§ 46.2-1200. Definitions
As used in this article:
"Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer or part of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that:
1. Is inoperable and is left unattended on public property, other than an interstate highway or primary highway, for more than forty-eight hours, or
2. Has remained illegally on public property for more than forty-eight hours, or
3. Has remained for more than forty-eight hours on private property without the consent of the property's owner, regardless of whether it was brought onto the private property with the consent of the owner or person in control of the private property, or
4. Is inoperable, left unattended, or both, on an interstate highway, or
5. Is inoperable, left unattended, or both, on the shoulder of a primary highway.
"Inoperable abandoned motor vehicle" means an abandoned motor vehicle which is inoperable and whose fair market value, as determined by the locality's official responsible for assessing motor vehicles under § 58.1-3503, is less than the cost of its restoration to an operable condition.
(1968, c. 421, § 46.1-555.1; 1978, c. 348; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 431.)
Sections: 46.2-1200 46.2-1200.1 46.2-1200.2 46.2-1201 46.2-1202 46.2-1203 46.2-1204 46.2-1205 46.2-1206 46.2-1207 46.2-1208 46.2-1209 46.2-1210 46.2-1211 46.2-1212 NextLast modified: April 16, 2009