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State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Amount | Level of offense | Mandatory | Imposed by | Delegation of authority | |
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Minnesota | M.S.A. § 609.0332 | Maximum penalty for petty misdemeanor ordinance violation |
From August 1, 2000, if a state law or municipal charter sets a limit of $200 or less on the fines that a statutory or home rule charter city, town, + See morecounty, or other political subdivision may prescribe for an ordinance violation that is defined as a petty misdemeanor, that law or charter is considered to provide that the political subdivision has the power to prescribe a maximum fine of $300 for the petty misdemeanor violation.
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$0.00 - $300.00 | Misdemeanor | No | Municipality/municipal agency | N/A |
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Minnesota | M.S.A. § 609.034 | Maximum penalty for ordinance violation |
Any law of this state or municipal charter which limits the power of any statutory or home rule charter city, town, county, or other political subdivision to prescribe a maximum + See morefine of $700 or less for an ordinance shall on or after August 1, 2000, be deemed to provide that the statutory or home rule charter city, town, county, or other political subdivision has the power to prescribe a maximum fine of $1,000.
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$0.00 - $1000.00 | Misdemeanor | No | Municipality/municipal agency | N/A |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:158A-16 | Public Defender Costs |
In all cases where it appears that the defendant has or reasonably expects to have means to meet some part, though not all, of the cost of the services rendered + See moreto him he shall be required to reimburse the office, either by a single payment or in installments, in such amounts as he can reasonably be expected to pay; but no default or failure in the making of any such payment shall in any wise affect or reduce the rendering of the services to him.
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Costs
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All | Yes | Other | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:158A-19 |
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. § 47:17 | Bylaws and Ordinances |
The city councils shall have power to make all such salutary and needful bylaws as towns and the police officers of towns and engineers or firewards by law have power + See moreto make and to annex penalties, not exceeding $1,000, for the breach thereof; and may make, establish, publish, alter, modify, amend and repeal ordinances, rules, regulations, and bylaws for the purposes stated in this section.
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$0 - $1000 | Misdemeanor | No | Municipality/municipal agency | Yes |
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 31:39 | Purpose and Penalties | Towns may enforce the observance of the bylaws by suitable penalties not exceeding $1,000 for each offense to enure to such uses as the town may direct. | $0.00 - $1000.00 | All | No | Local jurisdiction, Court, Municipality/municipal agency | Yes |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-19-108(b) | Fees |
(b) Criminal justice agencies which fingerprint applicants at the request of noncriminal justice agencies for criminal history record information may charge a reasonable fee of not more than + See morefive dollars ($5.00) for fingerprinting. Fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the state general fund or to the general fund of the appropriate county or municipality.
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$5 | All | No | Other | State/Statewide Agency |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-279.1 | Additional assessment for electronic summons system. |
Any county, city, or town, through its governing body, may assess an additional sum not in excess of $5 as part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case + See morein the district or circuit courts located where such cases are brought in which the defendant is charged with a violation of any statute or ordinance, which violation in the case of towns arose within the town. The imposition of such assessment shall be by ordinance of the governing body, which may provide for different sums in circuit courts and district courts. The assessment shall be collected by the clerk of the court in which the action is filed, remitted to the treasurer of the appropriate county, city, or town, and held by such treasurer subject to disbursements by the governing body to a local law-enforcement agency solely to fund software, hardware, and associated equipment costs for the implementation and maintenance of an electronic summons system. The imposition of a town assessment shall replace any county fee that would otherwise apply.
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$0 - $5 | All | No | Other | Delegation to municipality |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-299.2(C) | Alcohol and substance abuse screening and assessment for designated Class 1 misdemeanor convictions. |
C. If the screening indicates that the person has a substance abuse or dependence problem, an assessment shall be completed and if the assessment confirms that the person has a + See moresubstance abuse or dependence problem, as a condition of a suspended sentence and probation, the court shall order the person to complete the substance abuse education and intervention component, or both as appropriate, of the local alcohol safety action program or such other agency providing treatment programs or services, if available, such as in the opinion of the court would be best suited to the needs of the person. If the referral is to the local alcohol safety action program, the program may charge a fee for the education and intervention component, or both, not to exceed $300, based upon the defendant's ability to pay.
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$0 - $300 | All | No | Other | Delegation to local alcohol safety action program |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-338. | Collection by town of cost of transporting prisoners |
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of any charter or any law to the contrary, any town may provide that any person convicted of violating any ordinance of the town may be + See morecharged, in addition to all other costs, fines, fees and charges, the costs of transporting such person so convicted to and from a jail or other penal institution outside the corporate limits of such town designated by the town as a place of confinement for persons arrested for violating the ordinances of the town and required to be held in jail pending trial upon such charge. The cost of such transportation shall be taxed as a part of the costs payable by persons convicted of violating such ordinances.
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cost of transporting prisoners
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All | No | Municipality/municipal agency | Delegation to municipality |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 15(b) | Avoiding, rescinding or canceling county agency actions resulting from violations of chapter; restitution and damages |
In addition to the remedies set forth in subsection (a), the commission may, upon a finding pursuant to an adjudicatory proceeding that a person has acted to his economic advantage + See morein violation of section 2, 3, 8, sections 11 to 14, inclusive, or section 23, issue an order (1) requiring the violator to pay the commission on behalf of the county damages in the amount of the economic advantage or $500, whichever is greater...The maximum damages that the commission may order a violator to pay under this section shall be $25,000. If the commission determines that the damages authorized by this section exceed $25,000, it may bring a civil action against the violator to recover such damages.
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$500 - $25000
damages in the amount of the economic advantage or $500, whichever is greater, but not to exceed $25,000.
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All | No | Municipality/municipal agency | County Commission |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 15(b) | Avoiding, rescinding or canceling county agency actions resulting from violations of chapter; restitution and damages | ...and (2) requiring the violator to make restitution to an injured third party. |
Not specified
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All | No | Municipality/municipal agency | County Commission |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 15(b) | Avoiding, rescinding or canceling county agency actions resulting from violations of chapter; restitution and damages |
If there has been no final criminal judgment of conviction or acquittal of the same violation, upon receipt of the written approval of the attorney general and the district attorney, + See morethe commission may order payment of additional damages in an amount not exceeding twice the amount of the economic advantage or $500, and payment of such additional damages shall bar any criminal prosecution for the same violation...The maximum damages that the commission may order a violator to pay under this section shall be $25,000. If the commission determines that the damages authorized by this section exceed $25,000, it may bring a civil action against the violator to recover such damages.
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$500 - $25000
damages in an amount not exceeding twice of the amount of the economic advantage or $500, whichever is greater, but not to exceed $25,000.
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All | No | Municipality/municipal agency | County Commission |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-160.1(D) | Boarding or riding transportation district train without lawful payment of fare; penalty. |
D. Any person who has been convicted of violating subsection C shall be civilly liable to the Commonwealth and the transportation district for all costs incurred in prosecuting such person. + See moreThe costs shall be limited to actual expenses, including the base wage of one employee acting as a witness for the Commonwealth and suit costs, but the total costs recovered shall not exceed the maximum amount of the fine that may be imposed for the offense.
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costs incurred in prosecuting, not to exceed maximum fine for the offense
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Misdemeanor | Yes | Other | N/A |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-251.01(A) | Substance abuse screening and assessment for felony convictions. |
The services agency or program may require the person entering such program or services under the provisions of this section to pay a fee for the education and treatment component, + See moreor both, based upon the defendant's ability to pay.
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a fee for the education and treatment component
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Felony | No | Other | Delegation to services agency or program |
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-426 | Citation; failure to appear; penalty. |
Any person failing to appear or otherwise comply with the command of a citation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine + See moreof not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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$0 - $500 | Misdemeanor | No | All | Yes |
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-436 | Infraction, penalties. |
Any person guilty of an infraction when a penalty is not otherwise specified shall: (1) For the first offense be fined not more than one hundred dollars; (2) upon a + See moresecond conviction for the same infraction within a two-year period be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not more than three hundred dollars; and (3) upon a third or subsequent conviction for the same infraction within a two-year period be fined not less than two hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars.
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$0 - $500 | All | Yes | All | Yes |
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1463.06 | Property subject to forfeiture; hearing. |
In addition to the penalties provided in the Child Pornography Prevention Act, a sentencing court may order that any money, securities, negotiable instruments, firearms, conveyances, or electronic communication devices as + See moredefined in section 28-833 or any equipment, components, peripherals, software, hardware, or accessories related to electronic communication devices be forfeited as a part of the sentence imposed if it finds by clear and convincing evidence adduced at a separate hearing in the same prosecution, conducted pursuant to section 28-1601, that any or all such property was derived from, used, or intended to be used to facilitate a violation of the Child Pornography Prevention Act.
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All | No | All | Yes | |
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-106 (1) | Misdemeanors; classification of penalties; sentences; where served. |
(1) For purposes of the Nebraska Criminal Code and any statute passed by the Legislature after the date of passage of the code, misdemeanors are divided into seven classes which + See moreare distinguished from one another by the following penalties which are authorized upon conviction:Class I misdemeanor........ Maximum — not more than one year imprisonment, or one thousand dollars fine, or both
Minimum — none
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$0 - $1000
Class I Misdemeanor |
Misdemeanor | No | All | Yes |
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-106 (1) | Misdemeanors; classification of penalties; sentences; where served. |
(1) For purposes of the Nebraska Criminal Code and any statute passed by the Legislature after the date of passage of the code, misdemeanors are divided into seven classes which + See moreare distinguished from one another by the following penalties which are authorized upon conviction:Class II misdemeanor....... Maximum — six months imprisonment, or one thousand dollars fine, or both
Minimum — none
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$0 - $1000
Class II Misdemeanor |
Misdemeanor | No | All | Yes |
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-106 (1) | Misdemeanors; classification of penalties; sentences; where served. |
(1) For purposes of the Nebraska Criminal Code and any statute passed by the Legislature after the date of passage of the code, misdemeanors are divided into seven classes which + See moreare distinguished from one another by the following penalties which are authorized upon conviction:Class III misdemeanor...... Maximum — three months imprisonment, or five hundred dollars fine, or both
Minimum — none
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$0 - $500
Class III Misdemeanor |
Misdemeanor | No | All | Yes |
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