Sioux Falls, SD Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Sioux Falls regulates abandoned and inoperable vehicles through two parallel tracks. On public streets and rights-of-way, vehicles that appear abandoned are tagged by Parking Services or Police; after the statutory waiting period — 24 hours under SDCL § 32-30-12 default, modified by Sioux Falls ordinance under the authority of SDCL § 32-30-12.1 to a longer working period — the vehicle is towed to a city-contracted impound lot. On private property, Chapter 93 of the City Code (Nuisances) governs. Section 93.026 (Storing, Parking, or Leaving Vehicles Declared Nuisance) declares the presence of any abandoned, discarded, wrecked, burned, dismantled, inoperable, junked, or partially dismantled vehicle, or any parts thereof, on private or public property to be a public nuisance. The City's residential rule generally allows no more than 14 days of outdoor storage of an inoperable vehicle on private property; longer storage requires the vehicle to be located within a fully enclosed building or carport. Code Enforcement responds to citizen complaints, issues notices of violation with a typical 10-day cure period, and can abate the nuisance (tow and dispose) if not corrected, charging costs to the property as a lien. Reporting is via the city's online code-enforcement portal or by calling the non-emergency police line.