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2007 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1231.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1231.1. Immunity from liability for certain towing.
No towing and recovery operator shall be liable for damages in
any civil action for responding in good faith to the lawful direction of a
law-enforcement, or, in the case that life, limb, or property is
endangered, a fire or rescue agency to tow, recover, or store any vehicle,
combination of vehicles, their contents, or any other object. The immunity
provided by this section shall not extend to the liability for negligence in
the towing, recovery, or storage carried out by the towing and recovery
operator. For the purposes of this section, any towing, recovery, or storage
carried out in compliance with a contract between a towing business and a local
law-enforcement agency or local government shall be deemed to have been
performed at the lawful direction of a law-enforcement agency.