Laws banning ticketless parking fines have passed NSW state parliament.
Council rangers have been able to book drivers without leaving a ticket on their vehicle for the past four years.
It has meant motorists have received those fines in the mail, with many arriving weeks later.
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Rangers will now have to leave tickets and take photos of offences, unless it is unsafe.
Councils issued more than 820,000 ticketless parking fines last financial year, up close to 50 per cent on the year before.
It added $155 million to local government coffers.
Ticketless parking fines were first introduced under former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian in 2020.
NSW Finance Minister Courtney Houssos said the revert to ticketed penalties was a “common sense” move.
“The community feedback on this issue has been clear and dates all the way back to when ticketless parking was first introduced in 2020,” Houssos said.
“No one likes getting a parking fine. Finding out about it two weeks later stings even more.
“Bringing back on-the-spot notification for parking fines is a common-sense reform and restores fairness and integrity to the parking fine system.
“I want to thank the councils which have already started issuing on-the-spot notifications again. There is nothing stopping other councils from joining them. It is clearly in the interest of drivers and the community.”