Abstract: A parking citation (144) is disclosed, in relation to a vehicle (136) parked during a first time period in a parking space (108) associated with a parking meter (104), said citation comprising parking citation data (510) for the vehicle (136), and an automatically derived operational status (516) for the parking meter (104) during a time period in which a payment in respect of the first period could have been made, the operational status (516) on the citation (144) establishing whether the parking meter (104) was operative during the first time period. A method and a system for issuing the citation are also disclosed.