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§ 46.2-1200.3 Limitation on removal and sale of abandoned vehicles

No person may remove or sell any abandoned vehicle left on public property or the shoulder of a primary highway unless such person is acting pursuant to an agreement for such removal or sale with a local government entity or law-enforcement agency and has actual possession of the vehicle.

History

This law was first created in 2021. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 374 of the Special Session I of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 374.

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