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STUDENT PARKING PERMITS

Student Parking Permit

Annual Fees
Commuter permits
$175.00
Resident permits
$250.00
  • Purchase your Student Parking Permit online through The Permit Store website. Permits are not sold in our office.

  • Permits are only available at an annual fee.  They cannot be purchased for one semester.

  • RESALE OR TRANSFER OF PERMITS IS NOT ALLOWED AND COULD BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL OR STUDENT JUDICIAL ACTION.

  • IMPORTANT ADDRESS INFORMATION:
    • Be sure to use the mailing address where you live at the time of your order.  Permits mailed to a future address (i.e. September off-campus rental) may become lost in the mail.  If you are renting off-campus, inform the town's post office (i.e. Narragansett Post Office) that you are a new resident at that address or the mail could be undeliverable.
Sample On-Campus Resident Student Mailing Address:

Student Name

Union Express

50 Lower College Road Unit #_____

Kingston, RI  02881

    • Permit orders displaying only a Dorm and/or room number for a mailing address will not be delivered by the post office.
    • RETURNING STUDENTS: Be sure to update your mailing address.  Permits not received due to an invalid mailing address will incur a replacement fee of $40.00.
     
  • To purchase your student parking permit follow the instructions below.

HOW TO PURCHASE YOUR STUDENT PARKING PERMIT

1. To order your permit online log into www.thepermitstore.com

2. Type in URI as the destination and click on submit

3. Click on The University of Rhode Island

4. Click on Apply

5. Read the "terms" and click the "I Agree" box. Please note that permits are non-transferable to another student.

6. Create an account using your email address (or log into last year's account). The password must be at least 7 characters and contain at least one number. (It is important to remember your email address and password as you will keep your vehicle information and any other personal information updated at all times in this account.)

7. Complete all information fields and continue through the ordering process as instructed.

8. At the end of your order, print your receipt for your financial records.

9. Next, print your temporary permit by clicking on the link: "Get Temporary Permit" which is found on your receipt. Place your temporary permit on your dashboard and that will hold you over until your hangtag arrives in the mail.

NOTE: If there is no link on your receipt which says "Get Temporary Permit", your permit order has gone into a manual approval process and will take up to 48 hours to be approved. If this is the case, please place your receipt on your dashboard. You will receive an email when your order is approved and at that time you can sign back into your account and print out your temporary permit to place on your dashboard until your permit arrives in the mail.

Approximately 2 -3 weeks after your order is placed you will receive a permit decal in the mail. Instructions will be enclosed with the decal advising you to activate your permit in the account that you started online at The Permit Store and to affix the decal to the passenger-side lower corner of the front windshield.