Code of Virginia § 46.2-1211. Removal of motor vehicles obstructing movement; storage; payment of costs.
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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.
1974, c. 589, § 46.1-2.1; 1989, c. 727; 2012, c. 474 .