NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans today announced that more than $1 million in late fees were forgiven, and approximately $68.8 million was collected from residents as a result of the Amnesty Late Fee Forgiveness Program.
“We are very pleased with the outcome of the Amnesty Program, which provided our residents with a clean slate on past due accounts and increased the City’s revenue to continue these vital services,” said Mayor LaToya Cantrell. “The City of New Orleans is committed to continuing to utilize every available resource to meet our residents where they are to provide critical relief as we are all still feeling the lasting impacts of the pandemic.”
The City’s Amnesty program provided an opportunity for residents to pay outstanding fines for City services without late penalties or additional fees from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2022. Past-due accounts for parking and photo safety tickets, sales and hotel/motel taxes, occupational licenses, code enforcement violations and library fees were covered under the program. Late fees for brake tags were also forgiven between October and November 2022. Additionally, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) waived certain late fees for eligible residential customers.
2022 Amnesty Program Department/Service Breakdown
- New Orleans Public Library total amount of late fees forgiven – $55,048.70
- Sales, hotel/motel taxes and occupational licenses total amount of late fees forgiven – $412,849.90
- Parking and photo safety tickets total amount of late penalties waived – $538,081.00
- Code Enforcement violations total amount of late fees waived — $35,435.41
- SWBNO total amount of late fees waived – $41,880.91
- Brake tags total amount of late fees waived (October and November only) – $11,934.00
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