Section 27-2118
§ 27-2118 Penalties; willful or reckless violations; false statements.
(a) Any person who
(1) Willfully or recklessly violates any provisions of this chapter;
or
(2) Willfully or recklessly violates, or fails to comply with, any
requirement of an order of the department; or
(3) Willfully makes, or causes any other person to make, any false or
misleading statement on any registration statement, notice, or other
document required to be filed pursuant to this chapter, or on any
application, or any accompanying document, for the granting of any
permit or any other action by the department pursuant to this chapter,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than
ten dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each such violation,
or by imprisonment up to one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
(b) A person commits a willful violation when such person
intentionally acts, or intentionally fails to act, to cause a desired
result that violates this chapter. A person commits a reckless violation
when such person acts, or fails to act, with a conscious disregard of a
substantial risk that the act or failure to act will result in a
condition, constituting a violation of this code, which will endanger
the life, health or safety of another person.
(c) In a prosecution for a willful or reckless violation of a
provision of this chapter, evidence of prior service of civil process or
of prior judgments for civil penalties arising from the same violation,
and relating to the same dwelling, shall be admissible on the issue of
the defendant's knowledge of the existence of the violation.
(d) Evidence that the defendant had knowledge or notice of the
violation and failed to correct the same for more than six months or
take reasonable action to explain to the department this failure or
inability to make the correction shall be relevant on the issue of the
willfullness of defendant's action. This subdivision shall not be
construed to prevent conviction for a willful violation on other
grounds.
Section 27-2119
§ 27-2119 Penalties; refusal to admit and interference with
inspection; failure to submit reports. Any person (1) who refuses entry,
or access to an officer or inspector of the department to any premises
or part thereof that the officer or inspector is lawfully authorized to
inspect, or who unreasonably interferes with an authorized inspection;
or (2) who fails to file any report or other paper which such person is
required to file, under this code, except a statement of registration or
other paper under article two of subchapter four of this chapter, shall
be guilty of an offense, punishable by a fine of not more than fifty
dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.