Overnight Parking Rules

Now I guess it is up to the OP to make us understand what he really wants to know

I think the best starting point would be to point out that lands where you can camp with your RV fall in many types.
We have vast tracts of land owned by the US Government which anyone can legally use. The Bureau of land management sets the rules for many.
BLM website is
www.blm.gov
we also have other agencies
USACE, US forest Service, as well as all the states having lands being used for camping and other recreational uses.

GordonThree wrote:
...Township, village and city (and rarely County) ordinances (they can't make laws) would cover the roads, public parking lots, etc. More and more municipalities are against any kind of overnight parking supposedly to combat the homeless, gypsies and freeloaders. These ordinances are rarely published online anywhere...

Thousands of city, town and county ordinances can be found online at municode.com I usually do a web search by typing in "municode" and the city or county name. Just be aware the recently passed ordinances may not be posted yet. Sometimes there is an index on the first page indicating new ordinances that are not yet placed into their proper numerical order within the searchable listing.

Gordon Three - Some states do have county governments that definitely have the authority and power to pass and enforce their own laws. There are many areas of South Carolina, for instance, that are labeled "unincorporated". They are governed directly by those elected County officials, with no 'local' governmental authority. When we lived in NJ, county boards had very, very limited authority, but not so down here.

TexasShadow wrote:
Interstate rest stops frequently have signs forbidding camping, but many rv travelers park overnight while en route to their destinations. Note: they are not camping...just parking, and will be parked with the big trucks.

Same with state highway rest stops.

FYI Ohio law forbids overnight patking in an RV in rest areas Except for the Ohio Turnpike. I was kicked out of a rest area a few years ago by the police. If you are in a semi, car, pickup with no fiver or TT, etc you are fine. In a MOTOR HOME or towing a TT or fiver you cannot stay.

GordonThree wrote:
Federal law would cover overnight parking at NFS, NPS, COE, etc facilities. I've heard of folks being allowed to park at NFS ranger stations overnight by asking first. PARKING, not camping - no grill, no beach chairs, etc. NPS generally is not friendly to any sort of overnight parking outside of their paid campgrounds. COE I don't have any experience with. Other federal buildings, most likely NO.

You can add National Wildlife Refuges generally have no overnight parking, there are a few that have campgrounds.

KialaItaly wrote:
Please who can help me to find the federal law about the RV overnight parking. I need for my blog (I'm italian). Thank you!

What COUNTRY are you asking about ?

The US does not have any Federal rules about things like that......except on land owned by the Federal Government.

We won't know what OP is talking about until he or she returns.

Federal law would cover overnight parking at NFS, NPS, COE, etc facilities. I've heard of folks being allowed to park at NFS ranger stations overnight by asking first. PARKING, not camping - no grill, no beach chairs, etc. NPS generally is not friendly to any sort of overnight parking outside of their paid campgrounds. COE I don't have any experience with. Other federal buildings, most likely NO.

State law would cover overnight parking at things like rest areas, welcome centers, capitol complexes / campus, things like that. State of Michigan permits overnight PARKING not camping at Welcome Centers but not all rest areas.

Township, village and city (and rarely County) ordinances (they can't make laws) would cover the roads, public parking lots, etc. More and more municipalities are against any kind of overnight parking supposedly to combat the homeless, gypsies and freeloaders. These ordinances are rarely published online anywhere. Most of the time, as you enter the area of influence for whatever level of local government, there will be signs posted disallowing overnight parking on any street for example. Around my area, there are big signs posted "No Parking On Any Street from 2AM to 6AM"

the only federal laws regarding overnight parking or camping will be on national parkland or forest or grassland...any property belonging to the federal government.
camping or parking overnight on national forest lands is found in many places out west of the Mississippi River. National parks require you to stay in designated campgrounds, including dispersed camp sites.

Interstate rest stops frequently have signs forbidding camping, but many rv travelers park overnight while en route to their destinations. Note: they are not camping...just parking, and will be parked with the big trucks.

Same with state highway rest stops.

Many travelers stay overnight at Walmart, but always ASK the manager if it is allowed because some cities forbid it.