Glenn County, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Glenn County does not impose a blanket overnight street-parking prohibition, but it does cap how long a vehicle may sit on a public road. Section 11.20.085 (Vehicles Left For Seventy-Two Hours On A Highway), adopted by Ordinance 1304 in 2021, states that 'no vehicle shall be abandoned, parked, or left standing upon a highway for seventy-two (72) or more consecutive hours' within the unincorporated area, citing California Vehicle Code Section 22651(k). Importantly, the section adds that 'no vehicle abandoned, parked, or left standing upon a highway or public right-of-way shall be deemed to have been removed or abated unless it has been moved on the highway or public right-of-way for a distance of at least three hundred (300) feet from its previous location' - so nudging a vehicle a few feet to reset the clock does not work. A 72-hour-plus violation is an infraction. This 72-hour highway rule operates alongside the broader abandoned-vehicle nuisance scheme in Chapter 11.20, which addresses wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles on private and public property. For everyday overnight parking on ordinary rural roads, the California Vehicle Code controls unless the Board of Supervisors has posted a specific restriction under Section 11.08.005.