New Graffiti Law Takes Effect Today

Minneapolis,MN,USA
Aug 1, 2004 11:36 am US/Central
St. Paul (AP) Graffiti vandals are the target of a new Minnesota law that takes effect today.

The law allows people whose property is vandalized by graffiti to collect up to three times the amount of the property damages from the vandal in civil court.

Under the law, parents of a juvenile offender can be held liable for up to one-thousand dollars in damages.

If offenders can't pay, courts can order them to clean up the graffiti.