# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions

### Subtitle 13. Miscellaneous

#### Section 1-1304

(a) In this section, "civil penalty" means a civil fine or other monetary penalty administratively imposed.

(b) Unless otherwise provided by statute, ordinance, or regulation, an officer or unit of a county, municipality, bicounty agency, or board of license commissioners authorized by law to impose a civil penalty up to a specific dollar amount for violation of a statute, ordinance, or regulation shall consider the following in setting the amount of the civil penalty:

  (1) the severity of the violation;

  (2) the good faith of the violator; and

  (3) any history of prior violations.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)