juridstiction

[Noraku81]

So my co worker just got a ticket in our parking lot for expired tags. Does local leo have juridstiction over a parking lot?

[mej16489]

Probably...

CA Vehicle Code

4000. (a) (1) No person shall drive, move, or leave standing upon a
highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, any motor
vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole or pipe dolly, or logging dolly,
unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid under
this code or registered under the permanent trailer identification
program, except that an off-highway motor vehicle which displays an
identification plate or device issued by the department pursuant to
Section 38010 may be driven, moved, or left standing in an offstreet
public parking facility without being registered or paying
registration fees.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "offstreet public parking
facility" means either of the following:
(A) Any publicly owned parking facility.
(B) Any privately owned parking facility for which no fee for the
privilege to park is charged and which is held open for the common
public use of retail customers.
(3) This subdivision does not apply to any motor vehicle stored in
a privately owned offstreet parking facility by, or with the express
permission of, the owner of the privately owned offstreet parking
facility.

[Noraku81]

Thanks. I just find it funny that the senior citizens patrols parking lots here in escondido.

[Maltese Falcon]

... Must be ...from my office window I can see them cruise our multiple employer parking lot regularly...and since I am the paranoid type, I am always wondering when I will need to make a break for it...

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[retired]

Thanks. I just find it funny that the senior citizens patrols parking lots here in escondido.

That is probably one of their many functions. They are more than likely doing a security check to make sure no one is trying to burglarize or steal any of the cars. They obviously wouldn't confront the bad guys physically since they aren't le, but they could call for officers to respond and be good witnesses in the interim.

I will surmise the owners of those vehicles wouldn't complain about them being in the lot if they prevented a burglary or theft.