North Carolina § 14-4 - (See editor's note) Violation of local ordinances misdemeanor.

§ 14-4. (See editor's note) Violation of local ordinances misdemeanor.

Except as provided in subsection (b), if any person shall violate an ordinance of a county, city, town, or metropolitan sewerage district created under Article 5 of Chapter 162A, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). No fine shall exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) unless the ordinance expressly states that the maximum fine is greater than fifty dollars ($50.00). If any person shall violate an ordinance of a county, city, or town regulating the operation or parking of vehicles, he shall be responsible for an infraction and shall be required to pay a penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00). History (1871-2, c. 195, s. 2; Code, s. 3820; Rev., s. 3702; C.S., s. 4174; 1969, c. 36, s. 2; 1985, c. 764, s. 2; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 852, s. 17; 1991, c. 415, s. 1; c. 446, s. 1; 1993, c. 538, s. 8; c. 539, s. 9; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, ss. 14(b), 14(c); 1995, c. 509, s. 133.1.) Local Modification. - Jacksonville: 1979, c. 511; Mecklenburg: 1983, c. 118; Onslow: 1979, c. 511, s. 2; 1991, c. 245; city of Greensboro: 1987, c. 772; town of North Topsail Beach: 1979, c. 511, s. 2; 1991, c. 245. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2018-69, s. 1, as amended by Session Laws 2019-198, s. 3, provides: "All State agencies, boards, and commissions that have the power to define conduct as a crime in the North Carolina Administrative Code shall create a list of all crimes defined by the agency, board, or commission that are in effect or pending implementation. Each agency, board, or commission shall submit the list to the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee no later than November 1, 2019." Session Laws 2018-69, s. 3, as amended by Session Laws 2019-198, s. 4, provides: "Every county with a population of 20,000 or more according to the last federal decennial census, city or town with a population of 1,000 or more according to the last federal decennial census, or metropolitan sewerage district that has enacted an ordinance punishable pursuant to G.S. 14-4(a) shall create a list of applicable ordinances with a description of the conduct subject to criminal punishment in each ordinance. Each county, city, town, or metropolitan sewerage district shall submit the list to the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee November 1, 2019." Session Laws 2019-198, s. 5, provides: "No ordinance adopted on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2022, by a county, city, or town that was required to report pursuant to Section 3 of S.L. 2018-69, as amended by Section 4 of this act, shall be subject to the criminal penalty provided by G.S. 14-4 unless that county, city, or town submitted the required report on or before November 1, 2019. Ordinances regulated by this section may still be subject to civil penalties as authorized by G.S. 153A-123 or G.S. 160A-175 ." Legal Periodicals. - For a survey of 1996 developments in constitutional law, see 75 N.C.L. Rev. 2252 (1997).