Parking paycards

​​​​You must use paycards for public car parks and in chargeable parking areas on the street.

Buy​ing paycards

You can buy paycards from many places, including:

• garages
• newsagents
• local shops
• supermarkets
• post offices

 Paycards can be bought individually or in books of 10.

Using paycards

You must display paycards face up on the dashboard of your vehicle so that all of the paycard areas are visible from outside the car. O​verlapping paycards will result in a fine. 

There are five sections on a paycard. You must scratch the silver coating off in each of the sections to indicate:

• day
• date
• month
• arrival time in hours
• arrival time in minutes (to the nearest five minutes)

For example, if you arrive at 10.15am on Tuesday 3 February you would scratch the silver off in the following areas: 

• [TUE] in the day section
• [3] in the date section
• [FEB] in the month section
• [10] on the outer ring of the clock (arrival hour)
• [15] on the inner ring of the clock (arrival minutes)

Places that paycards must be used

Paycards are valid in:

• ​​chargeable public car parks between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Saturday (be aware of the maximum time restrictions in public car parks - some are all day car parks, whereas some have a maximum stay of three hours)
• 20 minute and one hour zones on-street in St Helier between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Saturday
• resident parking zones, on street visitor parking Monday to Sunday between 8am and 10pm

You do not need to use paycards on Bank Holidays or Sundays. Parking is free on these days (except in resident parking zones). ​​

One unit can last for:

• 20 minutes
• 1 hour 
• 2 hours

depending on the car park or on street area you use. Always check the signage to see how long a paycard is valid for.

Long and short stay car parks

When a parking fine will be issued