Hearings for parking citations to be held at Corpus Christi Municipal Court

Beginning Oct. 14, Corpus Christi residents who wish to pay for parking citations in person must now do so at the Municipal Court.

The Office of Administrative Hearings for non-criminal offenses relocated to the court after it received a notice to vacate two leased offices in the Wilson Plaza building, at 615 Leopard St., by Oct. 4.

The city department had a former lease agreement for an office that included a reception area on the first floor of the building facing Leopard Street, according to a statement from Brianna Sandoval, a spokesperson for the city of Corpus Christi.

The Municipal Court is now on the second floor of the Courtroom D office at 120 N. Chaparral St.

While people will need to visit the new location to pay for parking tickets, the city also allows them to pay over the phone by calling 866-449-7576 or online by visiting dspayments.com/CorpusChristi .

Wilson Plaza, originally constructed as the Nixon Building in 1927, was Corpus Christi’s first skyscraper, offering 12 floors and housing organizations such as The Daily Court Report, along with cafes and restaurants that were run by local business owners.

Among the tenants impacted by the closure is the Corpus Christi Magistration and Detention Center, which had rented space from Wilson Plaza since 2004 to provide processing and magistration to adults who were arrested by the Corpus Christi Police Department before they were transported to the Nueces County Jail for Class A or B misdemeanors and felony charges.

Gilbert Hernandez, director of Municipal Court Services for the city of Corpus Christi, told the Caller-Times last week that the eviction was a surprise for the department, which had a lease that extended through December 2025.

Hernandez noted that while he wasn’t certain of the extent of problems in the building that led to the notice being sent, Detention Center staff began having problems when the air conditioning stopped working in March, relying on portable units to cool their rooms and offices.

The Corpus Christi Fire Department could not be reached for comment about whether the building was being investigated for code violations or other safety standards.

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