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No penalty for the violation of any such ordinance shall exceed a fine of twenty dollars. Any request from the governing body of any such institution to the governing body of the county or city shall be in writing and signed by the presiding officers of the institution’s governing body and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of such governing body authorizing the request to be made.\n\t\tThe circuit court for any county or city which has adopted an ordinance pursuant to this section shall have jurisdiction to try cases arising under such ordinance to the same extent as criminal cases arising in the county or city. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 472; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1964, chapter 245; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72961,"section_number":"19.2-13","catch_line":"Special conservators of the peace; authority; jurisdiction; registration; liability of employers; penalty; report","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-13\/"},{"id":68405,"section_number":"46.2-1231","catch_line":"Ticketing, removal, or immobilization of trespassing vehicles by owner or operator of parking or other lot or building; charges","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1231\/"},{"id":65934,"section_number":"46.2-1234","catch_line":"Liability of persons furnishing free parking accommodations as to motor vehicles and property left therein","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1234\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57039,"identifier":"15.2-968","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/5\/15.2-968","url":"\/15.2-968\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-968\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/5\/15.2-968","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of parking of vehicles within boundaries of state-supported institutions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-968","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any county<\/span> or city<\/span> may, upon request of the governing body<\/span> of any state-supported institution lying wholly or partially within the county<\/span> or city<\/span>, regulate the parking of motor vehicles and all other vehicles on the roads, streets, alleys, grounds and other areas within such portions of the boundaries of such institution as lie within the county<\/span> or city<\/span>.\n\t\tAny city<\/span> adopting an ordinance<\/span> pursuant to this section may provide in the ordinance<\/span> that regulations made pursuant to this section shall be enforced by persons appointed under \u00a7 19.2-13<\/a>. No penalty<\/span> for the violation of any such ordinance<\/span> shall exceed a fine of twenty dollars. Any request from the governing body<\/span> of any such institution to the governing body<\/span> of the county<\/span> or city<\/span> shall be in writing and signed by the presiding officers of the institution’s governing body<\/span> and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of such governing body<\/span> authorizing the request to be made.\n\t\tThe circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for any county<\/span> or city<\/span> which has adopted an ordinance<\/span> pursuant to this section shall have jurisdiction<\/span> to try cases arising under such ordinance<\/span> to the same extent as criminal cases arising in the county<\/span> or city<\/span>. The provisions of this section shall not affect the application of \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1231<\/a> through 46.2-1234<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF PARKING OF VEHICLES WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF STATE-SUPPORTED\nINSTITUTIONS (\u00a7 15.2-968)\n\nAny county or city may, upon request of the governing body of any\nstate-supported institution lying wholly or partially within the county or city,\nregulate the parking of motor vehicles and all other vehicles on the roads,\nstreets, alleys, grounds and other areas within such portions of the boundaries\nof such institution as lie within the county or city.\n\t\tAny city adopting an ordinance pursuant to this section may provide in the\nordinance that regulations made pursuant to this section shall be enforced by\npersons appointed under \u00a7 19.2-13. No penalty for the violation of any such\nordinance shall exceed a fine of twenty dollars. Any request from the governing\nbody of any such institution to the governing body of the county or city shall\nbe in writing and signed by the presiding officers of the institution’s\ngoverning body and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of\nsuch governing body authorizing the request to be made.\n\t\tThe circuit court for any county or city which has adopted an ordinance\npursuant to this section shall have jurisdiction to try cases arising under such\nordinance to the same extent as criminal cases arising in the county or city.\nThe provisions of this section shall not affect the application of \u00a7\u00a7\n46.2-1231 through 46.2-1234.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-6.1; 1952, c. 472; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-516; 1964, c.\n245; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}