Unauthorized vehicles may be impounded by a registered tow truck operator at the direction of a law enforcement officer or other public official with jurisdiction if the vehicle is on public property, or at the direction of the property owner or an agent.  A vehicle is deemed unauthorized if it is left unattended in certain public or private locations.  A vehicle is immediately considered an unauthorized vehicle and subject to removal if it is:

• determined by a police officer to be an accident or traffic hazard; 
• in a publicly owned or controlled parking facility with proper posted signage;
• on residential property;
• on private, nonresidential property with proper posted signage; or
• during the 2021-23 fiscal biennium within the right-of-way used by a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) for high capacity transportation where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to the operation of high capacity transportation vehicles or jeopardizes public safety.

An authorized RTA representative may direct an impound for an unauthorized vehicle in the right-of-way used by a RTA in where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to the operation of high capacity transportation vehicles or jeopardizes public safety.

A vehicle is considered an unauthorized vehicle and is subject to immediate removal by a registered tow truck operator if it is left unattended on or within 10 feet of either side of a right-of-way used by a RTA for high capacity transportation where the vehicle obstructs the operation of a high capacity transportation system vehicle or jeopardizes public safety.  An authorized representative of a RTA may request an impound for this type of unauthorized vehicle.