505.99 PENALTY.

   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for general Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)

   (a)   (1)   Whoever violates Section 505.01(a) shall be subject to the penalties set out in Section 507.99.

      (2)   In addition to any other penalty which can be imposed for a violation of Section 505.01, a court may prohibit any person so convicted from possessing, owning or residing with any animal or type of animal for a period of five years following entry of a conviction. A violation under this subsection is punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000) and forfeiture of the animal.

      (b)   Whoever violates Section 505.01(b) shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).

      (WVaC 61-8-19)

   (c)   Whoever violates any provision of Section 505.07 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).

   (d)   Whoever violates Section 505.08 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

      (Ord. 15865. Passed 4-18-23.)