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TRAFFIC MISDEMEANOR BAIL AND PENALTY SCHEDULE (*See Preface, Section III) (**See Preface, Section IV) (Vehicle Code)

Fine EMS Base State DNA Court Surcharge OPS Court Total Bail Section Offense County PA*/10 PA*/ Notes Fine PA* PA* PA*/10 & PA Conv.Assess ** 10 Surcharge* Subtotal Court Night
10/10 7 5/10 5 20% 2 40 30 1

Notes 1 Per VC 40000.6(a): "a misdemeanor and not an infraction." 2 Per VC 40000.6(b): "a misdemeanor and not an infraction." Per VC 1808.1(f): "punished by confinement in a county jail for not more than six months, by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both that confinement and fine." 3 Per VC 2468(c)(1): "For a first offense, by a fine of not less than $1,000 ... ." 4 Per VC 42002.1, “A person convicted of a misdemeanor violation of Section 2800, 2801, or 2803, insofar as it affects a failure to stop and submit to inspection of equipment or for an unsafe condition endangering a person, shall be punished as follows: (a) By a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding five days. (b) For a second conviction within a period of one year, a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 10 days, or both that fine and imprisonment. (c) For a third or a subsequent conviction within a period of one year, a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both that fine and imprisonment.” 5 Per VC 2800.3(a): "fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000 ... ." 6 Fine "not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000." 7 Per VC 4461.3 a city or county may adopt an additional penalty of $100. PC 1465.6 requires imposition of an assessment equal to 10 percent of the fine imposed. 8 Per VC 4461.3 a city or county may adopt an additional penalty of $100. PC 1465.6 requires imposition of an assessment equal to 10 percent of the fine imposed. VC 4461.5 authorizes a civil penalty of not more than $1,500 in addition to or instead of any fine imposed. 9 VC 4463.3 authorizes a civil penalty of not more than $1,500 in addition to or instead of any fine imposed. Per VC 4463(b): “A person who, with intent to prejudice, damage, or defraud, commits any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for six months, a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both that fine and imprisonment, which penalty shall not be suspended: (1) Forges, counterfeits, or falsifies a disabled person placard or a comparable placard relating to parking privileges for disabled persons provided for by a foreign jurisdiction, or forges, counterfeits, or falsifies a disabled person placard with intent to represent it as issued by the department. (2) Passes, or attempts to pass, as true and genuine, a false, forged, or counterfeit disabled person placard knowing it to be false, forged, or counterfeited. (3) Acquires, possesses, sells, or offers for sale a genuine or counterfeit disabled person placard.” 10 Per VC 4463(c): "A person who, with fraudulent intent, displays or causes or permits to be displayed a forged, counterfeited, or false disabled person placard, ... is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for six months, a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $1,000, or both that fine and imprisonment, which penalty shall not be suspended." PC 1465.6 requires imposition of an assessment equal to 10 percent of the fine imposed. 11 Per VC 40000.7: "Violation ... a misdemeanor and not an infraction ... when committed by a dealer or any person while a dealer within the last 12 months." Per VC 5753(e), failure of licensed dealer to comply with subdivisions (c) and (d) shall result in payment to the transferee of $25 per day for each day that the requirements of subdivisions (c) and (d) remain unsatisfied, not to exceed a maximum payment of $2,500. If the legal owner or lessor fails to pay this amount within 60 days following written demand by the transferee, the amount shall be trebled, not to exceed a maximum payment of $7,500, and the transferee shall be entitled to costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in any court action brought to collect the payment. The right to recover these payments is cumulative with and is not in substitution or derogation of any remedy otherwise available at law or equity. 12 Per VC 10851(a): " ... punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both the fine and imprisonment." 13 Per VC 40000.7: "Violation ... a misdemeanor, and not an infraction ... when committed by a dealer or any person while a dealer within the last 12 months."

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