Any locality may prescribe fines and other punishments for violations of ordinances, which shall be enforced by proceedings as if such violations were misdemeanors. However, no fine or term of confinement for the violation of ordinances shall exceed the penalties provided by general law for the violation of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and such penalties shall not exceed those penalties prescribed by general law for like offenses.
Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1429
Penalties for violation of ordinances
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case O'Brien v. Appomattox County, Virginia (2003)
Most recently applied in O'Brien v. Appomattox County, Virginia (November 2003)
Code 1950, §§ 15-8, 15-77.64; 1954, c. 529; 1956, cc. 218, 664; 1956, Ex
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