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CHAPTER 376 An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1231.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to towing and recovery operators; exemption from liability. [S 1042] Approved March 15, 2007

 

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.