Phoenix City Code Sec. 36-7 lets the Police Department remove and impound any unoccupied vehicle found violating parking laws, and may immobilize vehicles whose owners have three or more unpaid parking judgments. State law (A.R.S. Sec. 28-872) authorizes removal of vehicles left unattended more than two hours on a city right-of-way.
Abandoned and illegally standing vehicles in Phoenix are handled under City Code Sec. 36-7 and Arizona state law. Sec. 36-7.A authorizes the Police Department to remove and impound any unoccupied vehicle found violating any provision of the City Code, city ordinances, or Arizona laws regulating the standing or parking of vehicles. Sec. 36-7.B further allows police to immobilize (boot) or impound a vehicle whose registered owner has accumulated three or more unpaid parking-violation judgments in City Court and has been placed on the immobilization and impoundment eligibility list after at least 21 days' notice. On public streets, A.R.S. Sec. 28-872 permits an officer to remove a vehicle left unattended for more than two hours within a city right-of-way. To report an abandoned vehicle on a Phoenix public street, residents contact Phoenix Police non-emergency dispatch.
Owners of impounded vehicles are liable for towing and storage costs; booted vehicles are released only after the underlying parking judgments and immobilization fees are paid (City Code Sec. 36-7; A.R.S. Sec. 28-872).
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