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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 589 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 727; in 2012, chapter 474<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229777,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85250,"identifier":"46.2-1211","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/2\/46.2-1211","url":"\/46.2-1211\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1211\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/2\/46.2-1211","dublin_core":{"Title":"Removal of motor vehicles obstructing movement; storage; payment of costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1211","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, semitrailer<\/span>, or part of a motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, or semitrailer<\/span> interferes with the free ingress, egress, or movement on any premises, driveway, or parking area, without the permission of the owner<\/span> of that property, any law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> or other uniformed employee of the local law<\/span>-enforcement agency who specifically is authorized to do so by the chief law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> or his designee may remove it or have it removed to a storage area for safekeeping and shall report the removal to the Department<\/span> and to the owner<\/span> of the motor vehicle<\/span>, trailer<\/span>, semitrailer<\/span>, or other vehicle as promptly as possible. Before obtaining the possession<\/span> of his property, the owner<\/span> shall pay to the parties entitled thereto all costs incidental to its removal or storage.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMOVAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES OBSTRUCTING MOVEMENT; STORAGE; PAYMENT OF COSTS (\u00a7\n46.2-1211)\n\nWhenever any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part of a motor vehicle,\ntrailer, or semitrailer interferes with the free ingress, egress, or movement on\nany premises, driveway, or parking area, without the permission of the owner of\nthat property, any law-enforcement officer or other uniformed employee of the\nlocal law-enforcement agency who specifically is authorized to do so by the\nchief law-enforcement officer or his designee may remove it or have it removed\nto a storage area for safekeeping and shall report the removal to the Department\nand to the owner of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or other vehicle as\npromptly as possible. Before obtaining the possession of his property, the owner\nshall pay to the parties entitled thereto all costs incidental to its removal or\nstorage.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 589, \u00a7 46.1-2.1; 1989, c. 727; 2012, c. 474.","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}}