                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LEAVING VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY PROHIBITED; AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES, CITIES,
AND TOWNS TO PROVIDE FOR REMOVAL AND DISPOSITION; NOTICE OF DISPOSITION (§
46.2-1215)

No person shall leave any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part of a
motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer on the private property of any other
person without his consent. The governing body of any county, city, or town may
by ordinance provide, that on complaint of the owner of the property on which
such motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part thereof has been left for more
than 72 hours, that such motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part thereof,
may be removed by or under the direction of a 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 to a
storage area. The ordinance shall require the owners of private property which
is normally open to the public for parking to post or cause to be posted signs
warning that vehicles left on the property for more than 72 hours will be towed
or removed at their owners&#8217; expense. The ordinance may also provide that
the person at whose request the vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part thereof
is so removed shall indemnify the county, city, or town against any loss or
expense incurred by reason of removal, storage, or sale thereof.
		In the case of the removal of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part
of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer from private property, when it
cannot be readily sold, the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part may be
disposed of in whatever manner the governing body of the county, city, or town
may provide.
		In all other respects, the provisions of §§ 46.2-1213 and 46.2-1217 shall
apply to these removals. Disposal of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer
may at the option of the governing body of the county, city, or town be carried
out under either the provisions of § 46.2-1213, or under the provisions of this
section after a diligent search for the owner, after notice to him at his last
known address and to the holder of any lien of record in the office of the
Department against the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, and after the
motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer has been held at least 60 days.
		The Department shall be notified of the disposition of any motor vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer under § 46.2-1213 or the provisions of this section.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 391, § 46.1-3.2; 1966, c. 615; 1984, c. 158; 1987, cc. 152,
202; 1989, c. 727; 2012, c. 474.