Birmingham, AL Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Unlike many cities, Birmingham has no city-wide prohibition on simply leaving a passenger car parked on a residential street overnight. Instead, the controlling time limit is the 48-hour rule in Title 10, Chapter 9 (Stopping, Standing and Parking): a vehicle may not remain parked upon any public street or other public way for more than 48 hours, and disabled, broken-down or inoperative vehicles must be removed within a reasonable period not exceeding 48 hours. Vehicles left beyond that period - or accumulating unpaid parking citations - may be cited or towed. In metered downtown districts, overnight parking is generally unrestricted once paid enforcement hours end, but drivers must follow posted signs and any time-limit signage. Birmingham's enforcement policy provides that a vehicle with three unpaid parking violations will be towed on its fourth violation.