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

Tuolumne County's parking code (Chapter 10.24) does not contain a countywide overnight parking prohibition. The operative limit for vehicles left in place is Section 10.24.030: no person may leave a vehicle standing on any public street or highway for more than 72 consecutive hours after a notice has been posted, and a posted vehicle not moved at least 50 yards is in violation and subject to removal at the owner's expense. This is the local analog of California Vehicle Code Section 22651(k), which lets an officer remove a vehicle left standing on a highway 72 or more consecutive hours. The county can layer additional overnight or time-of-day restrictions onto specific roads under Section 10.24.020 - the Board of Supervisors may by resolution restrict stopping, parking, or standing on any county road, but only after signs or markings are conspicuously posted. California Vehicle Code Section 22507.5 separately authorizes local authorities to restrict parking between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. by ordinance after a public hearing, again only where posted. In the high-country snow communities (Twain Harte, Cedar Ridge, Mi-Wuk, Pinecrest, Long Barn, Strawberry), the practical overnight constraint is the snow-removal parking ban in Section 10.28, which prohibits parking on the pavement or shoulder during snow-removal operations.