Section 22651.05 Of Article 1. Authority To Remove Vehicles From California Vehicle Code >> Division 11. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 1.
22651.05
. (a) A trained volunteer of a state or local law
enforcement agency, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing
parking laws and regulations, of a city, county, or jurisdiction of a
state agency in which a vehicle is located, may remove or authorize
the removal of a vehicle located within the territorial limits in
which an officer or employee of that agency may act, under any of the
following circumstances:
(1) When a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway for
72 or more consecutive hours in violation of a local ordinance
authorizing the removal.
(2) When a vehicle is illegally parked or left standing on a
highway in violation of a local ordinance forbidding standing or
parking and the use of a highway, or a portion thereof, is necessary
for the cleaning, repair, or construction of the highway, or for the
installation of underground utilities, and signs giving notice that
the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least 24 hours
prior to the removal by local authorities pursuant to the ordinance.
(3) Wherever the use of the highway, or a portion thereof, is
authorized by local authorities for a purpose other than the normal
flow of traffic or for the movement of equipment, articles, or
structures of unusual size, and the parking of a vehicle would
prohibit or interfere with that use or movement, and signs giving
notice that the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least
24 hours prior to the removal by local authorities pursuant to the
ordinance.
(4) Whenever a vehicle is parked or left standing where local
authorities, by resolution or ordinance, have prohibited parking and
have authorized the removal of vehicles. A vehicle may not be removed
unless signs are posted giving notice of the removal.
(5) Whenever a vehicle is parked for more than 24 hours on a
portion of highway that is located within the boundaries of a common
interest development, as defined in Section 4100 or 6534 of the Civil
Code, and signs, as required by Section 22658.2, have been posted on
that portion of highway providing notice to drivers that vehicles
parked thereon for more than 24 hours will be removed at the owner's
expense, pursuant to a resolution or ordinance adopted by the local
authority.
(b) The provisions of this chapter that apply to a vehicle removed
pursuant to Section 22651 apply to a vehicle removed pursuant to
subdivision (a).
(c) For purposes of subdivision (a), a "trained volunteer" is a
person who, of his or her own free will, provides services, without
any financial gain, to a local or state law enforcement agency, and
who is duly trained and certified to remove a vehicle by a local or
state law enforcement agency.