Retiro y disposición de vehículos abandonados en Virginia

Explicación Simple

Si dejas tu auto en la calle por mucho tiempo o lo estacionas en un lugar prohibido, puede que lo quiten. Esto se hace para mantener las calles seguras y ordenadas.

Es como cuando dejas tu bicicleta en el parque. Si no la mueves en días y bloquea el paso, el parque podría quitarla para que otros puedan usar el espacio.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue de vacaciones y dejó su coche en la calle por dos semanas. Al volver, se entera de que la policía lo retiró porque estaba estacionado ilegalmente y causaba un problema de tráfico.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 46.2-1213 - Removal and disposition of unattended or immobile vehicles; ordinances in counties, cities, and towns. A. The governing body of any county, city, or town may by ordinance provide for the removal for safekeeping of motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or parts thereof to a storage area if: 1. It is left unattended on a public highway or other public property and constitutes a traffic hazard; 2. It is illegally parked; 3. It is left unattended for more than 10 days either on public property or on private property without the permission of the property owner, lessee, or occupant; or 4. It is immobilized on a public roadway by weather conditions or other emergency situation. B. Removal shall be carried out by or under the direction of a law-enforcement officer 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, or by or under the direction of the locality's civil code enforcement division. The ordinance, however, shall not authorize removal of motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, and parts thereof from private property without the written request of the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises. The ordinance may also provide that the person at whose request the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is removed from private property shall indemnify the county, city, or town against any loss or expense incurred by reason of removal, storage, or sale thereof. Any such ordinance may also provide that it shall be presumed that such motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part thereof is abandoned if it (i) lacks either a current license plate; or a current county, city or town license plate or s