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

The Tulare County Ordinance Code contains no blanket prohibition on parking on public streets overnight in unincorporated areas. The controlling limit is Section 3-03-1000, which prohibits leaving a vehicle standing on a public street or highway for 72 or more consecutive hours, not overnight specifically. However, the County can prohibit parking during certain hours of the day on certain roads. Section 3-03-1125 lets the Board of Supervisors determine by resolution that it is necessary to prohibit stopping, parking, or leaving standing any vehicle 'on certain highways or portions thereof at all or certain hours of the day in order to facilitate the movement of traffic or to eliminate a hazardous condition,' after which the Director of Transportation signs or marks those roads.

Once those official signs or markings are in place, it is unlawful to violate them (with an exception for buses at marked loading zones). Section 3-03-1005 separately bars overnight and any-time parking along highways next to airports and landing fields once posted. So overnight parking is generally allowed unless a road has been specifically posted.