{"title":"Warfield bylaw fines and how tickets work","question":"What are the common bylaw fines in Warfield?","slug":"bylaw-fines","place":{"path":"ca/bc/warfield","name":"Warfield","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"bylaws-and-complaints","name":"Bylaws, noise and complaints"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"Village of Warfield","url":"https://warfield.ca"},"short_answer":"Warfield issues bylaw notices (\"tickets\") of up to $500 under its Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950. Pay within 14 days for a discount or dispute within 14 days. Amounts by offence are in a scanned schedule we could not read, so only some fines are listed here.","aliases":["bylaw tickets warfield","bylaw notice warfield","dispute bylaw ticket warfield","bylaw fines warfield"],"cost":"Bylaw notices up to $500. Examples: solid waste container not secured with sticker $100; noise ticket $100. Adjudication fee $25.","how_long":"Pay within 14 calendar days for the early payment discount. After 28 calendar days a late payment surcharge is added. Dispute within 14 calendar days.","where":[{"type":"in_person","label":"Village Office (deliver a dispute in person)","value":"555 Schofield Hwy., Trail, BC V1R 2G7","note":"Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; closed Friday"},{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250-368-8202"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 Backgrounder (PDF)","url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-Backgrounder.pdf"},{"title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 FAQs (PDF)","url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-FAQs.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"noise-rules","title":"Warfield noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/noise-rules/"},{"slug":"dog-licence","title":"Warfield dog licences: fees and how to get one","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/dog-licence/"},{"slug":"unsightly-property","title":"Warfield unsightly property rules and how to report","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/unsightly-property/"},{"slug":"water-restrictions","title":"Warfield watering restrictions","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/water-restrictions/"},{"slug":"garbage-collection","title":"Warfield garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/garbage-collection/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/trail","name":"Trail","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/trail/bylaw-fines/"},{"place":"ca/bc/rossland","name":"Rossland","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/bylaw-fines/"},{"place":"ca/bc/montrose","name":"Montrose","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/montrose/bylaw-fines/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fruitvale","name":"Fruitvale","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/bylaw-fines/"},{"place":"ca/bc/castlegar","name":"Castlegar","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/bylaw-fines/"},{"place":"ca/bc/nelson","name":"Nelson","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/bylaw-fines/"}],"topic":{"title":"Bylaw tickets in British Columbia: early payment, late payment and disputes by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bylaw-fines/"},"facts":{"how_tickets_work":{"label":"How tickets work","value":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement (BNE) system: the Village issues bylaw notices ('tickets') of up to $500 for offences listed in Schedule A of Bylaw 950, 2024. Disputes go to a Village screening officer, then a provincially appointed adjudicator. Some bylaws also allow court tickets and fines.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-Backgrounder.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 Backgrounder (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Backgrounder","quotes":["Provides statutory authority for the Village to issue bylaw notices (e.g., “tickets”) with","penalties up to $500","professional adjudicators who are appointed by the","Province of BC Attorney General"]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-FAQs.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 FAQs (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"FAQs","quotes":["Bylaw Notices may only be issued in respect of the regulatory bylaws included in “Schedule"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"example_fines":{"label":"Common fines","value":"Solid waste bylaw: failure to secure waste in a container with sticker $100 ($50 if paid in 14 days, $150 after 28 days). Noise Control Bylaw ticket $100 (second $250, third $500). Traffic Bylaw voluntary payment $5 to $15 (1995). Dog, parking, unsightly-property and watering amounts are in Bylaw 950 Schedule A, a scanned image.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Solid-Yard-Garden-Waste-Collection_Disposal-Bylaw-968-Backgrounder-AND-signed.pdf","title":"Solid Waste and Yard and Garden Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 968, 2025 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Schedule A – Penalties","quotes":["Failure to secure waste in enclosed Container with collection sticker 3.1 $ 100.00 $ 50.00 $150.00","Placing solid waste created on Residential Dwelling Premises and/or private lands into Village buildings, facilities or containers, etc. 3.7 $150.00 $100.00 $100.00"]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-866-Noise-Control-Bylaw-2019.pdf","title":"Noise Control Bylaw No. 866, 2019 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Schedule A","quotes":["Causing disturbance 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 $100","Second Offense $250.00 Third Offense $500.00"]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf","title":"Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545, 1995, consolidated with amendments to 2019 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"s. 7.02","quotes":["pay to the Village the sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars as full satisfaction for each"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"early_payment":{"label":"Paying early","value":"Pay within 14 calendar days of receiving the bylaw notice and an early payment discount comes off the penalty. Amounts are set per offence in Schedule A (the solid waste schedule gives $50 off a $100 penalty).","short":"Discount if paid in 14 days; set per offence","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-Backgrounder.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 Backgrounder (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Backgrounder","quotes":["If the Bylaw Notice is paid within 14 calendar days after the day on which the","early payment discount will be subtracted from the applicable penalty."]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Solid-Yard-Garden-Waste-Collection_Disposal-Bylaw-968-Backgrounder-AND-signed.pdf","title":"Solid Waste and Yard and Garden Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 968, 2025 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Schedule A – Penalties","quotes":["Penalty with Penalty with Discount Surcharge Bylaw Offences Section Penalty If paid within After 28 days 14 days"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"late_payment":{"label":"Paying late","value":"After 28 calendar days a late payment surcharge is added (the solid waste schedule gives $150 on a $100 penalty). Unpaid notices may go to a collection agency and be registered as a Provincial Court judgment.","short":"Surcharge after 28 days (e.g. $150 on $100)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-Backgrounder.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 Backgrounder (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Backgrounder","quotes":["payment after 28 calendar days will include a","late payment surcharge.","the debt may be sent to a collection agency and"]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Solid-Yard-Garden-Waste-Collection_Disposal-Bylaw-968-Backgrounder-AND-signed.pdf","title":"Solid Waste and Yard and Garden Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 968, 2025 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Schedule A – Penalties","quotes":["Penalty with Penalty with Discount Surcharge Bylaw Offences Section Penalty If paid within After 28 days 14 days"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"dispute":{"label":"Disputing a ticket","value":"Dispute within 14 calendar days of receiving the notice, on the back of the notice, delivered in person or by mail to the Village office (555 Schofield Highway, Trail). A screening officer reviews it; if upheld you can pay or ask for adjudication. The adjudication fee is $25, refunded if the allegation is found not to have occurred.","short":"Within 14 days; $25 fee, refunded if not found","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-Backgrounder.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 Backgrounder (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Backgrounder","quotes":["If a Bylaw Notice contravention dispute is not filed within 14 calendar days of","either in person during regular office hours or by mail to the Village of Warfield offices at 555 Schofield Highway","The disputant will be required to pay a $25 adjudication administration fee.","the $25","adjudication administration fee will be reimbursed"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Village of Warfield Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 950, 2024 (Schedule A)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-Backgrounder.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 Backgrounder (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Backgrounder","quotes":["Village of Warfield Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw, No. 950, 2024"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":6,"matched":6,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nIn Warfield, the Village uses the Bylaw Notice Enforcement system under [Bylaw No. 950, 2024](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-Backgrounder.pdf). It issues bylaw notices (\"tickets\") of up to $500 for offences listed in Schedule A of the bylaw. Some bylaws also allow court tickets and fines. Schedule A is a scanned image that could not be read, so amounts for dogs, parking, unsightly property and watering are not confirmed here.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Pay within 14 calendar days of receiving the notice to get the early payment discount. The amount is set per offence in Schedule A.\n2. Or dispute it within 14 calendar days, on the back of the notice, delivered in person or by mail to the Village office (555 Schofield Highway, Trail).\n3. A screening officer reviews the dispute. If it is upheld, you can pay or ask for adjudication by a provincially appointed adjudicator.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Fines we could read: a solid waste container not secured with its sticker is $100 ([Bylaw 968](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Solid-Yard-Garden-Waste-Collection_Disposal-Bylaw-968-Backgrounder-AND-signed.pdf); $50 if paid in 14 days, $150 after 28 days). A [Noise Control Bylaw](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-866-Noise-Control-Bylaw-2019.pdf) ticket is $100 (second offence $250, third $500). The [Traffic Bylaw](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf) sets voluntary payment of $5 to $15 (from 1995).\n- After 28 calendar days a late payment surcharge is added. Unpaid notices may go to a collection agency and be registered as a Provincial Court judgment.\n- The adjudication fee is $25, refunded if the allegation is found not to have occurred.","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-Backgrounder.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 Backgrounder (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-950-FAQs.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 FAQs (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Solid-Yard-Garden-Waste-Collection_Disposal-Bylaw-968-Backgrounder-AND-signed.pdf","title":"Solid Waste and Yard and Garden Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 968, 2025 (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-866-Noise-Control-Bylaw-2019.pdf","title":"Noise Control Bylaw No. 866, 2019 (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf","title":"Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545, 1995, consolidated with amendments to 2019 (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 6 of 6 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/bylaw-fines/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/bylaw-fines.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/bylaw-fines.json"}}