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GRAFFITTI, PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
7.80.120 Parental Responsibility; Parental Civil Liability.
(1) Parental Responsibility.
(a) No parent, guardian, or other person having the legal custody of an unemancipated minor person under the age of 18 may allow or permit the minor to be in violation of this article.
(b) Upon a subsequent violation by an unemancipated minor person, the parent, guardian or person having legal custody shall be served with a subpoena to appear before the court with the minor and show cause why this article has been violated a second time.
(c) Violating parental responsibility under this section may be subject to a fine or penalty in the amount of $500.
(2) Parental Civil Liability. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the parent or parents of an unemancipated minor shall be liable for actual damages to person or property in connection with the removal of graffiti caused by said minor in accordance with the provisions of ORS 30.765. In any case in which the manager has elected to enter onto graffiti nuisance property to perform abatement activities, the actual costs incurred in connection with the removal of graffiti caused by an unemancipated minor shall be recoverable by the city against the parent or parents of said minor. Class B violation