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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 11 – Penalties">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-1101" heading="Enforcement by citation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, this title may be enforced by issuance of:<para num="(1)">an environmental citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">a civil citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Process not exclusive.">The issuance of a citation to enforce this title does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §41(g), art. 19, §§32(q), 145(i)(part)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-595</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="10-1102" heading="Criminal penalties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">Any person who violates any provision of this title, or a rule or regulation adopted under this title, or a lawful directive or order issued under this title  is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to the penalties specified in this section.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Basic penalty: $1,000.">Except as otherwise specified in the section, the penalty for a violation is a fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Misrepresentation: $1,000 and 30 days.">For a violation of &lt;cite data-path="|health|§10-112"&gt;§ 10-112 {“Obstructing, etc., officer; False statements”} of this title&lt;/cite&gt;, the penalty is a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days or both fine and imprisonment for each offense.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Animal Protection: $1,000 and 90 days.">For a violation of Subtitle 4 {“Animal Protection”} or Subtitle 9 {“Horse Riding and Driving”} of this title, the penalty is a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days or both fine and imprisonment for each offense.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Attack dogs and vicious dogs: $1,000 and 6 months.">For a violation of § 10-701 {“Attack dogs”} or § 10-706 {“Vicious animals – Keeping prohibited”}of this title, the penalty is a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 6 months or both fine and imprisonment for each offense.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §37, inter alia, art. 19, §4, inter alia</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
