19.2-80.1 - When arrested person operating motor vehicle; how vehicle removed from scene of arrest. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-80.1. When arrested person operating motor vehicle; how vehicleremoved from scene of arrest.

In any case in which a police officer arrests the operator of a motor vehicleand there is no legal cause for the retention of the motor vehicle by theofficer, the officer shall allow the person arrested to designate anotherperson who is present at the scene of the arrest and a licensed driver todrive the motor vehicle from the scene to a place designated by the personarrested. If such a designation is not made, the officer may cause thevehicle to be taken to the nearest appropriate place for safekeeping.

(1981, c. 306.)