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Statutes > Alabama > Title11 > Title2 > 11-45-9Section 11-45-9
Penalties which may be imposed for violations of ordinances.
(a) Municipal ordinances may provide penalties of fines, imprisonment, hard labor, or one or more of such penalties for violation of ordinances.
(b) No fine shall exceed $500.00, and no sentence of imprisonment or hard labor shall exceed six months except, when in the enforcement of the penalties prescribed in Section 32-5A-191, such fine shall not exceed $5,000.00 and such sentence of imprisonment or hard labor shall not exceed one year.
(c) The penalty imposed upon a corporation shall consist of the fine only, plus costs of court.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-104; Acts 1983, No. 83-620, p. 959, §1.)