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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 403 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 6 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 1975, chapter 440; in 1977, chapter 671; in 1980, chapter 355; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0459\">459<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0563\">563<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80007,"section_number":"2.2-1172","catch_line":"Parking of vehicles in Capitol Square; parking facilities for state officers and employees; violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1172\/"},{"id":82170,"section_number":"46.2-1226","catch_line":"Enforcement of regulations governing parking in Capitol Square","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1226\/"},{"id":55537,"section_number":"46.2-1227","catch_line":"Enforcement of state regulations governing parking on primary and secondary highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1227\/"},{"id":76331,"section_number":"46.2-1228","catch_line":"Enforcement of parking regulations of boards of visitors of educational institutions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1228\/"},{"id":57912,"section_number":"46.2-1229","catch_line":"Enforcement of parking regulations of State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1229\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74507,"identifier":"46.2-1225","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/3\/46.2-1225","url":"\/46.2-1225\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1225\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/3\/46.2-1225","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement provisions in city or county parking ordinances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1225","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any city or county <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> regulating parking under this article shall require:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> That uncontested payment of parking <span class=\"dictionary\">citation<\/span> penalties be collected and accounted for by a local administrative official or officials who shall be compensated by the locality or by a private management company under <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> with the locality; <a id=\"paragraph-267778\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1225\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> That contest by any person of any parking <span class=\"dictionary\">citation<\/span> shall be certified on an appropriate form, to the appropriate district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, by such official or officials; and <a id=\"paragraph-267779\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1225\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> That the local administrative official or officials shall cause complaints, <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span>, or warrants to be issued for delinquent parking <span class=\"dictionary\">citations<\/span>.\n\t\t\tEvery action to collect unpaid parking <span class=\"dictionary\">citation<\/span> penalties imposed for violation of a city or county <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> regulating parking under this article shall be commenced within three years of the date upon which such <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> became delinquent. <a id=\"paragraph-267780\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1225\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS IN CITY OR COUNTY PARKING ORDINANCES (\u00a7 46.2-1225)\n\nAny city or county ordinance regulating parking under this article shall\nrequire:\n\n1. That uncontested payment of parking citation penalties be collected and\naccounted for by a local administrative official or officials who shall be\ncompensated by the locality or by a private management company under contract\nwith the locality;\n\n2. That contest by any person of any parking citation shall be certified on an\nappropriate form, to the appropriate district court, by such official or\nofficials; and\n\n3. That the local administrative official or officials shall cause complaints,\nsummons, or warrants to be issued for delinquent parking citations.\n\t\t\tEvery action to collect unpaid parking citation penalties imposed for\nviolation of a city or county ordinance regulating parking under this article\nshall be commenced within three years of the date upon which such penalty became\ndelinquent.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 403, \u00a7 46.1-254.1; 1975, c. 440; 1977, c. 671; 1980, c. 355;\n1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 459; 2014, c. 563.","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}}