The overarching policy is that fine policies are determined by where an item is checked out and the item’s circulation modifier.

Billing Structure Approved

Billing structure is the fine rate per day and the maximum fine accrued for overdue materials.  The Daily Fine Rate and the Maximum Fine Rate options are listed below. One choice from each column can be applied to a circ mod so that all items with that circ mod have the same daily fine and maximum overdue.

Daily Fine Rate Maximum Fine
$0.05 day $2.50 Max
$0.10 day $5.00 Max
$0.20 day $10 Max
$0.25 day $20 Max
$0.50 day $25 Max
$1 day $30 Max
$2 day $100 Max
$3 day $200 Max
$5 day $1200 Max
$10 day NoFine
$5 hr
$10 hr
NoFine
Fine-free libraries

Items checked out at a fine-free library are fine-free anywhere. They can be returned anywhere and will be fine-free.  Fine-free libraries can make exceptions for materials like museum passes and hotspots, which can accrue fines, but most of these items are only locally checked out.

Items checked out at libraries that aren’t fine-free are subject to that library’s policies, even if the items are owned by a fine-free library. 

If a patron doesn’t want to have fines, they must check out at a fine-free library. If they want materials owned by a library that isn’t fine-free and don’t want to have fines on them, they can place holds for pick up at a fine-free library and check them out there. (The library that’s not fine-free gets an intraloan count instead of a circ count for those items.)