Harford County, MD
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2023-10-11
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 64 Animals
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Article VI Penalty Provisions
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Boards, Commissions, Councils and Agencies
- Ch 16 Departments
- Ch 20 Elections
- Ch 23 Ethics Code
- Ch 28 Fire, Ambulance and Rescue Organizations
- Ch 29 Harford County Sheriff's Office Pension
- Ch 31 Fiscal Impact
- Ch 38 Personnel
- Ch 41 Procurement
- Ch 50 Vehicles, County
- General Legislation
- Ch 58 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 60 Agriculture
- Ch 62 Alarm Systems
- Ch 64 Animals
- Ch 64 Art VI Penalty Provisions
- § 64-28 Criminal penalty.
- § 64-29 Civil penalty.
- Ch 68 Assemblies, Mass Public
- Ch 72 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 82 Building Construction
- Ch 84 Buildings, General
- Ch 95 Discriminatory Practices
- Ch 100 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 105 Electricity
- Ch 109 Environmental Control
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 123 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 131 Floodplain Management Program
- Ch 142 Handicapped, Facilities for
- Ch 146 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 149 Health
- Ch 157 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 161 Littering
- Ch 162 Livability Code
- Ch 163 (Reserved)
- Ch 166 Massage Establishments
- Ch 169 Master Plan
- Ch 173 Mobile Homes and Trailers
- Ch 179 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 185 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 188 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 193 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 197 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 199 (Reserved)
- Ch 202 Plumbing
- Ch 206 Real Estate
- Ch 211 (Reserved)
- Ch 214 Sediment Control and Stormwater Management
- Ch 216 Sewage Disposal Systems, Private
- Ch 218 Sheriff
- Ch 219 (Reserved)
- Ch 225 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Works
- Ch 226 Swimming Pools
- Ch 232 Taxicabs
- Ch 235 Television
- Ch 237 Towing Businesses
- Ch 244 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 247 Vehicles, Junk
- Ch 256 Water and Sewers
- Ch 260 Weapons
- Ch 267 Zoning
- Ch 268 Subdivision Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A271 Comparative Table
- Ch A272 (Reserved)
- Ch A273 Executive Orders
- Ch A274 Zoning Board of Appeals Rules of Procedure
- Ch A275 Capital Improvements
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended by Bill No. 15-011[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This bill also repealed former Article VII,
Enforcement.
Any person violating any provision of Article III, Article IV or Article V of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 90 calendar days, or both fined and imprisoned. Each day during which a violation of this chapter continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Amended by Bill No. 19-008]
The Sheriff or his designee shall serve a violation notice to any person found in violation of this chapter. Except for violations of Article IV, the notice shall impose upon such violator a civil monetary penalty of $30, which shall be paid to the County within 10 days in full satisfaction of the assessed penalty. The penalty shall increase to $100 for a second offense and $150 for a third and any subsequent offense. For violations of Article IV, Animal Care; Abuse: Cruelty, the notice of violation shall impose upon a violator a civil monetary penalty of $50 which shall be paid to the County within 10 days in full satisfaction of the assessed penalty. The penalty for violations of Article IV shall increase to $150 for a second offense and $500 for a third and any subsequent offense.
