Dublin, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Time limit
- 72 consecutive hours
- Governing section
- DMC § 6.04.210(A)
- Signs required?
- No, unlike subsections B-D
- Enforcement
- Dublin Police / peace officers
- Owner liability
- Removal, towing, storage costs
Summary
Dublin Police may remove any vehicle parked or left standing on a city street for seventy-two or more consecutive hours. The rule sits in DMC § 6.04.210(A) and applies citywide without requiring posted signs, unlike other removal grounds in the same section.
6.04.210 Vehicle removal. Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Police Department or any peace officer may remove a vehicle from a street under the following circumstances: A. When a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street for seventy-two (72) or more consecutive hours...
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2-26, passed March 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
210 lists the circumstances under which a regularly employed and salaried Police Department officer, or any peace officer, may remove a vehicle from a street. ' This is the city's core overnight and long-term street-parking limit: a vehicle can sit lawfully on a Dublin street for up to three days before it becomes removable, regardless of whether no-parking signs are posted at that location. Other grounds for removal in the same section require posted signage or a City Council resolution: subsection B covers vehicles left where parking is prohibited by ordinance or resolution and signs are posted; subsection C covers vehicles blocking street cleaning, repair, construction, or utility work where 24-hour notice signs are erected; and subsection D covers vehicles left in violation of California Vehicle Code § 22651.
The chapter traces to Ordinance 55-87 § 21, recodifying the original 1982 Ordinance 13. 320, which requires the Police Department to identify the registered and legal owner through DMV records and, if the vehicle remains unclaimed after 24 hours, mail written notice of the removal, the grounds for it, and where the vehicle was taken.
Violations & Fines
A vehicle left on a Dublin street 72 or more consecutive hours may be towed at the owner's expense under § 6.04.210(A); the owner must pay all removal, towing, and storage charges before regaining possession under § 6.04.310, and the Police Department must attempt DMV-based notice under § 6.04.320.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long can a car sit parked on a Dublin street before it can be towed?
Does Dublin have to post a sign warning about the 72-hour rule?
Who pays if my car is towed under the 72-hour rule?
Sources & Official References
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