The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1752)
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§ 1752. Parked vehicles
(a) Whenever a motor vehicle is parked on the highways of the town contrary to an ordinance
of the town regulating parking so as to interfere with the policing, construction,
or maintenance of the highways, including the removal of snow, the police department
of the town may cause the motor vehicle to be towed away at the expense of the owner
in an amount to be determined by the legislative body of the municipality, provided
signs indicating that vehicles may be towed away at the owner’s expense shall be posted
conspicuously at or near all areas affected where parking is restricted by ordinance
of the town.
(b) The police department and any other enforcement personnel, if authorized by specific
action of the local legislative body of a municipality, may impound by use of a so-called
“Denver Boot” or other immobilizing device, any vehicle, the owner of which has four
or more unpaid parking violations in a calendar year; providing notice that the vehicle
in question is subject to impoundment is sent to the offender by first-class mail
at least 15 days prior to impoundment. (Added 1961, No. 103, § 12; amended 1967, No. 292 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1977, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 19, 1978; 1983, No. 47, § 1; 1983, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.).)