Title 50 — Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.

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(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no motor vehicle, other than a mini-van, may be operated or parked upon the public streets or spaces of the District of Columbia with: (A) A front windshield or front side windows that allow less than 70% light transmit…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to use an automated traffic enforcement system to detect moving infractions. Violations detected by an automated traffic enforcement system shall constitute moving violations. Proof of an infraction may be evidenced by information obtained through the …

(a) Absent an intervening criminal or fraudulent act, the owner of a vehicle issued a notice of infraction shall be liable for payment of the fine assessed for the infraction. (b) When a violation is detected by an automated traffic enforcement system, the Mayor shall mail a summ…

The Mayor may enter an agreement with a private entity to obtain relevant records regarding registration information or to perform tasks associated with the use of an automated traffic enforcement system, including, but not limited to, the operation, maintenance, administration o…

Not later than April 1, 2013, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council a plan for expansion of automated traffic enforcement in the District. The plan shall include: (1) An explanation of the plan, its goals, and the strategies to achieve the goals, such as red light, speed, fixed…

It is the intent of the Council of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”) in the adoption of this chapter to decriminalize and to provide for the administrative adjudication of certain violations of Title 32 of the District of Columbia Rules and Regul…

For the purpose of this chapter: (1) The term “Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles, established pursuant to § 50-901. (2) The term “Director” means the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles or his or her designee. (3) The term “District” means the District o…

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(a) The Director shall appoint and prescribe the duties of a Chief Hearing Examiner and other hearing examiners as are necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. The Chief Hearing Examiner and each hearing examiner appointed pursuant to this section shall serve as car…

(a) The maximum monetary sanctions that may be imposed under this chapter shall be as follows: (1) The civil fine for an infraction shall be an amount equal to the collateral or bond established for the offense, equivalent to the infraction, by the Board of Judges of the Superior…

In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this chapter, the day of the act, event or default from which the period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holida…

The Director is authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

By June 30th of each year, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a report on parking and traffic enforcement for the previous calendar year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) The number of persons hired as hearing examiners: (A) The level of comp…

(a) When requesting information to send notice of an outstanding notice of infraction as required under §§ 50-2302.05(f) and 50-2303.05(d)(2), the Department shall retrieve from its records the registered owner or lessee’s full name, address, vehicle make and model, and status as…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all violations of statutes, regulations, executive orders or rules relating to the operation of any vehicle in the District, including rules issued pursuant to Chapter 14 of Title 8, except those violations covered by subchapter III of …

The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the following violations, which shall continue to be prosecuted as criminal offenses: (1) Any felony or any misdemeanor for which the provision prohibiting the same is not codified in: (A) Title 50 of the District of Columbia O…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to a person alleged to have committed an infraction who, during the 18-month period immediately preceding the date of the infraction, has been assessed 12 or more traffic p…

(a) The notice of infraction shall be the summons and complaint for the purposes of this subchapter. The Director shall prescribe the form of the notice of infraction and shall establish procedures for the proper administrative controls over the dispersal thereof. The notice of i…

(a) In answer to a notice of infraction, a person to whom the notice was issued may: (1) Admit, by payment of the civil fine, the commission of the infraction; (1A) Admit with an explanation; or (2) Deny the commission of the infraction. (b)(1) A person charged with a moving viol…

(a) Each hearing for the adjudication of a traffic infraction pursuant to this subchapter shall be held before a hearing examiner in accordance with Chapter 10 of Title 18 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations except as provided by this chapter. The burden of proof sh…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all violations of statutes, regulations, executive orders or rules relating to parking, standing, stopping or pedestrian offenses within the District shall be processed and adjudicated pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, exce…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to a person alleged to have committed a parking, standing, or stopping infraction who, during the 18 months immediately preceding the date of the infraction, has been asses…

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “automated parking enforcement system” means equipment that takes a film or digital camera-based photograph which is linked with a violation detection system that synchronizes the taking of a photograph with the occurrence of a pa…

(a) The notice of infraction shall be the summons and complaint for the purposes of this subchapter. The Director shall prescribe the form of the notice of infraction and shall establish procedures for the proper administrative controls over the dispersal thereof. The notice of i…

(a)(1) The operator of a vehicle shall be primarily liable for the civil penalties imposed pursuant to this subchapter. The owner or lessee of the vehicle, even if not the operator thereof, shall also be liable, unless the owner or lessee can show that the vehicle was used withou…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Fleet” means 10 or more company owned or long-term leased motor vehicles, or a vehicle that was part of the fleet adjudication program, which the motor vehicle owner elects to be part of the fleet reconciliation program. (2) “M…

(a)(1) In answer to a notice of infraction, a person to whom the notice was issued may: (A) Admit, by payment of the civil fine and any related vehicle conveyance fee, the commission of the infraction; (A-i) Admit with explanation; or (B) Deny the commission of the infraction. (2…

(a) Each hearing for the adjudication of a traffic infraction pursuant to this subchapter shall be held before a hearing examiner in accordance with Chapter 10 of Title 18 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations except as provided in this chapter. (b) The burden of proo…

(a) A pedestrian who is stopped by a police officer or other authorized official after the pedestrian has committed an infraction of these regulations shall be required to inform the officer or other official of his or her true name and address for the purpose of including that i…

The Department of Motor Vehicles may offer customers the option of receiving some or all notices required under this or any other law by email or similar electronic transmission instead of regular mail; provided, that the email address, provided by the customer, shall be consider…

(a) A person found liable at a hearing conducted pursuant to subchapters II and III, including a hearing involving the suspension or revocation of a license or privilege to drive, shall be entitled to reconsideration of the matter if a written application is received by the Depar…

The Director shall establish appeals boards to consider and determine appeals brought by persons aggrieved by decisions of hearing examiners. The Director shall appoint to each appeals board one employee of the Department of Transportation, one attorney from a list of practicing …

(a) A person found liable by a hearing examiner after a reconsideration conducted pursuant to § 50-2303.11 may appeal the matter to the appeals board pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter; provided, that a denial by a hearing examiner of a motion to vacate a finding of li…

Each appeals board shall review each case before it on the record and shall hold unlawful and set aside any action or findings and conclusions found to be: (1) Arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with law; (2) Repealed; (3) In excess of st…

(a) No appeal shall be reviewed if it is filed more than 30 calendar days after service of notice of the determination appealed from. (b) Service of notice under this section shall be complete 3 calendar days after the Department sends the reconsideration determination to the per…

Appeals from decisions of the appeals board shall be by application for the allowance of an appeal filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia within 30 days of the decision of the appeals board; provided, that appeals from the suspension or revocation of one’s licens…

If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the constitutionality or validity or the remainder of this chapter and the applicability of such provision to other persons or…

The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to violations which occur after the Director has promulgated the necessary regulations to carry out this chapter pursuant to § 50-2301.07.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Autonomous vehicle” means a vehicle capable of navigating District roadways and interpreting traffic-control devices without a driver actively operating any of the vehicle’s control systems. The term “autonomous vehicle” excludes a…

An autonomous vehicle may operate on a public roadway; provided, that the vehicle: (1) Has a manual override feature that allows a driver to assume control of the autonomous vehicle at any time; (2) Has a driver seated in the control seat of the vehicle while in operation who is …

(a) The original manufacturer of a vehicle converted by a third party into an autonomous vehicle shall not be liable in any action resulting from a vehicle defect caused by the conversion of the vehicle, or by equipment installed by the converter, unless the alleged defect was pr…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 2 of Title 5 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules on or before December 31, 2013, establishing a class of vehicles for autonomous vehicles and procedures and fees for the registration, titling, and issuance of permits to operate auto…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the terms used shall have the same meaning as those defined in § 50-2421.02.

(a) There is established an Abandoned and Junk Vehicle Division of the Department of Public Works (“Abandoned and Junk Vehicle Division”), which shall be responsible for the removal of any abandoned or dangerous vehicle from any public or private property including any public spa…

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Within 90 days of September 9, 1989, the Mayor shall transfer jurisdiction of the Blue Plains Impoundment Lot from the Metropolitan Police Department to the Department of Public Works to store and auction abandoned vehicles and submit a feasibility study with recommendations on t…

Within 90 days from September 9, 1989, the Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to implement the provisions of this act. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal h…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Removal and Disposition of Abandoned and other Unlawfully Parked Vehicles Reform Act of 2003.”