West Virginia has no statewide overnight parking ban, and unincorporated Kanawha County generally allows leaving a vehicle overnight. Charleston's residential permit zones and snow-plowing restrictions are the practical limits.
There is no state law barring overnight street parking, so a vehicle can sit in your driveway or, in most cases, on an unincorporated county road overnight as long as it does not block a lane, hydrant, or driveway. In Charleston, the residential permit program governs overnight parking in participating neighborhoods, and heavy snow can bring temporary restrictions so crews can plow the capital's steep streets. A vehicle left too long unattended risks being treated as abandoned under state law after five days. South Charleston and the other cities set their own posted limits.
Parking overnight in a Charleston permit zone without a permit brings a $75 fine. A vehicle left five days may be tagged and towed as abandoned under W. Va. Code §17-24A.
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