                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS FOR VIOLATION OF PARKING ORDINANCE;
NOTICE (§ 46.2-941)

Before any summons shall be issued for the prosecution of a violation of an
ordinance of any county, city, or town regulating parking, the violator shall
have been first notified by mail at his last known address or at the address
shown for such violator on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, that
he may pay the fine provided by law for such violation, within five days of
receipt of such notice, and the authorized person issuing such summons shall be
notified that the violator has failed to pay such fine within such time. The
notice to the violator, required by the provisions of this section, shall be
contained in an envelope bearing the words &#8220;Law-Enforcement Notice&#8221;
stamped or printed on the face thereof in all capital letters, bold face type,
no smaller than the print type size used for the primary address on the
envelope. If &#8220;window&#8221; envelopes are used, the words
&#8220;Law-Enforcement Notice&#8221; shall be clearly visible through the window
of the envelope.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 388, § 46.1-179.01; 1970, c. 510; 1978, c. 194; 1983, c. 329;
1989, c. 727; 1999, cc. 291, 323; 2002, c. 102.