 16

Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required

Code 17

Reserved for road user charging use

Code 18

Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited

Code 19

Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone with an invalid virtual permit or displaying an invalid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket, or after the expiry of paid for time

Code 20

Parked in a part of a parking place marked by a yellow line where waiting is prohibited

Code 21

Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space

Code 22

Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour after leaving

Code 23

Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle

Code 24

Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space

Code 25

Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading

Code 26

Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place

Code 27

Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway

Code 28

Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge

Code 29

Failing to comply with a one-way restriction

Code 30

Parked for longer than permitted

Code 31

Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited

Code 32

Failing to proceed in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign

Code 33

Using a route restricted to certain vehicles

Code 34

Being in a bus lane

Code 35

Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc

Code 36

Being in a mandatory cycle lane

Code 37

Failing to give way to oncoming vehicles

Code 38

Failing to comply with a sign indicating that vehicular traffic must pass to the specified side of the sign

Code 39

Reserved for TfL use (Ultra Low Emission Zone)

Code 40

Parked in a designated disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid disabled person's badge in the prescribed manner

Code 41

Stopped in a parking place designated for diplomatic vehicles

Code 42

Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles

Code 43

Stopped on a cycle docking station parking place

Code 45

Stopped on a taxi rank

Code 46

Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)

Code 47

Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand

Code 48

Stopped in a restricted area outside a school, a hospital or a fire, police or ambulance station where prohibited

Code 49

Parked wholly or partly on a cycle track or lane

Code 50

Performing a prohibited turn

Code 51

Failing to comply with a no entry restriction

Code 52

Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle

Code 53

Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone

Code 54

Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering and waiting in a pedestrian zone

Code 55

A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street in contravention of the Overnight Waiting Ban

Code 56

Parked in contravention of a commercial vehicle waiting restriction

Code 57

Parked in contravention of a bus ban

Code 58

Using a vehicle on a restricted street during prescribed hours without a valid permit

Code 59

Using a vehicle on a restricted street during prescribed hours in breach of permit conditions

Code 61

A heavy commercial vehicle wholly or partly parked on a footway, verge or land between two carriageways

Code 62

Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway

Code 63

Parked with engine running where prohibited

Code 64

Parked in contravention of a notice prohibiting leaving vehicles on a grass verge, garden, lawn or green maintained by a local authority

Code 65

Parked in contravention of a notice prohibiting leaving vehicles on land laid out as a public garden or used for the purpose of public recreation

Code 66

Parked on a verge, central reservation or footway comprised in an urban road

Code 67

Using a vehicle on a restricted street without a valid HGV Safety Permit

Code 68

Using a vehicle on a restricted street in breach of HGV Safety Permit conditions

Code 72

Reserved for builders' skips contraventions

Code 75

Reserved for littering from motor vehicles

Code 76

Reserved for waste receptacle contraventions

Code 97

Driving a motor vehicle in an unrestricted street in excess of the posted speed limit

Code 99

Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing area marked by zigzags

Off-street codes

Council-run car parks.

Code 70

Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading

Code 71

Parked in an electric vehicles' charging place during restricted hours without charging

Code 73

Parked without payment of the parking charge

Code 74

Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited

Code 77

Reserved for DVLA use

Code 78

Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space

Code 80

Parked for longer than permitted

Code 81

Parked in a restricted area in an off-street car park or housing estate

Code 82

Parked after the expiry of paid for time

Code 83

Parked in a car park without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher or parking clock

Code 84

Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time

Code 85

Parked without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required

Code 86

Not parked correctly within the markings of a bay or space

Code 87

Parked in a designated disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid disabled person's badge in the prescribed manner

Code 89

Vehicle parked exceeds maximum weight or height or length permitted

Code 90

Re-parked in the same car park within one hour after leaving

Code 91

Parked in a car park or area not designated for that class of vehicle

Code 92

Parked causing an obstruction

Code 93

Parked in car park when closed

Code 94

Parked in a pay & display car park without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required

Code 95

Parked in a parking place for a purpose other than that designated

Code 96

Parked with engine running where prohibited