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Purpose and legislative effect
“Actions to recover a municipal fine or enforce a municipal penalty must be filed in the city or town’s corporate name, and one ordinance case does not bar another prosecution for a different violation.”
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Actions to recover a municipal fine or enforce a municipal penalty must be filed in the city or town’s corporate name, and one ordinance case does not bar another prosecution for a different violation.
Section 10-7-65
Actions to recover a fine or enforce a penalty under a city or town ordinance must be brought in the city’s or town’s corporate name as plaintiff.
Section 10-7-65(1)
No prosecution, recovery, or acquittal for the violation of any such ordinance shall constitute a defense to any other prosecution of the same person for any other violation of any such ordinance although the different causes of action
Section 10-7-65(2)
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