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Erfurt Motorist Detained Under Substitute Imprisonment for Unpaid Parking Fines

Thuringia courts have moved to jail him under Erzwingungshaft in an effort to recoup the backlog of unpaid fines.

Wer Strafzettel ignoriert und seine Post ungeöffnet lässt, spielt mit dem Feuer.
Mann (56) ignoriert Bußgelder, fast 100 Haftbefehle und 43.000 Euro Strafe.
Ein notorischer Parksünder aus Erfurt kommt wegen seiner nicht bezahlten Knöllchen nun womöglich für über drei Jahre ins Gefängnis. Gegen den Mann seien im Laufe der Zeit fast 100 Haftbefehle erlassen worden.

Overview

  • A 56-year-old Erfurt resident was taken into custody on August 8 after police discovered 96 outstanding arrest warrants for parking violations.
  • He accrued over €43,000 in unpaid fines plus nearly €4,700 in fees through repeated offenses in 2022–2023.
  • Judges imposed a substitute imprisonment of approximately 1,200 days to compel payment of the total debt.
  • The Erzwingungshaft mechanism converts unpaid court-ordered fines into jail time without reducing the original liability.
  • He can end his detention at any point by settling the roughly €50,000 owed.