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

There is no county-wide overnight parking prohibition for ordinary passenger vehicles on unincorporated Inyo County roads. The county's specific overnight restriction, adopted in 2017 under Title 10, Chapter 10.36, targets heavy trucks in a residential part of Independence. Per the Board of Supervisors' action and local reporting, commercial vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more are prohibited from parking on South Washington Street, from the intersection of West Park Street to the intersection of West Citrus Street, within a residential district between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. For everyday vehicles, the operative overnight rule is the California Vehicle Code 72-hour limit (CVC 22651(k)): a vehicle left standing on a highway for more than 72 hours may be removed after notice. Overnight camping or sleeping in a vehicle on the county road right-of-way is not regulated by a specific Inyo County code section identified here; on county parkland it falls under the County Parks provisions and posted rules, and Inyo National Forest lands are governed by separate federal regulations. The Board may designate additional restricted streets by resolution.