Company record · #16 most-fined

U-Haul

U-Haul has 2,280 idling violations on record from citizen-era DEP summonses heard at NYC OATH (2019–2026), totaling $1,067,820 in penalties imposed, 0.4% of all idling penalties citywide in that period.

By Mario Bailey · Data updated November 2026

2,280 Violations since 2019

$1.1M Penalties imposed $1.0M recorded as paid

99.0% Upheld rate (decided) 2,127 upheld · 21 dismissed · 132 pending

Violations by year

Peak year: 2024 with 883 violations. Recent years may still grow as pending cases are heard.

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · methodology

What sets this record apart

The measures on which U-Haul differs most from all 362,855 DEP idling summonses in the same period.

OATH records show $52,213 still due on U-Haul's cases, about $23 per summons, against a citywide average of $382 per summons.
2% of U-Haul's summonses were charged at the third-or-subsequent-offense tier, the highest of the three, versus 28% citywide.
73% of U-Haul's cases ended with the respondent admitting the violation, no hearing held; citywide, respondents admit 31%.
17% of U-Haul's summonses were decided by default, meaning nobody answered or appeared for the respondent, against 35% of all summonses citywide.

How the cases ended

Outcome	Cases	Share	Citywide
Admittedthe respondent admitted the violation without a hearing	1,659	72.8%	31.0%
Decided by defaultthe respondent did not answer or appear	387	17.0%	34.9%
Still opennot yet decided, or adjourned	132	5.8%	6.4%
Lost at a hearingcontested, and the hearing officer sustained the charge	54	2.4%	16.0%
Settledresolved by stipulation	27	1.2%	8.5%
Dismissedcontested, and the charge was thrown out	21	0.9%	3.2%

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · outcome = OATH hearing result · methodology

Offense tier and penalties

Tiers and amounts follow DEP's penalty schedule (15 RCNY 43-02, explained in the NYC idling law guide). U-Haul's summonses by tier as charged: first offense 2,110, second offense 122, and third or subsequent 48. 250 were for idling more than one minute next to a school.

The penalty amounts OATH most often imposed on its upheld cases, and what each one means on the schedule:

$350 1,593 casesfirst offense
$1,000 382 casesfirst offense, default
$440 106 casessecond offense
$600 41 casesthird or later
$1,500 3 casessecond offense, default
$2,000 2 casesthird or later, default

Median time from violation to decision: 256 days (citywide 419). Outstanding balances on its cases: $52,213.

Where and when

Violations were recorded in 98 ZIP codes. The five with the most: 11201 (210, 9.2%), 10001 (202, 8.9%), 10011 (160, 7.0%), 10003 (158, 6.9%), 10009 (139, 6.1%).

Violations by day of the week, all years.

The record in detail

First violation in the data: 2019-05-29; most recent: 2026-03-17.
Of 2,148 decided cases, 2,127 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 21 dismissed.
Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (1,740, followed by Brooklyn with 399).
Average penalty when upheld: $479 (median $350).

A summons records an alleged violation; cases marked pending have no final outcome. “Paid” reflects payments recorded in OATH case data, which can lag or include fees.

Respondent names behind this record

OATH records name respondents inconsistently. This page aggregates the following source spellings (violation counts in parentheses):

U-HAUL CO OF NEW YORK AND VER (1,268) · U-HAUL CO OF NEW YORK AND VERM (443) · U-HAUL CO OF ARIZONA (177) · U-HAUL (133) · U-HAUL CO OF ARIZONA INC (91) · U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL INC (39) · U-HAUL CO OF ARIZONA INC DBA U (21) · UHAUL (21)

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · company grouping documented in methodology · methodology

Cite this record: DashcamBounty, “U-Haul: NYC Idling Enforcement Record, as of November 2026,” analysis of NYC Open Data OATH Hearings Division records. dashcambounty.com/data/company/u-haul/ (underlying tables on the data hub).

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