Vallejo, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

VMC Section 8.12.030(A) gives a Vallejo police officer authority to remove, or cause to be removed, any vehicle parked or left standing upon a street for seventy-two or more consecutive hours, any vehicle parked in violation of a posted no-parking ordinance or resolution between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and any vehicle parked in the downtown restricted parking district defined in Section 8.24.010(L) between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. in violation of that subsection, so long as signs are posted giving notice. The section also authorizes towing of any unattended vehicle under the state Vehicle Code's abandoned-vehicle removal provisions, Sections 22650 through 22856.

Before any towing and storage lien attaches, subsection (B) gives the vehicle's owner or person in charge the right to a hearing on the factual basis for the tow. The chief of police designates certain officers, of higher rank than the officer who ordered the tow, to serve as towed-vehicle hearing officers available around the clock. A hearing officer who finds the tow was wrongful or unlawful must order the vehicle released immediately to the owner, and if the tow resulted from a wrongful order by a city employee, the city must reimburse the towing and storage company's reasonable costs. The hearing must be requested within five days of the tow unless good cause justifies the delay, and the city is not required to cover the full storage cost if the owner unreasonably delayed requesting the hearing. The company towing and storing the vehicle must notify anyone reclaiming it of these hearing rights.

Civil penalties for parking violations, including the 72-hour and downtown overnight removals, are set on the city's parking fine schedule under VMC Section 8.12.050, with a separate late-payment penalty under Section 8.12.060 and a default thirty-dollar penalty under Section 8.12.070 for violations lacking a specific fine.