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Vehicle Permits

Click on the links below to find out more information and related prices for vehicle permits.

Hang Tag Permits

Purchase Permits Online

Specific types of Parking Permits

All vehicles operated on the university campus are required to display a permit or decal when the posted signs require a permit.

Faculty/Staff lots are posted yellow; Student Commuter lots are posted green; Resident Student lots are posted red. Parking Services can be contacted for the location where other types of permits may be obtained. Failure to display a permit may result in the issuance of a parking citation. Decals may be purchased during normal registration or at the Enrollment Services Center, Britt Hall.

Parking decals are serialized for use on a specific vehicle with a license plate designated by the purchaser at the time of purchase. The decal must be affixed outside to left-rear bumper, left-rear body, left-rear window, or rear side window behind driver of the vehicle where visible. The adhesive on the back of the decal must be the attaching mechanism. If a vehicle is disposed of, the decal must be removed and returned to Parking Services.

  1. Carpool, sold for entire school year only: $54 each pool.
    Carpool parking decals will be sold for entire school year only if the carpool meets the following criteria:
    (a) The carpool must contain at least two individuals with cars, but no more than six.
    (b) No more than one vehicle from the carpool is allowed on campus at a particular time. No second decals will be sold. However, replacement decals are available if requirements as stated in regulations for replacement decals are met.
  2. Faculty and staff decal for first registered vehicle:
    Fall term through summer term: $81.
    Winter term through summer term: $67.
    Spring term through summer term: $54.
    Quarter/Term decals: $44.
    Faculty/Staff parking decals will be sold to classified employees, graduate assistants, temporary employees who are half-time or more, and faculty. Vehicles displaying Faculty/Staff decals are authorized to park in designated Faculty/Staff (yellow), Student Commuter (green), and Residence Hall (red) parking areas.
  3. Student Commuter and Residence Hall decal for first registered vehicle:
    Fall term through summer term: $79.
    Winter term through summer term: $62.
    Spring term through summer term: $49.
    Quarter/Term decals: $37.
    Student Commuter parking decals will be sold to students who live off campus and wish to bring vehicles on campus. Vehicles displaying Student Commuter decals will park in Student Commuter (green) parking lots only. Residence Hall parking decals will be sold to students living in campus residence halls. Vehicles displaying a Residence Hall decal may park in any Residence Hall (red) parking lot only.
  4. Motorcycles, mopeds, and scooters, one vehicle only:
    Fall term through summer term: $32.
    Winter term through summer term: $29.
    Spring term through summer term: $27.
    Quarter/Term decals: $25.
    Mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles must be parked in parking spaces designated and posted for "Motorcycles Only." Mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles parked in bicycle racks and on the campus grounds will be cited for improper parking. Vehicles parked inside university buildings will be towed at the owner's expense.
  5. Second Vehicle permit: $17.
    Second parking decals may be purchased for an additional vehicle if more than one vehicle will be brought to campus. The purchaser must also be the registered owner of the vehicle. Only one decal (the original or second decal) is valid on permit-required lots at a time. If both first and second permits of one person are parked in permit-required lots at the same time, both vehicles will be cited for improper permits. A second decal may not be purchased for a car if the first decal is for a vehicle used in a (Red) Residence Hall Parking area, motorcycle, moped, or scooter.

    6. NOTE: The second permit is for the convenience of those persons who may be driving a different vehicle from time to time. Only one decal (the original or second decal) is valid on campus permit-required lots at a time. Violation of this rule will result in both vehicles being cited for improper permit. Second permits will be sold only to Faculty/Staff and Commuter permit holders. One second permit is allowed for each full-price (first registered vehicle) permit purchased.

  6. Replacement Decal: $17.
    Replacement decals may be obtained for a damaged, unreadable decal or for a replacement vehicle. The replacement vehicle must be registered to the same owner as the original vehicle. The decal which is being replaced will be considered void and should be returned to the Enrollment Services Center, Britt Hall upon purchase of a replacement decal. Replacement permits can be obtained only in accordance with OAR 573-050-0025(8).
  7. Commercial permit, each vehicle:
    Long-term, twelve months: $108.
    Long-term, six months: $64.
    Short-term, one month: $17.
    Short-term, daily: $6.
    Commercial permits will be sold to commercial vendors, including vending machine, video game, outside maintenance, travel, office supply, and food vendor companies, and contractors’ employees. Companies or departments can purchase a long-term permit for six months or a year. Short-term permits are available for one day or one month.
  8. Volunteer permit:
    Volunteer, each vehicle, long-term, one year: $5.
    Volunteer, each vehicle, short-term, less than one month: $1.
    Vendor or Volunteer permits may be obtained through Parking Services. Volunteer parking permits will be sold to departments for use by volunteers. Departments can purchase long-term permits for one year or short-term permits for less than one month
  9. Weekly parking permits (valid in red and green lots only): $17 per week.
    Weekly or Daily permits for those persons who use the campus parking facilities only intermittently may be purchased at Business Services or Parking Services.
  10. Daily parking permits (valid in red and green lots only): $6 per day.
    Weekly or Daily permits for those persons who use the campus parking facilities only intermittently may be purchased at Business Services or Parking Services.
  11. Evening and weekend parking: $1.
  12. Visitor pay parking in specified lots: $1 per hour.
    Vehicles using parking lots marked "Visitor Pay Parking" are required to display the serialized meter permit purchased at each lot of this type. Failure to display the meter permit on the dashboard of the vehicle will result in a citation for failure to display a permit. There is no grace period to obtain change for the permit machine. Signs in the lots will instruct users to immediately purchase a meter permit and place it on the left side of the dashboard of the vehicle and that there is no grace period for obtaining change for the permit machine.
  13. Courtesy permit: Free
    Courtesy parking permits are available to personnel retiring with ten years of service or more, volunteer board members, designated governmental officials, media representatives, and such others as deemed necessary by the President to facilitate their interaction with the institution.
  14. Guest permits: $25 book.
    Guest permits are available at the Enrollment Services Center in Britt Hall, departmental offices, school offices, and/or the Campus Information office. Guest permits are issued for one day only. Guest permits may not be used in timed lots. Buses will be expected to have a Guest permit and park where directed by Parking Services. If a citation is issued to a vehicle while the driver is obtaining a Guest permit, it will be waived if Parking Services is notified in a timely manner as stated in the Guest parking permit policy. Guest permits will not be valid if issued to university employees, faculty, students, or vehicles displaying a valid parking permit. Guest permits will not be valid and may be cited for failure to display permit if any of the following information is illegible or omitted:
    (a) Both license number and make or color,
    (b) Date that permit is valid,
    (c) Name and telephone extension of departmental personnel issuing the permit.

Note: Persons, departments, or schools sponsoring university-hosted events must contact Event Parking Services to arrange for parking and fee payment as appropriate. Unless otherwise arranged, participants will be restricted to Lot 1 or Lot 41 during the academic school year.

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