                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PARKING OF VEHICLES IN COMMUTER PARKING LOTS OWNED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (§ 46.2-1219.2)

A. It shall constitute a traffic infraction for any person to park any vehicle
in any commuter parking lot owned by the Virginia Department of Transportation
in any manner not in conformance with posted signs and pavement markings. In
Planning District 8, such signs shall clearly indicate that before 10:00 a.m.
Monday through Friday except holidays parking is only for commuters using mass
transit or who are car pool or bicycle riders.

B. In the prosecution of an offense established under this section, prima facie
evidence that the vehicle described in the summons issued pursuant to this
section was parked in violation of this section, together with proof that the
defendant was at the time of such violation the owner, lessee, or renter of the
vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a rebuttable presumption that such owner,
lessee, or renter of the vehicle was the person who committed the violation.
Such presumption shall be rebutted if the owner, lessee, or renter of the
vehicle (i) files an affidavit by regular mail with the clerk of the general
district court that he was not the operator of the vehicle at the time of the
alleged violation or (ii) testifies in open court under oath that he was not the
operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation. Such presumption
shall also be rebutted if a certified copy of a police report, showing that the
vehicle had been reported to the police as stolen prior to the time of the
alleged violation of this section, is presented, prior to the return date
established on the summons issued pursuant to this section, to the court
adjudicating the alleged violation. A violation of this section may be charged
on the uniform traffic summons form.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 19.2-76, whenever a summons for a
violation of this section is served in any county, city, or town, it may be
executed by mailing by first-class mail a copy thereof to the address of the
owner of the vehicle as shown on the records of the Department of Motor
Vehicles. If the summoned person fails to appear on the date of return set out
in the summons mailed pursuant to this section, the summons shall be executed in
the manner set out in &#xA7; 19.2-76.3.
			Enforcement of the provisions of this section may be enforced by any
law-enforcement officer as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-101.

HISTORY: 2007, c. 263; 2016, c. 708.