Section 22651.2 Of Article 1. Authority To Remove Vehicles From California Vehicle Code >> Division 11. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 1.
22651.2
. (a) Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5
(commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code,
or any regularly employed and salaried employee, 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 a vehicle located within the territorial limits
in which the officer or employee may act when the vehicle is found
upon a highway or any public lands, and if all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
(1) Because of the size and placement of signs or placards on the
vehicle, it appears that the primary purpose of parking the vehicle
at that location is to advertise to the public an event or function
on private property or on public property hired for a private event
or function to which the public is invited.
(2) The vehicle is known to have been previously issued a notice
of parking violation that was accompanied by a notice warning that an
additional parking violation may result in the impoundment of the
vehicle.
(3) The registered owner of the vehicle has been mailed a notice
advising of the existence of the parking violation and that an
additional violation may result in the impoundment of the vehicle.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a vehicle bearing any sign
or placard advertising any business or enterprise carried on by or
through the use of that vehicle.
(c) Section 22852 applies to the removal of any vehicle pursuant
to this section.