                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REMOVAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES OBSTRUCTING MOVEMENT; STORAGE; PAYMENT OF COSTS (§
46.2-1211)

Whenever any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part of a motor vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer interferes with the free ingress, egress, or movement on
any premises, driveway, or parking area, without the permission of the owner of
that property, any law-enforcement officer or other uniformed employee of the
local law-enforcement agency who specifically is authorized to do so by the
chief law-enforcement officer or his designee may remove it or have it removed
to a storage area for safekeeping and shall report the removal to the Department
and to the owner of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or other vehicle as
promptly as possible. Before obtaining the possession of his property, the owner
shall pay to the parties entitled thereto all costs incidental to its removal or
storage.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 589, § 46.1-2.1; 1989, c. 727; 2012, c. 474.