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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364866</law_id><section_number>46.2-1200.3</section_number><catch_line>Limitation on removal and sale of abandoned vehicles</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="3" identifier="12">Abandoned, Immobilized, Unattended and Trespassing Vehicles; Parking</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Abandoned Vehicles</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person may remove or sell any abandoned <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> left on public property or the <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> of a primary <span class="dictionary">highway</span> unless such person is acting pursuant to an agreement for such removal or sale with a local government entity or <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency and has actual <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>.</p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 374.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Ronald Dean Northcraft v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1067212</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-09-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9428229/ronald-dean-northcraft-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
