Abstract: For parking facility management, a portable unit may have a data element for receiving data for parked vehicles that is displayed to a local user, may be printed, or may be transmitted to a remote parking management server. The unit also has a selection criteria element to identify illegally parked vehicles from the data received. A camera may be used to record parked vehicles, violations and location. A calculating element in the unit may be used to identify a parked vehicle as a repeat offender to determine whether a courtesy notice, a citation form, or a tow authorization from is to be prepared and transmitted to the appropriate agencies, companies and vehicle owner to effect a towing and impounding of a parked vehicle.