Humboldt County relies primarily on California Vehicle Code §22651 to tow vehicles parked over 72 hours and on CVC §§22660-22669 (Abandoned Vehicle Abatement) plus the county Safe Parking provisions to remove abandoned, wrecked, or inoperable vehicles from public and private property.
California Vehicle Code §22651(k) authorizes any peace officer to remove a vehicle parked or left standing on a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours. CVC §§22660-22669 set up the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement (AVA) program that lets counties establish a service-authority-funded process to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles from public or private property. In addition, Humboldt County Code §314-61.05.3(f) specifically excludes any site already 'occupied by unauthorized homeless individuals, vehicles or shelters' or 'in the abatement process' from being eligible for a Safe Parking zoning clearance, recognizing the parallel abandoned-vehicle abatement process. Several §431 sections (including the 10 p.m.-5 a.m. bans on Sprowel Creek Road and §431-40(l)) explicitly invoke CVC §22651(n) to authorize removal of any vehicle parked in violation. Complaints about abandoned or inoperable vehicles in unincorporated Humboldt County are handled by the Sheriff's Office and the Code Enforcement Unit of Planning & Building.
Vehicles parked on any highway for 72+ consecutive hours are subject to tow under CVC §22651(k). Owners are liable for tow and storage fees. Abandoned vehicles on private property can be abated under the AVA process (CVC §§22660-22669) and may generate code-enforcement nuisance fines under HCC §351 et seq.
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