Citrus County, FL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Article IV of Chapter 20 finds that abandoning vehicles or storing unlicensed, inoperable vehicles outside a lawfully established junkyard creates health hazards and attractive nuisances, and section 20-41 makes it a violation to keep, dump, store, place or deposit an abandoned, unlicensed, inoperable, junked, disabled, wrecked, discarded or otherwise unused vehicle, or one without a valid registration or tag, on any property, street or highway. Section 20-42 carves out two exceptions: vehicles at a lawfully established junkyard or repair business, and inoperable or unlicensed vehicles kept entirely inside a fully enclosed garage (open carports do not count) by the property's own owner or occupant for noncommercial use.

12. A vehicle in a public or private road right-of-way is handled faster under section 20-45: the officer tags it with notice that it must be removed within 72 hours or be towed, and if it is not moved in time the county has it towed and stored at the owner's expense, with notice sent afterward identifying the towing company. This article covers unincorporated Citrus County only.