Section: 18-2600

CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS

Most recent version of the final adopted rule codified in the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)


Effective Date : 8/7/2026 12:00:00 AM

Authority : Section 105(a)(1) of the District of Columbia Traffic Adjudication Act of 1978, effective September 12, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-104; D.C. Official Code § 50-2301.05(a)(1)), and Mayor’s Order 2019-060, dated June 20, 2019.

Source : Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 5742 (November 4, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 31 DCR 569 (February 10, 1984); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 32 DCR 1526 (March 15, 1985); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 3716 (June 20, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 34 DCR 4242 (July 3, 1987); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 783 (February 5, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 8042 (November 11, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 5692,5703 (August 31, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10564 (December 12, 2003); as amended by the Department of Motor Vehicles Reform Amendment Act of 2004, effective April 8, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-307; 52 DCR 1700 (February 25, 2005)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 2068 (March 4, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 11345 (December 30, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 2209 (March 24, 2006); as amended by the Pedestrian Safety Reinforcement Amendment Act of 2008, effective November 25, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-269; 55 DCR 11015 (October 24, 2008)); as amended by the Anti-Littering Amendment Act of 2008, effective March 20, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-314; 56 DCR 200, 201 (January 9, 2009)); as amended by the Bicycle Safety Enhancement Amendment Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-352; 56 DCR 1115, 1116 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 3939 (May 15, 2009); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 57 DCR 1239 (February 5, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4665 (May 28, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 9206 (October 1, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11180 (November 26, 2010); as amended by the Motorized Bicycle Amendment Act of 2012, effective April 27, 2013 (D.C. Law 19-290; 60 DCR 2343 (March 1, 2013)); as amended by the Safety-Based Traffic Enforcement Amendment Act of 2012, effective May 1, 2013 (D.C. Law 19-307; 60 DCR 2753 (March 8, 2013)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 10071 (July 12, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 14832 (October 18, 2013); as amended by the Bicycle Safety Amendment Act of 2013, effective December 13, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-49; 60 DCR 15148 (November 1, 2013); as amended by the Safety-Based Traffic Enforcement Fine Reduction Amendment Act of 2013, effective December 24, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-61; 60 DCR 12472 (September 6, 2013)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14092 (October 30, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 000062 (January 4, 2019); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10565 (August 16, 2019); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 67 DCR 1526 (February 14, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 003138 (April 8, 2022); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 70 DCR 003088 (March 10, 2023); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 009665 (August 2, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 001689 (February 21, 2025); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 011212 (August 7, 2026).

Editor's Note :

Rulemaking notices were published in the D.C. Register(DCR) and Adopted Rules were codified into the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)

  Notice ID Register Category Heading Notice/
Adopted Section 		Register Issue/
Effective Date
R0056041 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
8/7/2026
N146222 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 18 DCMR Ch. 26 - Categories for Speed Infractions View Text 8/7/2026
Vol 73/32
N145709 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 18 DCMR Ch. 26 - Infraction Categories for Speeding View Text 6/26/2026
Vol 73/26
N141356 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 8 DCMR Ch. 22, etc. - Motor Vehicles on Shared Use Paths View Text 6/13/2025
Vol 72/24
R0054895 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
2/21/2025
N139759 Final Rulemaking Transportation, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 18 DCMR Ch. 22, etc. - School Zone Speed Limit and Parking Restrictions View Text 2/21/2025
Vol 72/8
N138323 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 18 DCMR Ch. 22, etc. - School Zone Speed Limit and Parking Restrictions View Text 11/8/2024
Vol 71/45
R0054875 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
8/2/2024
N137220 Final Rulemaking Transportation, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 18 DCMR Ch. 26 - Civil Fines for Bus Lane Infractions View Text 8/2/2024
Vol 71/31
N136059 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 18 DCMR Ch. 24, etc. - Freight Truck Routes and Parking Rulemaking View Text 5/17/2024
Vol 71/20
N134748 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking- Amending 18 DCMR Ch. 26 - Civil Fines for Bus Lane Infractions View Text 2/2/2024
Vol 71/5
N129547 Final Rulemaking Documents and Administrative Issuances, Office of - Errata Notice - 18 DCMR Ch. 26 - Bus Related Fines View Text 3/10/2023
Vol 70/10
R0051627 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
4/8/2022
N119968 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations View Text 4/8/2022
Vol 69/14
N0097818 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Second Proposed Rulemaking - EV Charging Stations View Text 10/9/2020
Vol 67/42
N0089434 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations View Text 2/21/2020
Vol 67/8
N0090540 Final Rulemaking Documents and Administrative Issuances, Office of - Errata Notice - Correcting DDOT Rulemaking on Bicycle Lane Fines, published by Final Rulemaking August 16, 2019 View Text 2/14/2020
Vol 67/7
R0038541 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
8/16/2019
N0085953 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Residential Permit Parking View Text 8/16/2019
Vol 66/34
R0036858 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
1/4/2019
N0077306 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Vision Zero View Text 1/4/2019
Vol 66/1
N0074689 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Extended Public Comment Period - Residential Permit Parking View Text 11/9/2018
Vol 65/46
N0074313 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Second Proposed Rulemaking - Residential Permit Parking View Text 10/12/2018
Vol 65/42
N0063157 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Extension of Public Comment Period on Vision Zero Second Proposed Rulemaking to May 1, 2017 View Text 4/7/2017
Vol 64/14
N0062780 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Extension of Public Comment Period on Vision Zero Second Proposed Rulemaking to April 10, 2017 View Text 3/10/2017
Vol 64/10
N0062007 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Second Proposed Rulemaking - Vision Zero View Text 1/20/2017
Vol 64/3
N0060192 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period - To extend public comment period and additional 30 days on the residential parking permit proposed rules View Text 8/19/2016
Vol 63/35
N0059936 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Residential Permit Parking Rulemaking View Text 8/12/2016
Vol 63/34
N0056744 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice to Extend Public Comment Period for Vision Zero Rulemaking View Text 1/15/2016
Vol 63/3
N0056248 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Vision Zero View Text 12/11/2015
Vol 62/51
N0055602 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Bus Lanes, Play Streets and Local Access Streets View Text 10/30/2015
Vol 62/45
R0052549 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
10/30/2015
N0052452 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking -Dedicated Bus Lanes and Play Streets View Text 3/27/2015
Vol 62/13
N0044717 Final Rulemaking Moving & Non-Moving Infractions View Text 10/18/2013
Vol 60/45
R0015221 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
12/24/2013
R0014449 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
10/18/2013
N0044205 Proposed Rulemaking Moving and Non-Moving Infractions View Text 8/30/2013
Vol 60/37
R0013717 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
7/12/2013
N0043400 Final Rulemaking Multi-purpose school vehicle View Text 7/12/2013
Vol 60/30
N0041439 Proposed Rulemaking Multi-purpose school vehicles View Text 3/15/2013
Vol 60/12
N0041201 Emergency Rulemaking Notice of Emergency Rulemaking Extending the Modification of Fines for Speeding View Text 2/22/2013
Vol 60/8
N0039132 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Department of Motor Vehicle Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking to amend Speeding fine Schedule View Text 11/9/2012
Vol 59/45
R0010272 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
11/26/2010
N0005478 Final Rulemaking Moving violation fines View Text 11/26/2010
Vol 57/48
N0004767 Emergency Rulemaking Fines for Moving Violations View Text 10/1/2010
Vol 57/40
N0002668 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Errata Notice: Department of Motor Vehicles Civil Fines for Moving Violations View Text 6/11/2010
Vol 57/24
N0002483 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Moving Violation Fines View Text 5/28/2010
Vol 57/22
N0001407 Final Rulemaking Errata Notice - Snow Emergency Infractions View Text 2/5/2010
Vol 57/6
R0007579 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
12/11/1998
R0003100 Adopted Rule CIVIL FINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MOVING INFRACTIONS View Text Effective:
1/1/1900
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