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Any vehicle found unlawfully parked in the vicinity of a fire, accident, or area of emergency may be removed by order of a law-enforcement officer or, in the absence of a law-enforcement officer, by order of the uniformed fire or rescue officer in charge, at the risk and expense of the owner if such vehicle creates a traffic hazard or interferes with the necessary procedures of law-enforcement officers, fire fighters, rescue workers, or others whose assigned duty it is to deal with such emergencies. The charge for such removal shall not exceed the actual and necessary cost. Vehicles being used by accredited information services, such as press, radio, and television, when being used for the gathering of news, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section, except when actually obstructing the law-enforcement officers, fire fighters, and rescue workers dealing with such emergencies.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290849,"text":"No vehicle shall be stopped at or in the vicinity of a fire, vehicle or airplane accident, or other area of emergency, in such a manner as to create a traffic hazard or interfere with law-enforcement officers, fire fighters, rescue workers, or others whose duty it is to deal with such emergencies. Any vehicle found unlawfully parked in the vicinity of a fire, accident, or area of emergency may be removed by order of a law-enforcement officer or, in the absence of a law-enforcement officer, by order of the uniformed fire or rescue officer in charge, at the risk and expense of the owner if such vehicle creates a traffic hazard or interferes with the necessary procedures of law-enforcement officers, fire fighters, rescue workers, or others whose assigned duty it is to deal with such emergencies. The charge for such removal shall not exceed the actual and necessary cost. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 671; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1962, chapter 175; in 1972, chapter 63; in 1974, chapter 230; in 1977, chapters 284 and 326; in 1985, chapter 93; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81147,"identifier":"46.2-890","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/10\/46.2-890","url":"\/46.2-890\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-890\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/10\/46.2-890","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stopping in vicinity of fire or emergency","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-890","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No vehicle<\/span> shall be stopped at or in the vicinity of a fire, vehicle<\/span> or airplane accident, or other area of emergency, in such a manner as to create a traffic hazard or interfere with law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span>, fire fighters, rescue workers, or others whose duty it is to deal with such emergencies. Any vehicle<\/span> found unlawfully parked in the vicinity of a fire, accident, or area of emergency may be removed by order<\/span> of a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> or, in the absence of a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>, by order<\/span> of the uniformed fire or rescue officer in charge, at the risk and expense of the owner<\/span> if such vehicle<\/span> creates a traffic hazard or interferes with the necessary procedures of law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span>, fire fighters, rescue workers, or others whose assigned duty it is to deal with such emergencies. The charge for such removal shall not exceed the actual and necessary cost. Vehicles<\/span> being used by accredited information services, such as press, radio, and television, when being used for the gathering of news, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section, except when actually obstructing the law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span>, fire fighters, and rescue workers dealing with such emergencies.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTOPPING IN VICINITY OF FIRE OR EMERGENCY (\u00a7 46.2-890)\n\nNo vehicle shall be stopped at or in the vicinity of a fire, vehicle or airplane\naccident, or other area of emergency, in such a manner as to create a traffic\nhazard or interfere with law-enforcement officers, fire fighters, rescue\nworkers, or others whose duty it is to deal with such emergencies. Any vehicle\nfound unlawfully parked in the vicinity of a fire, accident, or area of\nemergency may be removed by order of a law-enforcement officer or, in the\nabsence of a law-enforcement officer, by order of the uniformed fire or rescue\nofficer in charge, at the risk and expense of the owner if such vehicle creates\na traffic hazard or interferes with the necessary procedures of law-enforcement\nofficers, fire fighters, rescue workers, or others whose assigned duty it is to\ndeal with such emergencies. The charge for such removal shall not exceed the\nactual and necessary cost. Vehicles being used by accredited information\nservices, such as press, radio, and television, when being used for the\ngathering of news, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section, except\nwhen actually obstructing the law-enforcement officers, fire fighters, and\nrescue workers dealing with such emergencies.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-256; 1952, c. 671; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-248; 1962, c.\n175; 1972, c. 63; 1974, c. 230; 1977, cc. 284, 326; 1985, c. 93; 1989, c. 727.","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}}