D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, § 3002
3002.1 The following are empowered to issue Notices of Infraction for parking violations within their respective jurisdictions:
3002.2 [REPEALED].
3002.3 When information is entered on the ticket manually, the original ticket, signed by the issuing officer, constitutes a complaint.
3002.4 A copy of the signed ticket shall be issued to the respondent in the manner provided for in § 3004.
3002.5 [REPEALED].
3002.6 When a hand-held electronic device is used, the one-page printout Notice shall constitute the complaint.
3002.7 The one-page printout Notice will be issued to the respondent, as provided in § 3004.
3002.8 The respondent may use the reverse side of the one-page printout Notice as a form for answering the Notice in accordance with § 3007 of this chapter.
3002.9 Except for tickets issued through the use of a hand-held electronic device and tickets issued in situations described in §§ 3002.11 and 3002.12, the original ticket shall be submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles within fifteen (15) calendar days of issuance.
3002.10 Except for tickets issued by certified mail pursuant to § 3004.9(b) and tickets issued in situations described in §§ 3002.11 and 3002.12, the ticket information for tickets issued through the use of a hand-held electronic device shall be submitted within one (1) business day.
3002.11 When the operator of a motor vehicle leaves the site of a violation before personal service or service by affixing a notice to the vehicle can be effectuated, the original ticket or the ticket information for a ticket issued through the use of a hand-held electronic device shall be submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles within twenty-five (25) days after the date of the violation.
3002.12 When a violation is detected by an automated parking enforcement device, the relevant ticket information shall be transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles within twenty-five (25) days after the date the violation is detected.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 4907 (June 4, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 6681 (August 13, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 5558 (July 7, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 5817 (June 21, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 850 (February 10, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5017 (June 26, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 4563 (May 27, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 1527 (February 14, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 12679 (October 30, 2020).