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A. Every person in whose name a vehicle is registered shall be responsible for any violation of this chapter caused by the parking, reparking, standing or stopping of said vehicle in violation hereof. It shall be no defense that the vehicle was parked illegally by another, unless proof is presented that said vehicle had been stolen and had not been returned to the registered owner by the date of the violation. This section shall not apply to registered owners transferring vehicle ownership who have complied with the provisions of state law prior to the date of the violation.

B. In any parking infraction case involving a violation of this chapter, proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice of parking infraction was parking, reparking, standing or stopping in violation of any such provision of this chapter, together with proof that the person named in the notice of parking infraction was at the time of the violation the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred; provided, however:

1. Where a registered owner has transferred vehicle ownership in compliance with the provisions of state law prior to the date of the violation, then proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice of parking infraction was parking, reparking, standing or stopping in violation of any such provision of this chapter, together with proof that the person named in the notice of parking infraction was at the time of the violation the person to whom the vehicle’s ownership had been transferred, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the person to whom ownership was transferred was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred; and

2. That in such case, any notice in this chapter required to be sent to the registered owner shall instead be sent to the person to whom ownership has been so transferred. (Ord. 2691-03 § 3, 2003; Ord. 2603-02 § 3, 2002; Ord. 2180-96 § 26, 1996.)