[dragonwriter]

There may be some jurisdictions in the US where this is true, but it doesn't seem to be generally true. As this kind of thing is a matter of state law and local agency practice, there probably is no valid generalization one way or the other on the level of "in the US".

[aidenn0]

For the 3 towns in 3 different states I have lived in, this is true. I accept that this is a very small number of data points.