803. FINES AND PENALTIES

803 FINES AND PENALTIES 803.1 There shall be no charge for overdue library items. 803.2 All borrowers, twenty (20) years of age and older, shall be assessed lost and damaged fees on all material types including children’s materials and books that are overdue sixty (60) days or more, as follows: Hardcover Books; and $ 20.00 Paperback Books, CDs, and DVDs $ 15.00 803.3 Adult borrowers, twenty (20) years of age and older, of materials and books are responsible for the payment of both lost and damaged fees. 803.4 Adult borrowers twenty (20) years of age and older who incur outstanding fees totaling forty dollars ($ 40.00) or more on their library account will be blocked from checking-out or renewing books and other library materials, until the account is in good standing. 803.5 The librarian or designee can at his/her discretion forgive lost or damaged fees for library materials. This option can be utilized when the borrower provides reasons such as: hospitalization, death in family, incarceration, fire, flood, or other catastrophic personal hardship. SOURCE: 27 DCR § 2.2, 27 DCR 4016 (September 12, 1980); incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 3255 (July 25, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 1011-1012 (February 8, 1991); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 7293 (October 15, 1993); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3270-3272 (April 21,2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 2710 (April 6, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 10689 (August 7, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 9083 (July 24, 2020). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Amusements, Parks, and Recreation 19 DCMR § 803