§6-5-155.7. Civil penalty.  


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  • In any action brought under this division, the complainants may request, and the court at its discretion may order a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day the nuisance exists, with the penalty payable to the general fund of the municipality in which the nuisance was located, or one-half to the state and one-half to the general fund of the county if situated outside the boundaries of a municipality.

(Acts 1996, No. 96-566, p. 849, §8.)