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<unit kind="division" number="15" name="Penalties" slug="division-15" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_26VETR_DIV15PE">
  <section number="26-163" name="Authority to levy penalties" law="code" slug="sec-26-163" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_26VETR_DIV15PE_S26-163AULEPE">
    <text>Unless another penalty is expressly provided by law or a specific penalty is provided within this Subtitle, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this Subtitle shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).</text>
  </section>
  <section number="26-163.01" name="Payment of fines; penalty for late payment" law="code" slug="sec-26-163.01" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_26VETR_DIV15PE_S26-163.01PAFIPELAPA">
    <level label="a">
      <text>Unless a person elects to stand trial pursuant to Section 26-303 of Article "Transportation," Annotated Code of Maryland, the following shall apply:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Any person issued a citation for violation of any Section of this Subtitle shall pay the fine imposed as a penalty for violation of that Section at the Treasury Division, Office of Finance, within thirty (30) days from the date of notice of violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Any person who fails to pay a required fine within thirty (30) days of the date of notice of violation shall pay at the Treasury Division, Office of Finance:</text>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Twice the amount of the fine if paid after thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days after the date of notice of violation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Four times the amount of the fine if paid more than sixty (60) days after the date of notice of violation.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>Any fine that is not paid within ninety (90) days of the date of the notice of violation shall be considered delinquent and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 26-163.02.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section number="26-163.02" name="Outstanding traffic and parking violation notices; impoundment" law="code" slug="sec-26-163.02" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_26VETR_DIV15PE_S26-163.02OUTRPAVINOIM">
    <level label="a">
      <text>Any unattended motor vehicle found parked at any time upon any public street in Prince George's County, or any parking facility owned or operated by the Revenue Authority or Prince George's County, against which there are two or more outstanding or otherwise unsettled traffic and/or parking violation notices, or against which there have been issued two or more warrants, or against which there is any traffic and/or parking fine that is not paid within ninety (90) days of the date of the notice of violation, may, by, or under the direction of the County Police Department either by towing or otherwise, be removed or conveyed to and impounded in any place designated by the Chief of Police or the Revenue Authority, or immobilized in such manner as to prevent its operation, except that no such vehicle shall be immobilized by any means other than by the use of a device or other mechanism which will cause no damage to such vehicle unless it is moved while such device or mechanism is in place.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Any motor vehicle or mobile food unit employed in mobile vending parked at any time upon any public street in Prince George's County in the right-of-way or on private property against which there are one or more traffic and/or parking violation citations or against which there have been issued two or more warrants, may, by, or under the direction of the County Police Department either by towing or otherwise, be removed or conveyed to and impounded in any place designated by the Chief of Police or the Revenue Authority, or immobilized in such manner as to prevent its operation, except that no such vehicle shall be immobilized by any means other than by the use of a device or other mechanism which will cause no damage to such vehicle unless it is moved while such device or mechanism is in place. The first date of impoundment within three hundred sixty five (365) days of the first citation shall result in a fine or fees not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) to obtain the vehicle. The second act of impoundment and subsequent acts of impoundment within three hundred sixty five (365) days of the first act of impoundment shall result in a fine or fees not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), notwithstanding subsection (c) and (d).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The impoundment or immobilization of a vehicle shall be done pursuant to Division 18 of this Subtitle. In any case involving immobilization of a vehicle pursuant to this Subsection, such member or officer shall cause to be placed on such vehicle, in a conspicuous manner, notice sufficient to warn any individual to the effect that such vehicle has been immobilized and that any attempt to move such vehicle might result in damage to such vehicle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The owner of such impounded or immobilized motor vehicle, or other duly authorized person, shall be permitted to repossess or to secure the release of the vehicle upon presentation of a "Certificate of No Probable Cause" or upon satisfaction of all outstanding traffic and/or parking violation notices and reimbursement of all towing, storage, and other costs incurred as a result of the impoundment or immobilization.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</unit>
