Any city or county ordinance regulating parking under this article shall require:
1. That uncontested payment of parking citation penalties be collected and accounted for by a local administrative official or officials who shall be compensated by the locality or by a private management company under contract with the locality;
2. That contest by any person of any parking citation shall be certified on an appropriate form, to the appropriate district court, by such official or officials; and
3. That the local administrative official or officials shall cause complaints, summons, or warrants to be issued for delinquent parking citations.
Every action to collect unpaid parking citation penalties imposed for violation of a city or county ordinance regulating parking under this article shall be commenced within three years of the date upon which such penalty became delinquent.
1974, c. 403, § 46.1-254.1; 1975, c. 440; 1977, c. 671; 1980, c. 355; 1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 459; 2014, c. 563.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 12 - Abandoned, Immobilized, Unattended and Trespassing Vehicles; Parking
§ 46.2-1200.1. Abandoning motor vehicles prohibited; penalty
§ 46.2-1200.2. Vehicles registered to active duty military personnel
§ 46.2-1200.3. Limitation on removal and sale of abandoned vehicles
§ 46.2-1202. Search for owner and secured party; notice
§ 46.2-1202.1. Vehicle Removal Certificates
§ 46.2-1202.2. Notice of intent to auction and sale of vehicle; posting requirements
§ 46.2-1203. Sale of vehicle at public auction by locality; disposition of proceeds
§ 46.2-1205. Disposition of inoperable abandoned vehicles
§ 46.2-1207. Certification of disposal; reimbursement of locality by Commissioner
§ 46.2-1209. Unattended or immobile vehicles, generally
§ 46.2-1210. Motor vehicles immobilized by weather conditions, accidents, or emergencies
§ 46.2-1211. Removal of motor vehicles obstructing movement; storage; payment of costs
§ 46.2-1214. Sale of personal property found in unattended or abandoned vehicles
§ 46.2-1217. Local governing body may regulate certain towing
§ 46.2-1217.1. Towing of certain large vehicles; civil penalty
§ 46.2-1218. Reports by persons in charge of garages, parking places, etc.; unclaimed vehicles
§ 46.2-1219. Regulation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on certain parking lots
§ 46.2-1222. Regulation of parking on secondary highways by certain counties
§ 46.2-1222.2. Local ordinances prohibiting parking of certain vehicles
§ 46.2-1224. County ordinances prohibiting certain parking in streets and highways
§ 46.2-1224.1. Local ordinances regulating certain parking; penalty
§ 46.2-1225. Enforcement provisions in city or county parking ordinances
§ 46.2-1226. Enforcement of regulations governing parking in Capitol Square
§ 46.2-1227. Enforcement of state regulations governing parking on primary and secondary highways
§ 46.2-1228. Enforcement of parking regulations of boards of visitors of educational institutions
§ 46.2-1230. Authority of counties, cities, and towns to issue parking permits
§ 46.2-1231.1. Immunity from liability for certain towing
§ 46.2-1232. Localities may regulate removal or immobilization of trespassing vehicles
§ 46.2-1233. Localities may regulate towing fees
§ 46.2-1233.1. Limitation on charges for towing and storage of certain vehicles
§ 46.2-1233.3. Improper towing; penalty
§ 46.2-1235. Authority of Chesterfield County law-enforcement officers to issue parking tickets
§ 46.2-1239. Parking in certain locations; penalty
§ 46.2-1239.1. (Contingent expiration date - See Editor's note) Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact