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Government,
Criminal

Sep. 26, 2018

New state law provides standards for warrantless removal of vehicles

Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 2876, which codifies existing case law concerning the warrantless removal and subsequent storage of vehicles in California.

Chris Micheli

Aprea & Micheli, Inc.

7148 Sutter Ave
Carmichael , CA 95608

Email: cmicheli@apreamicheli.com

McGeorge School of Law

Chris is an attorney and legislative advocate for the Sacramento.

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Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 2876, which codifies existing case law concerning the warrantless removal and subsequent storage of vehicles in California. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the bill amends Section 22650 of the Vehicle Code.

Under existing California law, a peace officer is authorized to order the removal and storage of a vehicle under various circumstances including when the driver is incapacitated or...

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