How the Court Calculates DUI Fines in Los Angeles
The statutory miniminal DUI fine in Los Angeles is $390.00 plus penalties and assessments. The legislature made the penalties and assessments the majority of the fine. There are 12 different additional types of penalties and assessments ranging from $1 for every $10 fine to $100 for every misdemeanor conviction. Those additions increase fines for a DUI conviction in Los Angeles to at least $1,790, a huge increase from the $390 base fine.
The fine structure is not unique to Driving Under the Influence conviction. A conviction for running a red light, a $50 base fine, will be at least $225.
Here is the breakdown of the fines by statutes.
- PC 1464 adds $10 for every $10 of a base fine for every criminal offense, state penalty.
- GC 76000 adds $7 for every $10, county additional penalty
- GC 7032 adds $5 (depends on County) for every $10 in fines for the “local courthouse construction fund” – for Los Angeles and Ventura County $5
- GC 76104.6 adds $1 for every $10 in fines for county funds for all criminal offenses.
- GC 76104.7 adds $4 for every $10
- GC 76000.5 authorizes $2 for every $10 if the county board authorizes it to support emergency medical services. So the total penalty assessment varies from $21 for counties that don’t charge discretionary charges to $29 for counties that charge the maximum allowed under the law for each $10 of a base fine. Not surprisingly, cash-strapped Los Angeles county charges the full maximum allowed $29 dollars for every $10 in fines.
- VC 1465.7 adds %20 to the base fine for each offense.
- PC 1465.8 adds a $40 fee for each fine.
- PC 1463.16 adds a $50 alcohol abuse program
- PC 1202.4 adds a $150 restitution fine for misdemeanors, or $300 if the person is convicted of a felony
- PC 1456.8 adds $40 as funding for court operations
- GC 70373 adds $30 for each count of misdemeanor or felony and $35 for infractions.
- Booking Fees (Cal. Gov. Code § 29550 to § 29550.3)
- Public Defender Cost (Cal. Gov. Code § 27712 and Cal. Gov. Code § 27753, Cal. Pen. Code § 987.8 et al)
- Cost of Home Detention (Cal. Pen. Code § 1203.16 and .18)
- Work release Programs
- Probation reports and Probation Supervision (Cal. Pen. Code § 1203.1b)
- Parole Supervision.
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Do i need to report to court after completion of ab-541?
Dear Ana,
If you plead guilty and the terms of the probation state that you have to complete an AB-541, someone needs to file with the court either the proof of enrollment and proof of completion or both. If the court does not receive the proof of completion, they will issue a bench warrant for your arrest for failure to file the proof of completion. There is no centralized system that automatically tells the court that you completed the AB-541, so, unless you file the proof of completion, they will assume you abandoned the program.