                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFISCATION OF DISABLED PARKING PLACARDS (§ 46.2-1255)

A. Any law-enforcement officer or private security guard acting pursuant to
&#xA7; 46.2-1243 who issues a summons to or arrests an individual for any
violation of &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through 46.2-1249 and &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1251
through 46.2-1253 may confiscate the defendant&#8217;s permanent, temporary, or
organizational removable windshield placard and shall notify, by mail or
facsimile, the Department of Motor Vehicles of such confiscation and the number
of the placard involved.

B. After receiving notice specified in subsection A of this section, the
Department may prohibit the issuance of any form of disabled parking license
plate or placard to the defendant until the defendant&#8217;s charge under
&#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through 46.2-1249 and &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1251 through
46.2-1253 reaches final disposition, including appeals.

C. Upon the defendant&#8217;s acquittal for any violation of &#xA7;&#xA7;
46.2-1247 through 46.2-1249 and &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1251 through 46.2-1253, the
law-enforcement officer or private security guard shall return the confiscated
placard to the defendant and the court shall notify the Department of such
acquittal by electronic or other means. Upon the defendant&#8217;s conviction
for any violation of &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1247 through 46.2-1249 and &#xA7;&#xA7;
46.2-1251 through 46.2-1253, the law-enforcement officer or private security
guard shall send the confiscated placard to the Department and the court shall
notify the Department pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-1256.

HISTORY: 1997, cc. 783, 904.