Memphis, TN Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Sec. " Unlike subsections B and C, which single out trucks, buses and recreation vehicles, subsection A sweeps in ordinary passenger cars too, and it reaches vehicle owners who "knowingly permit" the overstay, not just the person who parked it. The section traces to Code 1967 § 23-238 and was last amended by Ord. No. 5002 in 2003. Enforcement runs through the division of police services, which under subsection D may remove any vehicle parked in violation when it constitutes a traffic hazard or an obstruction, following the impoundment procedure in Sec.

11-40-26. Subsection E classifies the offense as a misdemeanor punishable under the city's general penalty provision, Sec. 1-24-1, and establishes a rebuttable presumption, based on Tennessee Department of Safety registration records and certified by the city court clerk's office, that the registered owner, or the owner's employee or agent acting within the scope of employment, was the person who parked or used the vehicle in violation. The citywide violation-forfeiture schedule at Sec. 11-8-5 lists "Parking vehicles on residential streets" (Sec. 00 civil forfeiture, applicable to a 24-hour overstay the same as to the truck and RV restrictions housed in the same section.