West Virginia Statutes
§ 17C-13-2 — Officers authorized to remove illegally stopped vehicles
West Virginia·Ch. 17C TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND LAWS OF THE ROAD·Art. 13 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
(a)Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this article such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or main- traveled part of such highway.
(b)Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
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Legislative History
2002 Reg. Sess., SB666; 2001 Reg. Sess., HB2228; 1951 Reg. Sess., HB189
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