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Responsibility—Presumptions. <br /> A. Every person in whose name a vehicle is registered shall be responsible for any <br /> violation of this chapter caused by the parking, standing or stopping of said vehicle in violation <br /> hereof. It shall be no defense that the vehicle was parked illegally by another, unless proof is <br /> presented that said vehicle had been stolen and had not been returned to the registered owner by <br /> the date of the violation. This section shall not apply to registered owners transferring vehicle <br /> ownership who have complied with the provisions of state law prior to the date of the violation. <br /> B. In any parking infraction case involving a violation of this chapter, proof that the <br /> particular vehicle described in the notice of parking infraction was parking, standing or stopping <br /> in violation of any such provision of this chapter, together with proof that the person named in <br /> the notice of parking infraction was at the time of the violation the registered owner of the <br /> vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the <br /> vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time <br /> during which, the violation occurred; provided, however: <br /> 1. Where a registered owner has transferred vehicle ownership in compliance with <br /> the provisions of state law prior to the date of the violation, then proof that the particular <br /> vehicle described in the notice of parking infraction was parking, standing or stopping in <br /> violation of any such provision of this chapter, together with proof that the person named <br /> in the notice of parking infraction was at the time of the violation the person to whom the <br /> vehicle's ownership had been transferred, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie <br /> presumption that the person to whom ownership was transferred was the person who <br /> parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the <br /> violation occurred; and <br /> 2. That in such case, any notice in this chapter required to be sent to the registered <br /> owner shall instead be sent to the person to whom ownership has been so transferred. <br /> Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> Responsibility—Presumptions. <br /> A. Every person in whose name a vehicle is registered shall be responsible for any <br /> violation of this chapter caused by the parking, reparking, standing or stopping of said vehicle in <br /> violation hereof. It shall be no defense that the vehicle was parked illegally by another, unless <br /> proof is presented that said vehicle had been stolen and had not been returned to the registered <br /> owner by the date of the violation. This section shall not apply to registered owners transferring <br /> vehicle ownership who have complied with the provisions of state law prior to the date of the <br /> violation. <br /> B. In any parking infraction case involving a violation of this chapter, proof that the <br /> particular vehicle described in the notice of parking infraction was parking, reparking, standing <br /> 11 <br />