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

There is no Yuba County ordinance that prohibits ordinary overnight parking on county-maintained streets in the unincorporated area. Instead, overnight parking is bounded by the same street-storage rule that governs daytime parking: Yuba County Ordinance Code Section 9.10.530 bars leaving any vehicle, including motor homes, travel trailers and boat trailers, on a street or alley for more than 72 consecutive hours. The county's Code Enforcement guidance also makes clear that the county right-of-way may not be used as a storage area, and that vehicles found stored there receive a 72-hour warning tag before being towed at the owner's expense. A distinct issue is overnight habitation: the county's vehicle-abatement guidance prohibits living in, or allowing anyone to live in, a travel trailer or RV on a property, and limits using a recreational vehicle to accommodate visitors to no more than one week within any consecutive six-month period (Development Code Section 11.25.120). So while a parked car left overnight is generally fine as long as it moves within 72 hours and is not blocking a sidewalk or driveway, sleeping overnight in an RV parked on a parcel is a code-enforcement matter, not an allowed use.