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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55537</law_id><section_number>46.2-1227</section_number><catch_line>Enforcement of state regulations governing parking on primary and secondary highways</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Abandoned, Immobilized, Unattended and Trespassing Vehicles; Parking</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Trespassing Vehicles, Parking, and Towing</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any regulation of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Authority of Commissioner to regulate parking on certain parts of primary state highway system" href="/46.2-1223/">46.2-1223</a> relating to parking on any primary or secondary <span class="dictionary">highway</span> shall provide:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> That uncontested <span class="dictionary">citations</span> issued under the regulation shall be paid to the administrative official or officials appointed under the provisions of this section in the locality in which the part of the <span class="dictionary">highway</span> lies, or in the locality where there is no appointed administrative official the <span class="dictionary">citations</span> shall be paid to the local treasurer, who shall promptly pay them into the general fund of the state treasury; and <a id="paragraph-203539" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1227/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> That contested or delinquent <span class="dictionary">citations</span> shall be certified or complaint, <span class="dictionary">summons</span>, or warrant shall be issued as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Enforcement provisions in city or county parking ordinances" href="/46.2-1225/">46.2-1225</a> to the general district <span class="dictionary">court</span> in whose <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> the part of the <span class="dictionary">highway</span> lies. Any sums collected by such <span class="dictionary">court</span>, minus <span class="dictionary">court</span> costs, shall be promptly paid by the clerk into the general fund of the state treasury. <a id="paragraph-203540" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1227/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1974, c. 403, &#xA7; 46.1-254.1; 1975, c. 440; 1977, c. 671; 1980, c. 355; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
