§ 12003 Second Violation Penalties

This law says that if you break Section 8670 more than once, you can be fined between $2,000 and $4,000, go to jail for up to one year, or both.

Key Takeaways

•The first time you break Section 8670 you are not covered by this rule.
•The second or later break can bring a fine of $2,000‑$4,000, up to one year in jail, or both.
•The exact fine amount is chosen by the court but must stay inside the $2,000‑$4,000 range.

Example

Someone gets a parking ticket for the first time and pays it. A few months later they get another parking ticket for the same violation.

Because this is their second break of the same rule, the law lets the court charge them a fine of $2,000‑$4,000, put them in jail for up to a year, or do both.

How to Calculate

Fine amount = any dollar value ≥ $2,000 and ≤ $4,000

Identify that this is a second or later violation of Section 8670.
Look at the fine range set by the law: $2,000 minimum, $4,000 maximum.
Choose a fine amount that falls inside that range (the judge decides the exact number).

A judge decides to fine the offender $3,250 for the second violation.

Result: The offender pays $3,250 (which is between the allowed $2,000 and $4,000).

Notwithstanding Section 12002, a second or subsequent violation of Section 8670 is punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than four thousand dollars ($4,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 103. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)

This law says that if you break Section 8670 more than once, you can be fined between $2,000 and $4,000, go to jail for up to one year, or both.

Key Takeaways

•The first time you break Section 8670 you are not covered by this rule.
•The second or later break can bring a fine of $2,000‑$4,000, up to one year in jail, or both.
•The exact fine amount is chosen by the court but must stay inside the $2,000‑$4,000 range.

Example

Someone gets a parking ticket for the first time and pays it. A few months later they get another parking ticket for the same violation.

Because this is their second break of the same rule, the law lets the court charge them a fine of $2,000‑$4,000, put them in jail for up to a year, or do both.

How to Calculate

Fine amount = any dollar value ≥ $2,000 and ≤ $4,000

Identify that this is a second or later violation of Section 8670.
Look at the fine range set by the law: $2,000 minimum, $4,000 maximum.
Choose a fine amount that falls inside that range (the judge decides the exact number).

A judge decides to fine the offender $3,250 for the second violation.

Result: The offender pays $3,250 (which is between the allowed $2,000 and $4,000).

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§ 12003 Second Violation Penalties

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