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In all states, a city or county may enact a local ordinance as a criminal law [3] that covers the same crime or violation as a state law but only if the penalty provided by the local ordinance is higher than the state statute. A local ordinance cannot be used to create a lesser penalty for a crime or traffic offense than state law.
A legal code is a body of law written by a local, non-sovereign government authority, such as a municipality. Whether authored or merely adopted by a municipality, it is typically, though not exclusively, enforced by the municipality, as the Authority Having Jurisdiction. A municipal code is usually a type of statutory instrument or delegated ...
The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of local ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Chicago. [1] The Code contains original and new ordinances, adopted by the Chicago City Council, organized into eighteen titles of varying subject matter. [2] The first Code of Chicago was adopted in 1837. [3]
OCLC. 2431094. The Administrative Code of the City of New York contains the codified local laws of New York City as enacted by the New York City Council and Mayor. [1] As of February 2023, it contains 37 titles, numbered 1 through 16, 16-A, 16-B, 17 through 20, 20-A, 21, 21-A, and 22 through 33. [2]
Code of law. A code of law, also called a law code or legal code, is a systematic collection of statutes. It is a type of legislation that purports to exhaustively cover a complete system of laws or a particular area of law as it existed at the time the code was enacted, by a process of codification. [1] Though the process and motivations for ...
The legal system of Washington is based on the common law. Like all U.S. states except Louisiana, Washington has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject to judicial review. Pursuant to common law tradition, the courts of Washington have developed a large body of ...
Codification (law) In law, codification is the process of collecting and restating the law of a jurisdiction in certain areas, usually by subject, forming a legal code, i.e. a codex ( book) of law. Codification is one of the defining features of civil law jurisdictions. [contradictory] In common law systems, such as that of English law ...
A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission, usually from a local council. The main purpose of building codes is to protect public health ...