No stickers required - Your license plate is your permit
Check the parking map to make sure you park in the correct areas.
Residential Students living on campus: Students attending CBU in the Fall 2025/2026 can register for their parking permit once you have registered for classes and after your housing unit is assigned.
Commuter Students: You may register once you are registered for classes.
Vehicle Registration Link
https://www.tocite.net/calbaptist/Portal
Student, Faculty, and Staff vehicles operated on the campus of California Baptist University must be registered with the Department of Safety Services.
- Vehicles are registered by license plate.
- Physical permits (stickers) are not issued.
- Per University policy, vehicles must be registered within forty-eight (48) hours of first appearance on campus. See Student Handbook, Section 31 for CBU Vehicle Code.
- CBU does not charge a separate parking fee.
Types of Student Parking Permits
The Department of Safety Services issues students three (3) distinct types of permits. Assignment of parking locations is determined by place of residence and academic classification.
- Residential Student – This permit is issued to students who live on campus and parking areas are based on housing assignment.
- Commuter Freshman – This permit is issued to incoming freshman (new students) who have completed 29 or fewer semester units.
- Commuter Sophomore+ – This permit is issued to returning freshman and students who have completed 30 or more semester units (sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate & doctoral students and online students).
To create an account and register for a vehicle permit, Click Here.
Solely creating your account does not register your vehicle for a permit. Steps for registering your vehicle are as follows:
- Create account by clicking the “Register for Vehicle Permit” in the Patron Portal and select the appropriate permit based on your assigned housing and academic classification
- Select “Create Account”
- Receive email confirmation which will take you back to the Patron Portal
- Select “Register for Vehicle Permit”
- Select the appropriate permit based on your assigned housing / academic classification. Click “Register” and under “Permit Approval” enter your student ID number and last name and click “Submit”
- Enter your information and select “Add Vehicle to Permit”. Enter vehicle information and select “Add Vehicle to Permit”
- Select “Register for Permit” and you should receive a “Permit Confirmation” pop up on your screen and you will receive an email confirmation.
Pay or Appeal a Citation
To pay or appeal a citation, click on this link, click on "Search Ticket", enter ticket number, select Pay or Appeal.
Faculty and Staff Parking Permits
Assignment of parking locations is determined by employee status (Faculty/Staff) and location of work assignment (i.e. office, department).
- Vehicle information for faculty and staff who registered for a CBU parking permit prior to May 30, 2023 was imported into the new parking permit system.
- Faculty and staff (both first-time registrants and those whose information was imported) are encouraged to create a parking permit account, as doing so allows the user to view permits, update vehicle information, etc. To create an account, Click Here.
Parking Management FAQ
Need to change your license plate on your permit? Click here for instructions.