<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-104. - False alarms; civil penalties and disconnect.</div>
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               (a)
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               False alarms resulting from any alarm system, whether tied into sheriff's department
               monitoring equipment or not, constitute a public nuisance and shall cause the subscriber
               to be assessed a civil penalty as provided in this article.
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               (b)
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               Subscribers shall post conspicuously on their premises the alarm permit and shall
               keep the sheriff's department notified of at least three persons, one of whom is available
               at all times to respond to an activated alarm system within 30 minutes of notification.
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               (c)
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               When a subscriber has committed a violation, the sheriff shall inform the subscriber
               of the following:
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               (1)
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               The applicable penalties;
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               (2)
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               The procedure for clearing a violation either by payment of the civil penalty or sufficiently
               showing that the violation was excusable; and
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               (3)
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               The authority of the county to accept penalty payments in full and final settlement
               of any claim.
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               The sheriff may, in his discretion, also cause the subscriber's alarm system to be
               disabled or disconnected from the electronic and mechanical monitoring equipment.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 6-148)
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