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title: Cranbrook bylaw fines and how tickets work
question: "What are the common bylaw fines?"
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# Cranbrook bylaw fines and how tickets work

**Question:** What are the common bylaw fines?

**Short answer:** The City of Cranbrook has two ticket systems: bylaw notices and municipal tickets. For example, an unlicensed dog is a $125 bylaw notice or a $100 municipal ticket. Pay a bylaw notice within 14 days for the lower amount, or dispute it within 14 days.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Cranbrook, https://www.cranbrook.ca)  
**Cost:** Bylaw notice amounts vary by offence, with a lower amount if paid within 14 days and a higher one after 28 days. Municipal tickets show a single fine.  
**How long:** Pay or dispute a bylaw notice within 14 days of receiving it. No dispute is allowed after that.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Bylaw Services, 250-489-9598 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
- In person: Bylaw Services (deliver dispute form), 40 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook, BC V1C 2M8

## Key facts

- **How tickets work:** Two systems. Bylaw notices (Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw): for listed contraventions, with early/late amounts and adjudication; issued by bylaw services officers, RCMP members, animal control officers and others. Municipal tickets (Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw): fixed fines under the Community Charter, issued by officers named in its Schedule A; referred to Provincial Court.
  - Source: [https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/, ss. 4.1, 10.1](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/)
  - Official wording: "The bylaws and bylaw contraventions designated in Schedule A attached hereto and" … "may be dealt with by bylaw notice." … "Special constables, officers and members of the R.C.M.P." … "Animal Control Officers or other"
  - Source: [Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw No. 3856, 2016 (consolidated to October 5, 2026), ss. 3.1, 3.5](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106172)
  - Official wording: "may be enforced by means of a ticket in the form prescribed for the purpose of Chapter 26, Part 8, Division 3 of the" … "Authorization is hereby delegated to the Corporate Officer to refer tickets issued with" … "Provincial Court for hearing"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Common fines:** Bylaw notice (full / paid within 14 days / after 28 days): unlicensed dog or dog at large $125 / $100 / $150; noise $125 / $100 / $150; unsightly property $150 / $100 / $200; parking within 5 m of a hydrant or over 72 hours $75 / $50 / $100. Municipal tickets: unlicensed dog $100, noise $100, unsightly property $150.
  - Source: [https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/, Schedules A1, A2, A3, A7](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/)
  - Official wording: "Unlicensed Dog and Cat $125.00 $100.00 $150.00" … "Animal Running at Large $125.00 $100.00 $150.00" … "Noise from Private Place $125.00 $100.00 $150.00" … "4044 19.1(s) $75.00 $50.00 $100.00" … "a time exceeding 72 consecutive $75.00 $50.00 $100.00" … "$150.00 $100.00 $200.00"
  - Source: [Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw No. 3856, 2016 (consolidated to October 5, 2026), Schedules B1, B6, B19](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106172)
  - Official wording: "Unlicensed Dog and Cat 3.5(a) $100.00" … "Noise from Private Place B.1 100.00" … "Vegetation to be unkempt or to exceed 30 cm in height 3.2(b) $150.00"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Paying early:** Yes, for bylaw notices: payment received within 14 days of receiving (or being presumed to receive) the notice is the lower early-payment amount in the schedule, for example $100 instead of $125 for an unlicensed dog. Municipal tickets show a single fine.
  - Source: [https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/, s. 5.1(b)](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/)
  - Official wording: "If received by the City within fourteen (14) days of the person receiving or being" … "presumed to have received the bylaw notice, is the Early Payment Penalty set" … "out in Column A2 of Schedule A"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Paying late:** Yes, for bylaw notices: if more than 28 days after receiving (or being presumed to receive) the notice, a late-payment surcharge applies and the late amount in the schedule is due, for example $150 instead of $125 for an unlicensed dog. Between 15 and 27 days the full penalty applies.
  - Source: [https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/, ss. 5.1(a), 5.1(c), 6.2](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/)
  - Official wording: "If more than twenty-eight (28) days after the person received or" … "presumed to have received the bylaw notice, is subject to a late payment" … "Subject to subsection 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) is the penalty amount set out in Column A1" … "A person may pay the indicated penalty after fourteen (14) days of receiving the bylaw"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Disputing a ticket:** Within 14 calendar days of receiving a bylaw notice, either pay or request dispute adjudication by completing the notice (or the City's Dispute/Request for Adjudication form) and delivering it to Bylaw Services, 40-10th Avenue South. No dispute is allowed after 14 days. A screening officer may offer a compliance agreement. If you lose the adjudication you pay an extra $25 fee.
  - Source: [https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/, ss. 6.1, 6.2, 7.3, 9.1(c)](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/)
  - Official wording: "within fourteen (14) calendar days of the" … "(b) request dispute adjudication," … "no person may dispute the bylaw notice after fourteen (14) days of" … "must pay the City an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25)" … "To prepare and enter into compliance agreements under the Act"
  - Source: [Dispute / Request for Adjudication form, Dispute/Request for Adjudication form](https://docs.cranbrook.ca/downloads/eForms/Dispute-Request-for-Adjudication.pdf)
  - Official wording: "PLEASE DELIVER, MAIL, FAX, OR E-MAIL THIS FORM WITHIN 14 CALENDAR DAYS TO:" … "Bylaw Services 40 – 10TH Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 2M8"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Bylaw:** Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 4049, 2021 (bylaw notices) and Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw No. 3856, 2016 (tickets)
  - Source: [https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/, s. 1.1](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/)
  - Official wording: "Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No."
  - Source: [Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw No. 3856, 2016 (consolidated to October 5, 2026), Title](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106172)
  - Official wording: "Bylaw No. 3856, 2016"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06

## How it works

Cranbrook uses two systems. **Bylaw notices** ([Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 4049](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176)) cover listed contraventions, with early and late amounts and adjudication; they are issued by bylaw services officers, RCMP members, animal control officers and others. **Municipal tickets** ([Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw 3856](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106172)) carry fixed fines and are referred to Provincial Court. Many offences appear in both, with different amounts.

## Steps

1. Read the bylaw notice for the offence, the amount and the deadline.
2. Within 14 calendar days of receiving it, either pay or request dispute adjudication. Complete the notice (or the City's Dispute/Request for Adjudication form) and deliver it to Bylaw Services, 40 10th Avenue South.
3. A screening officer may offer a compliance agreement, which can last up to one year.

## Good to know

- Bylaw notice amounts (full / paid within 14 days / after 28 days): unlicensed dog or dog at large $125 / $100 / $150; noise $125 / $100 / $150; unsightly property $150 / $100 / $200; parking within 5 m of a hydrant or over 72 hours $75 / $50 / $100.
- Municipal tickets: unlicensed dog $100, noise $100, unsightly property $150.
- Early payment applies to bylaw notices only: payment within 14 days of receiving the notice is the lower amount. Between 15 and 27 days the full amount applies, and after 28 days a late surcharge applies.
- If you lose the adjudication you pay an extra $25 fee.
- How to dispute a municipal ticket is not described beyond referral to Provincial Court. Ask Bylaw Services at 250-489-9598.

## Official forms and pages

- [Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 4049, 2021 with fine schedules (PDF)](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176)
- [Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw No. 3856, 2016 (PDF)](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106172)
- [Dispute / Request for Adjudication form (PDF)](https://docs.cranbrook.ca/downloads/eForms/Dispute-Request-for-Adjudication.pdf)

## Related questions

- [Cranbrook noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/noise-rules.md)
- [Cranbrook unsightly property rules and how to report](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/unsightly-property.md)

## The same question elsewhere

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## Sources

- [Request for Service, City of Cranbrook Bylaw Services](https://www.cranbrook.ca/our-city/city-departments/bylaw-services/service-requests) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 4049, 2021 (consolidated to July 27, 2026) (PDF)](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw No. 3856, 2016 (consolidated to October 5, 2026) (PDF)](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106172) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Dispute / Request for Adjudication form (PDF)](https://docs.cranbrook.ca/downloads/eForms/Dispute-Request-for-Adjudication.pdf) (read 2026-11-05)
- [https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/106176/) (read 2026-11-05)

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