STUDENT PARKING PERMIT RENEWALS AND SALES FOR 2025/2026 OPEN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025!
- Log in to your myMU account and search for “Commuter Meal Plans & MU Parking.”
- Scroll down and select the “Future, current, and former students” link.
- From the CashTrack Student Finance Portal page, select the “Permits” link and then choose “Renew” or “New Permit.”
- Complete the form and add your payment information.
Once submitted and confirmed, you can pick up your renewal validation decal or new permit at the Parking Office, located at 1801 5th Avenue, Huntington – directly across 5th Avenue from Twin Towers West.
TEMPORARY PARKING PERMITS 2025 SUMMER CLASS SESSIONS
Summer A (5/12 – 6/6/2025) $25.00
Summer B (5/19 – 8/8/2025) $50.00
Summer C (6/9 – 7/3/2025) $25.00
Summer D (7/7 – 8/1/2025) $25.00
FINANCIAL HOLD INFORMATION
If you are trying to register for a Summer/Spring/Fall Semester and have a hold for parking citations, please contact the Bursar’s Office at 304-696-6620 or the Parking Office at 304-696-6406.
RENEW EXISTING PERMIT
If you are an existing permit holder, do not throw away your current parking permit. The validation decal is renewed each year. Do not throw away the permit placards. There is a $20.00 parking permit replacement fee.
EMPLOYEE PARKING PERMIT
Employee parking permits are for either 6 months for $85.00 or $170.00 for the full year. An employee surface parking permit will allow you to park in any designated MU Employee or General parking area on campus. The availability of spaces in assigned areas is not guaranteed. If an assigned area is full, an employee must park in the next employee assigned lot or any General university parking area. Employees are not permitted to park in another assigned staff or student area if their assigned area is full.
STUDENT PARKING PERMIT
Parking permits are for 6 months for $85.00 and $170.00 for the full year. A student parking permit will allow you to park in any designated MU Student or General permit parking area on campus. Spaces in these areas are available to students on a first-come-first-serve basis only. The availability of space is not guaranteed. Students are not permitted to park in faculty/staff area if their assigned area is full.
3RD AVENUE PARKING FACILITY PERMIT
Student parking permits for the Third Avenue Parking Garage are available. Garage permits are $135.00 for 6 months (valid until 12/31/25) and $270.00 for the full year (valid until 06/30/26). Garage parking permits are valid only in the Third Avenue Parking Garage. Garage spaces are available on a first-come-first-serve basis only. The availability of spaces is not guaranteed.
6TH AVENUE PARKING FACILITY PERMIT
The Sixth Avenue Parking Garage is available for use by all students, employees, and visitors. This facility is CASH only. Cards are not accepted. The cost is 50 cents per hour. During the academic year, the hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Summer Hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. The garage is closed for ALL university holidays. The garage is closed during student’s Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring breaks. There is NO overnight parking. Any vehicle that is still parked when the garage closes will have to stay in the garage until it opens the next day. The physical address of this facility is 1650 6th Avenue.
*Employees have the option to sign up for payroll deduction. See Parking Office for more details.
HOME GAME PARKING
MU parking permits are not valid in any of the surface parking lots or parking garages on home football game days. All permit holders must remove their vehicles from the stadium lots by 7AM the morning of game day. The Athletic Department will tow all vehicles remaining in these areas at the owner’s expense. Student vehicles may be relocated to the student parking lots between 18th Street and 19th Street on 6th Avenue. All parking lots and parking garages will have a charge to park on home football game days. On home football game days, MU parking permits
are not valid in the Stadium lot and other surface lots with numbered spaces. Permit holders must remove their vehicles from these lots by 7:00 AM. The Athletic Department will tow any vehicles remaining in these areas at the owner’s expense. All other surface parking lots without numbered spaces and parking garages can charge a fee for parking on home football game days. Permit holders parked in the parking garages or surface lots without numbered spaces, may stay parked there. However, if you exit the garage or any surface lot on game day and try to re-enter, you must pay the entry fee.
WEEKDAY FOOTBALL/BASKETBALL GAME PARKING
It is the policy of the Marshall University Office of Public Safety that during week game days, the Athletic Department does not charge any valid MU permit holder to park on the open surface lots or in the Third Avenue Parking Garage because of the evening class sessions. There is no parking allowed on Stadium lots during week game days or week-end game days.
HANDICAPPED PARKING PERMIT
Vehicles parked in any designated handicapped space on campus must display a valid MU parking permit in addition to a state issued handicapped parking placard or license plate. Permit holders must also obtain a MU handicapped-parking decal to affix to their MU parking permit. To apply for the handicapped decal you must attach a copy of your state issued handicapped registration card. The name on the registration card must correspond with the name on the application before the MU handicapped decal will be issued. Permits are valid in any designated handicapped parking space on campus. To purchase a temporary handicap parking permit for the day, come to the Parking Office at 1801 5th Avenue. There is a $100.00 fine for parking in violation of this state law.
RETURNS/REFUNDS
If you have a parking permit and are leaving the university the parking permit must be returned to the Parking Enforcement Office. The Office of Public Safety, Parking Enforcement Office refunds permits for individuals leaving the university on a pro-rated basis that is set by the Office of the Bursar. All permits must be returned at the time refunds are issued.
LOST/STOLEN PERMIT
A replacement permit can be obtained at the Parking Enforcement Office for a fee of $20.00. A lost/stolen form will be fill-out and filed. Any vehicle displaying the lost/stolen permit will be towed at the owner’s expense. If you find your lost or stolen permit and you have received your replacement permit, please return the original permit to the Parking Enforcement Office.
PARKING ENFORCEMENT
Permit parking is enforced on campus from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Monday through Thursday and 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Friday. All other violations are enforced 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week. After 4:00 PM student parking permits are valid in all M.U. permit parking areas regardless of designation. Please familiarize yourself with the regulations and parking area locations before the first day of class. You must notify the Parking Enforcement Office of any changes in the registration of your vehicle.
Parking permits are not transferable. DO NOT SHARE YOUR PARKING PERMIT WITH ANYONE. The person registering a vehicle is responsible for all citations issued to that vehicle and/or any other vehicle displaying their parking permit. Three or more unpaid parking citations will result in a financial hold being placed on a student’s record. After 10 or more unpaid citations or $300 has accumulated, the vehicle may be towed at the owner’s expense. Vehicles displaying an altered or forged MU parking permit are impounded immediately and criminal charges may be pursued. Financial holds will not be removed until all outstanding fines are paid.
ABOUT PARKING PERMITS
THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PARKING PERMITS AVAILABLE:
- “A” parking area is exclusively for Employees
- “B” parking area is exclusively for Employees
- “C” parking area is exclusively for Handicapped parking spaces
- “D” parking area exclusively for Handicapped parking spaces and a few employee parking spaces
- “E” parking area exclusively for employee parking
- “S” parking areas are specified for student parking
- “G” parking area is specified for third avenue parking garage facility only
- “General parking” areas are specified for all who have been issued Marshall University surface parking permits
- “Visitor” parking areas are metered parking or purchase a temporary parking permit
VEHICLE INFORMATION UPDATE
If you need to make changes to your vehicle application, such as, addition of new vehicle or removal of an old vehicle, come to the Bliss Charles Public Safety Building or send an email to parking@marshall.edu with the following information:
- Name
- MU ID Number
- License plate
- Make
- Style (4-door, van, truck)
- Color
- Model