Student
ALL STUDENTS whether residing on or off campus must register their vehicle with the Department of Police and Public Safety if they operate their vehicles on campus. All permits must be properly affixed, unless virtual when ordered, to your windshield (lower left, driver’s side windshield) before they are considered valid, please allow for mailing time when ordering a permit on-line. Students residing in residence halls, in University Village/1855 Place must have at least 28 credits in order to register their vehicle to park on campus. Permits are not valid for special events. To change vehicles, you must call the MSU Parking Office for instructions on what to do with your old permit and how to get a new one. Phones are answered Monday – Friday from 8am-4pm, excluding university holidays, at 517-355-8440. All Parking Office services are available online or over the phone. **ALL PERMITS ARE SUBJECT TO A $30 REPLACEMENT FEE**
Available to purchase online starting July 20, 2023:
- Spartan Village ($147)– for residents of Spartan Village – Permit is not valid in metered spaces, moped spaces, leased spaces, university vehicle spaces, or visitor spaces and is valid 8/1/23 through 8/20/24.
- University Village/1855 Place ($236)– for residents of University Village and 1855 Place – Permit is NOT valid in Lot 15, metered spaces, moped spaces, leased spaces, university vehicle spaces, or visitor spaces and is valid 8/1/23 through 8/20/24.
- Lot 89 ($107) (VIRTUAL THIS YEAR) – for students living on or off campus and is valid 8/21/23 through 8/20/24.
- Moped Permits ($55) – all mopeds must have a current and valid moped permit properly affixed in order to park them on campus. They must be registered with a state issued registration to operate on campus and is valid 8/21/23 through 8/20/24.
- CHM / COM / CVM ($480)- for all doctoral medical students. This permit is repositionable. You may register up to two vehicles to the permit but only one may be parked on campus at a time. The vehicle must be linked to the permit in the MSU parking system in order to be valid. The permit must be affixed to the lower left, driver’s side windshield of the vehicle that is parked on campus. The permit is valid 8/21/23 through 5/20/24.
Available to purchase online starting July 24, 2023:
- Lot 24 ($352) – for residents of VanHoosen – Permit is valid in lot 24, the upper levels of Ramp 1 (Shaw Ramp), or in lot 89. It is not valid in metered spaces, leased spaces, service vehicle spaces, university vehicle spaces, moped spaces, or visitor spaces and is valid 8/21/23 through 5/20/24.
- Lot 25 ($352)- for residents of Owen or VanHoosen – Permit is valid in lot 25, in the upper levels of Ramp 1 (Shaw Ramp), or in lot 89. It is not valid in metered spaces, leased spaces, service vehicle spaces, university vehicle spaces, pay by plate spaces, or visitor spaces and is valid 8/21/23 through 8/20/24.
- Lot 91 ($236) (VIRTUAL THIS YEAR)- for residents of Abbot, Akers, Holmes, Hubbard, Mason, McDonel, Owen, Phillips, Shaw, Snyder, or VanHoosen – Permit is valid in lot 91 or in lot 89. It is not valid in metered spaces, leased spaces, service vehicle spaces, university vehicle spaces, or visitor spaces and is valid 8/21/23 through 8/20/24.
Available to purchase online starting July 25, 2023:
- Lot 15 ($236) – for residents of Armstrong, Bailey, Bryan, Butterfield, Campbell, Emmons, Landon, Gilchrist, Mary Mayo, Rather, Williams, and Yakeley – Permit is valid in lot 15 or in lot 89. It is not valid in metered spaces, leased spaces, service vehicle spaces, university vehicle spaces, moped spaces, or visitor spaces and is valid 8/21/23 through 8/20/24.
- Lot 65 ($352) – for residents of Armstrong, Bailey, Bryan, Butterfield, Campbell, Emmons, Landon, Gilchrist, Mary Mayo, Rather, Williams, and Yakeley – Permit is valid in lot 65 or in lot 89. It is not valid in metered spaces, leased spaces, service vehicle spaces, university vehicle spaces, moped spaces, or visitor spaces and is valid 8/21/23 through 8/20/24. It is not valid in the employee parking sections of the Brody Complex.
- Lot 83 ($236) (VIRTUAL THIS YEAR) – for residents of Case, Holden, Wilson, or Wonders – It is not valid in metered spaces, leased spaces, service vehicle spaces, university vehicle spaces, moped spaces, or visitor spaces and is valid 8/21/23 through 8/20/24.
All permits are sold ONLINE ONLY.
Graduate Assistant Permits
Summer 2023 semester graduate assistant permits will be sold ONLINE ONLY and are available through 7/20/23. If you need a summer permit after this date, contact the parking office for assistance. https://permits.police.msu.edu.
Fall 2023 GA permits available (ONLINE ONLY) for purchase on July 21, 2023 ($147).
Graduate assistant permits are sold one semester at a time and are sold online ONLY. All permits must be properly affixed to your windshield before they are considered valid so allow for mailing time when ordering the permit on-line. Permits are not valid for special events. You must be a graduate student with an assistantship for the current semester and be enrolled for classes for the semester, in order to be sold a graduate assistant parking permit. Vehicles with a current and valid graduate assistant parking permit affixed to their windshield may park in employee spaces south of the Red Cedar River and also in the Brody Complex. Parking is not allowed north of the Red Cedar River unless at a paid meter or when the posted employee restriction is no longer in effect. Use of gate cards on north campus is restricted to accessing loading zones for 10 minutes to load or unload. Parking with a graduate assistant parking permit is allowed in lots 62, 79, 100, 112, 113, and in the Wharton ramp (Ramp 3) and Trowbridge ramp (Ramp 5). Graduate assistant parking permits are not valid in lots 39, 54, 63, University Village or 1855 Place Apartments. Parking in lots 39, 54, or 63 requires payment. Parking at any meter on campus requires that the meter be paid. Graduate assistant parking permits are repositionable permits and are sold on a semester basis. They are movable to whichever vehicle is on campus. Each repositionable graduate assistant permit will cost $147 per semester for the 2023-2024 year. You may register two vehicles with the one permit but only one may park on campus at a time. The vehicle must be registered to the permit in the MSU parking system to be valid to park on campus. The permit must be affixed to the lower left, driver’s side windshield of the vehicle that is parked on campus. If you want to add a vehicle to your permit, then you must remove one (keeping only two attached at once). You must call the MSU Parking Office to make any changes. If you have your windshield replaced, you must remove the repositionable permit from the old windshield and then place it on the new windshield. If your vehicle is in the shop, then you must register the loaner vehicle to your permit and move your graduate assistant permit to the loaner vehicle in order to park it on campus. To link it to your permit, you must call the MSU Parking Office with the plate number, make, style, year, and color of the loaner vehicle. Once you have a current and valid graduate assistant parking permit, your MSU ID card should be activated for gated parking access. Please contact the MSU Parking Office if your ID card is not working. Graduate assistant permits are sold online only. You may only purchase them one semester at a time. If you have a repositionable graduate assistant permit and you change vehicles, then you MUST notify the Parking Office by calling 517-355-8440 (Monday – Friday from 8:00am-4pm).
Fellowship recipients who receive an MSU Fellowship of $1,000 or more per semester qualify for a graduate assistant parking permit for that semester. Qualifying fellowship recipients can purchase online once graduate assistant permits are available.
Motorcycles
Motorcycles must be registered over the phone with the MSU Parking Office. The cost for a motorcycle permit valid in lot 89 is $107. The fee to park a motorcycle in lots 15, 83, or 91 is $236. Motorcycles (over 100CC) are not allowed to park in moped parking spaces. They must park in a motor vehicle space.
Special Parking Requests
The Parking Office will consider parking accommodation requests from students (including first year students) for parking privileges other than what is normally issued due to extenuating circumstances, which may include family-, work- or medical-related issues. Persons are, however, encouraged to use existing parking and transportation options [bus (CATA), pay lots, disabled parking spaces (with valid disabled parking placard or plate issued through the Secretary of State or Department of Motor Vehicles, etc.)]. A fee of $222 per semester is charged for additional parking accommodations if approved.
All services are offered online or over the phone. Phones are answered Monday – Friday from 8:00am-4pm, excluding university holidays.
Payment will be required to enter any of these lots if they are being reserved for a special event.
Student Parking Rules and Regulations
Employee
All services, with the exception of bike impound and tow releases, are available online or over the phone from 8am-4pm, Monday – Friday, excluding university holidays.
Faculty/staff permits can be purchased online at https://permits.police.msu.edu. Academic year employees (AY employees) may only be payroll deducted for the months of September through April and are offered 2 parking permit options. They may select an academic year (AY- 9 month) permit which will be valid August 15, 2023 through May 15, 2024. Payment for the AY permit can be payroll deducted $55.13/month, September 2023 through April 2024. AY permits are available online at https://permits.police.msu.edu starting August 1, 2023.
Or, academic year (AY) employees may choose to purchase a permit valid through June 30, 2024. The deducted amount will be $73.70 per month (September 2023-April 2024). They are sold online starting June 1, 2023 at https://permits.police.msu.edu.
Full year (AN) employees may opt to pay using payroll deduct for a permit for $49.00 per month. The new employee permits are valid July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Repositionable Employee Permit: Sold online starting June 1, 2023. This permit allows you to park one vehicle on campus at a time in any employee parking space on campus. Access privileges to gated employee lots are enabled on your Spartan ID card. You will be able to move this permit back and forth between the vehicles that you have registered with the MSU Parking Office but only one may be on campus at one time. The permit is valid only on vehicles registered to your permit with the MSU Parking Office. The cost of a repositionable employee permit is $588 for July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. If you choose to add a vehicle to your permit, so that you can park it on campus, then you must call 517-355-8440. Only one vehicle with permit displayed may park on campus at one time. You may pay for your repositionable permit using payroll deduction (if you qualify), American Express, Discover, MC, or VISA.
Motorcycle permits may not be purchased online. If ONLY registering a motorcycle, please call Parking Services to obtain a virtual permit. If adding a motorcycle to a repositionable permit’s privileges, the physical sticker will not be moved to the motorcycle and will only be connected virtually.
Lot 89 Permit: This permit is valid in lot 89 August 21, 2023 through August 20, 2024. During summer semester and over spring break you may park in lots 91, 83, or 15 complimentary. CATA bus service is available from the commuter lot (lot 89) to the Shaw parking ramp (Ramp 1) during fall and spring semesters. The CATA commuter route transfers from Ramp 1 to other parts of campus. You may ride CATA bus routes numbered 30-39 without paying a fare. A lot 89 permit will cost $107 for the 2023-2024 academic year, full payment must be submitted at time of purchase. Lot 89 permits will be available starting July 20, 2023. If you need to park closer to your workplace for one week or longer, then you may call the MSU Parking Office to purchase a permit for whatever period of time you would like. Or you may opt to park at a meter and pay the meter fee if you only need to be on campus for one day. You may also park in pay by plate spaces and pay at the pay stations or by using the MSU app spoton. The fee to pay by the hour is $2 per hour.
Carpool Permit: Information about carpool permit programs can be found at http://police.msu.edu/management-services-bureau/parking-office/carpools/
Driving a different vehicle? Remove and retain the repositionable permit from the vehicle you will be using while your vehicle is in the shop. If it’s a vehicle that you don’t have registered with the Parking Office, then, call the MSU Parking Office and provide the new vehicle information to a Parking Office Service Assistant. If all checks out, the information will be updated and you may use the permit temporarily on the borrowed vehicle.
Buying, selling, trading in, or turning in a vehicle? Remove and retain the repositionable permit from the vehicle you are selling, trading- or turning in. Call the MSU Parking Office and provide the information on the vehicle you no longer have and/or the new vehicle information to a Parking Office Service Assistant. If all checks out, the information will be updated and you may use the permit on the new vehicle.
Having your windshield replaced? Remove and retain the repositionable permit before having your windshield replaced. Then place it on the new windshield.
Other Important Details:
- Employee permits are not valid for special events.
- Meter must be paid while parked at a meter and/or designated pay-by-plate location.
- Whenever you call MSU Parking Office (to change vehicles, change permits, buy a new permit, etc…), you must let the operator know your MSU ID card number and current vehicle registration license plate number. If you are a new employee or have a new appointment and are unable to purchase a permit online because your appointment is not through the system, then please call us at 517-355-8440 for instructions. Please notify us if you are paid on an academic year pay (8 pays per year rather than 12).
- If you will be on leave, or are no longer employed by MSU, then you MUST remove your permit from your windshield, take a photo of it, then take a second photo of it cut up into at least 5 pieces. Then complete the form and submit the two photos at https://police.msu.edu/prefreq/. Once we receive the photos we will issue you a pro-rated refund (if you paid in full up front for the permit) or stop collection and payroll deduction of it (if you chose to pay using a monthly pay plan).
- Permit privileges can be used as soon as the permit is purchased. The permit must be affixed to your front windshield within two weeks of the purchase date, but the privileges can be used right away.
- Removing a permit or use of a repositionable permit remains the responsibility of the person to whom the permit is issued. Michigan State University assumes no liability for damage or injury associated with removal of a permit or use of a repositionable permit.
Retiree
All services, with the exception of bike impound and tow releases, are available online or over the phone from 8am-4pm, Monday – Friday, excluding university holidays.
Retiree parking permits can be ordered online at https://permits.police.msu.edu. All permits must be properly affixed to the vehicle’s windshield before they are considered valid, so allow for mail time when ordering your retiree permit online. An MSU Retiree is allowed one complimentary retiree permit. This complimentary permit is provided as a courtesy, and is not a retirement benefit. The person to whom the privileges are granted is the only person who may park under the privileges; otherwise, the privileges are invalid. You may obtain a retiree permit online or by calling 517-355-8440. Retiree permits are not sold at the Parking Office. All retiree permits are repositionable so can be moved from windshield to windshield. The retiree permit must be displayed on the vehicle that you have parked on campus in order for the privileges to be valid. You may add or delete vehicles from your permit by calling 517-355-8440. We will need the plate number of the vehicle that you are adding or deleting. You must move the retiree permit to whichever vehicle that you have on campus for the day. Only those vehicles registered with the MSU Parking Office to your retiree permit may be parked using the permit. If you now have an employee parking permit and you are retiring, then you must remove your employee parking permit and email a photo of it as a whole permit and a second photo of it cut up into at least 5 pieces to the MSU Parking Office or mail it through the US Mail before you will be issued a retiree permit. Call 517-355-8440 to obtain an email address to email the photos to. Once we receive the two photos of your employee permit we will stop payroll deduction of it. If you do not have a current employee permit and are retired, then you may order your MSU Retiree ID permit online. Please note that at times parking spaces and/or areas may be reserved for special events, and an additional fee will be charged. Retiree permits are not valid on home football game days. You must pay the special event parking fee on home football game days.
Carpooling
All services, with the exception of bike impound and tow releases, are available online or over the phone from 8am-4pm, Monday – Friday, excluding university holidays.
In order to support and encourage alternative transportation, car pool permits are available for employees that allow the same parking privileges as individual permits but at a reduced cost. In other words, you may park in employee spaces on campus with a car pool permit, but only one vehicle from the car pool may be on campus at a time. While most employees find car pool partners within their departments or buildings, a locator service is provided through a number of websites. You must purchase a carpool permit over the phone at 517-355-8440, as they are not available online. One permit will be issued for the entire carpool and mailed to one person. The carpool permit must be displayed on the vehicle that is parked on campus, thus only one vehicle may be on campus at a time. The carpool permit must be properly affixed to the inside, driver’s side of the front windshield in order to be considered valid. There must be a minimum of two vehicles registered with your car pool. The cost of the permit will be $24.50 per month per person or $294 per person for a full year permit (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024). You may pay for a carpool permit using payroll deduction, American Express, Discover, MC, or VISA. You may pay by the hour to park in metered spaces, pay by plate spaces if you need to drive on your own. If you choose to pay to park in metered, pay by plate, the fee is $2 per hour. If you change vehicles for any reason, then you must call the MSU Parking Office in order to update your permit record (remove the vehicle that you are no longer driving and add the new one). We will need to know which vehicle you are no longer driving and also the year, make, body style, color, and plate number of the new vehicle.
Bicycles
All services, with the exception of bike impound and tow releases, are available online or over the phone from 8am-4pm, Monday – Friday, excluding university holidays.
When a bicycle or E-bike is possessed or operated on campus, it must be registered, parked and locked at a bike rack and in operable condition. MSU, City of Lansing, City of East Lansing and Meridian Township registrations (permits) are acceptable if current, valid, and adhered to the stationary frame-post below the seat, facing the handlebars. To register your bicycle or E-bike, you must have the serial number from it. This may be found in several places, depending on the make and model. The most common location for the serial number is on the underside of the frame, near the pedals. Also, you will need to know the bicycle/E-bike make, color and whether the style is male or female.
Bicycle Serial Number Locations
There is no cost to you for a bicycle permit. The permit must be registered to you, current, and properly affixed to your bike (or E-bike) before it may be considered valid. Bike permits can be obtained at no cost online at https://permits.police.msu.edu. Impounded bikes (improperly parked or not registered) are released Monday – Friday from 8am-3:30pm by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, please visit, https://police.msu.edu/2022/05/10/impounded-bikes/. Phones are answered Monday – Friday from 8:00am-4pm. You must take your MSU pictured ID card and proof that you own the bike with you when you go to your appointment to pick up your bicycle. Are you an MSU employee and avid bike commuter who only on occasion needs to use a motorized vehicle? MSU faculty/staff may pay by the hour and park at meters, in pay by plate spaces, or in pay lot 100. Not quite so avid, but still want to save some money and do your part in supporting MSU’s green efforts? A number of University employees register their vehicles a portion of the year. For details, please contact the Parking Office.
MSU Bikes
MSU Bikes is a service of the MSU Sustainability division of the MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities department. Dedicated to promoting bicycling as a safe, fun, economical, efficient, environmentally friendly and healthy transportation alternative for the MSU campus community, MSU Bikes operates the MSU Bikes Service Center, a full-service bike repair and rental facility. The MSU Bikes Service Center is located under the Bessey Hall auditorium right on the river trail just 300 ft. northwest of the Farm Lane bridge.
Mopeds/Scooters
Students operating a moped or scooter (including e-scooters) on campus are required to register the vehicle with the MSU Parking Office. Moped/scooter operators may not ride a moped/scooter on the sidewalk. Moped Permits will be sold online starting July 20, 2023 for the 2023-2024 academic year. The fee will be $55 per permit. Mopeds and scooters (including e-scooters) must be parked in designated moped parking areas (one to a space) on campus and must display a current moped parking permit purchased online. Permits must be properly affixed to your windshield before they are considered valid so you must allow for mailing time when ordering a moped permit online. These new regulations are in response to a recommendation made by the All University Traffic and Transportation Committee (AUTTC) and the feedback received from students who submitted a proposal at the summer AUTTC meeting in 2017. Please visit the moped information page on this site to learn more about where these spaces are located.
