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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364669</law_id><section_number>46.2-1071</section_number><catch_line>Requirements for parking</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="9" identifier="9">Brakes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person having control of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> shall allow such vehicle to stand on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> unattended without first effectively setting the emergency or parking brake thereon, stopping the motor, and turning the front wheels into the curb or side of the <span class="dictionary">roadway</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-287; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-281; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
