CHAPTER 435

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-541 of the Code of Virginia, relating t
removal of certain motor vehicles from certain places.

[S 359
Approved April 3, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-541 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted a
follows:
§ 46-541. It shall be lawful for * any owner, * operator or lessee o
any parking lot or * parking area or space therein * or part thereof, or of
any other lot or building, to have any motor or other vehicle, occupying
such lot, * area, space or building or part thereof without the permission
of such owner, operator, * lessee or authorized agent of the one having the
control of such premises removed by towing or otherwise, to a licensed
garage for storage until called for by the owner or his agent, provided
notice of such action shall * be first * or simultaneously therewith given *
to at least one of the local law enforcement * officers; provided, further,
that in the event of such removal and storage the owner of the vehicle
involved, shall be chargeable with and the said vehicle may be held for a
reasonable charge for its removal and storage. This section shall not ap-
ply to police, fire or public health vehicles or where a vehicle shall, because
of a wreck or other emergency, be parked or left temporarily upon the
property of another.