Virginia § 46.2-1212 - Authority to provide for temporary removal and disposition of vehicles involved in accidents
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 46.2-1212 — Authority to provide for temporary removal and disposition of vehicles involved in accidents, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46.2-1212. Authority to provide for temporary removal and disposition of vehicles involved in accidents
The governing body of any county, city, or town may provide by ordinance that whenever a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer involved in an accident is so located as to impede the orderly flow of traffic, the police 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 (i) at no cost to the owner or operator remove the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to some point in the vicinity where it will not impede the flow of traffic or (ii) have the vehicle removed to a storage area for safekeeping and shall report the removal to the Department and to the owner of the vehicle as promptly as possible. If the vehicle is removed to a storage area under clause (ii), the owner shall pay to the parties entitled thereto all costs incidental to its removal and storage.
1964, c. 349, § 46.1-3.1; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 269; 2012, c. 474.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Code of Virginia § 46.2-1212 cover?
Section 46.2-1212 ("Authority to provide for temporary removal and disposition of vehicles involved in accidents") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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