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VEHICLE CODE - DIVISION 11. RULES OF THE ROAD CHAPTER 10. Removal of Parked and Abandoned Vehicles
ARTICLE 1. Authority to Remove Vehicles 22651.
A regularly employed and salaried employee, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, of a city, county, or jurisdiction of a state agency in which a vehicle is located, may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act, under the following circumstances:
(o) (1) If a vehicle is found or operated upon a highway, public land, or an offstreet parking facility under any of the following circumstances:
(A) With a registration expiration date in excess of six months before the date it is found or operated on the highway, public lands, or the offstreet parking facility.