BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- All over Birmingham, there are private parking lots. Many of them have signs that explain how to pay for parking, which is often done through an app or website.

If someone doesn't pay, their car can be towed. On some cases, they can be given a ticket.

A man who did not want to be identified by name said his 16-year-old son was driving his car when he parked in a private lot in downtown Birmingham. Weeks later, he received a ticket in the mail.

“What concerns me is, is not that he got the ticket, because I care about accountability," the man said. "I want him to pay the ticket. So when I looked at the ticket, instead of saying the city of Birmingham, it has New Orleans, Louisiana. So something didn't look right, right off the top.”

The man is right. The ticket

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