Skip to main content
Loading…
This section is included in your selections.

A. The following statutes of the State of Washington are hereby adopted by reference:

RCW 7.84.100    Monetary penalties.

RCW 9.92.030    Punishment of misdemeanor when not fixed by statute.

RCW 88.12.015    Violations of chapter punishable as misdemeanor – Circumstances – Violations designated as civil infractions.

B. Except where the violation is classified as a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, a violation of any provision of this title shall be classified as a civil infraction. Unless otherwise provided, a person found to have committed an infraction under this title shall be assessed a monetary penalty which may not exceed five hundred dollars. Said penalty shall be in an amount provided by an applicable court bail schedule, or, if none is in effect, in the amount of fifty dollars.

C. Unless otherwise provided, it is a misdemeanor for any person to commit a violation designated as an infraction under this title, if during a period of three hundred sixty-five days the person has previously committed two infractions for violating the same provision under this title and if the violation is also committed during such period and is of the same provision as the previous violations.

D. Unless otherwise provided, a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense under this title shall be punished as provided in RMC 9.01.050.A.

E. Unless otherwise provided, a person convicted of a gross misdemeanor offense under this title shall be punished as provided in RMC 9.01.050.B. (Ord. 1937 § 8, 1997).