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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 18. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
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Chapter 18-24. STOPPING, STANDING, PARKING, AND OTHER NON-MOVING VIOLATIONS |
Section 18-2421. IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES FOR VIOLATIONS
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2421.1Any unattended vehicle found parked in violation of any traffic regulation, except overtime parking of less than twenty-four (24) hours, may, by or under the direction of a member or members of the Metropolitan Police force or employees of the Department of Public Works, either by towing or otherwise, be removed or conveyed to any street where parking is not prohibited (except for more than eighteen (18) hours) or be removed or conveyed to and impounded in or at the police precinct station of the police precinct in which the vehicle may be found, or any other place designated by the Director. The Director may authorize a vehicle to be towed by, or impounded at a facility operated by, a private tow crane operator.
2421.2The notice, reclamation, and disposition procedures and towing and storage fees set forth in sections 6 through 10 of the Removal and Disposition of Abandoned and Other Unlawfully Parked Vehicles Reform Act of 2003, effective October 28, 2003 (D.C. Law 15-35; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2421.06 through 50-2421.10), shall apply to any vehicle impounded pursuant to this section at a District government impoundment facility.
2421.3[REPEALED]
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2421.5[REPEALED]
2421.6[REPEALED]
2421.7The owner or lien holder (or a person duly authorized by either) of an impounded vehicle with expired registration or reciprocity permit shall, in addition to satisfying the requirements in § 9 of the Removal and Disposition of Abandoned and other Unlawfully Parked Vehicles Reform Act of 2003, effective October 28, 2003 (D.C. Law 15-35, D.C. Official Code 50-2421.09 (2001)), either surrender their tags or reciprocity permit and tow the vehicle from the impoundment lot, or present proof of the issuance of valid registration, a valid special use identification tag, or a valid reciprocity permit.
2421.8The notice, reclamation, and disposition procedures set forth in sections 7, 8, 9(a)(5), (a)(6), and (b), 10, and 11 of the Removal and Disposition of Abandoned and Other Unlawfully Parked Vehicles Reform Act of 2003, effective October 28, 2003 (D.C. Law 15-35; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2421.07, 50-2421.08, 50-2421.09(a)(5), (a)(6), and (b), 50-2421.10 and 50-2421.11), shall apply to any vehicle impounded under this section at a privately operated storage facility.
2421.9If, after a vehicle is reclaimed under subsection 2421.8, the notice of infraction that provided the basis for the impoundment is dismissed by an appropriate administrative tribunal or court, the vehicle owner or operator shall be refunded the cost of booting, towing, and vehicle storage fees paid to reclaim the vehicle.