62-181. Presumptions.

In any proceeding for violation of this article relating to parking, leaving, or abandoning a motor vehicle or trailer, proof that the particular motor vehicle or trailer described in the complaint or citation was parked or left in violation of this article, together with proof that the respondent named in the complaint or citation was, at the time of such parking, the registered owner of such motor vehicle or trailer, shall constitute a presumption that the registered owner of such motor vehicle or trailer was the person who parked or left such motor vehicle at the locations in which the violation occurred.

In any proceeding for a violation as stated in above, the person in whose name that vehicle is registered at the time of the violation is prima facie responsible for that violation. The registered owner of such vehicle may assert as an affirmative defense that the vehicle in question, at the time of the violation, was in the possession of a person whom the owner had not knowingly permitted to operate the vehicle.