Damage Less Than $250 (Driver): If the Fairfax Hit and Run resulted in less than $250 in property damage, the driver will be charged with a Class 4 misdemeanor. This offense is punished with a fine up to $250 and 3 DMV demerit points.
Damage More Than $250 but Less Than $500 (Driver): If the Fairfax Hit and Run resulted in more than $250 in property damage, the driver will be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor. This offense is punished with up to 12 months in jail, a fine up to $2,500, and 3 DMV demerit points.
Damage More Than $500 (Driver): If the Fairfax Hit and Run resulted in more than $500 in property damage, the driver will again be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor. The driver faces up to 12 months in jail, a fine up to $2,500, 3 DMV demerit points, and driver’s license suspension for up to 6 months.
Passenger Liability: A passenger convicted of failing to report an accident involving unoccupied property in Fairfax will be charged with a Class 4 misdemeanor if the property damage was less than $250. If the Fairfax Hit and Run resulted in more than $250 in property damage, he will be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor. This offense is punished with up to 12 months in jail and a fine up to $2,500. If the property damage exceeded $500, the passenger’s driver’s license can even be suspended for up to 6 months.
Fairfax Hit and Run Penalties for Accidents Involving Property Damage Can Include Prison
Fairfax Hit and Run Penalties: Occupied Property
If a driver leaves the scene of an accident resulting in damage to occupied property, he can be charged with a misdemeanor or a felony. Fairfax Hit and Run penalties for accidents involving occupied property depend on the amount of property damaged and whether the person charged with failing to report the accident was the driver or a passenger.
Damage Less Than $1,000 (Driver): If the Fairfax Hit and Run involving occupied property resulted in property damage less than $1,000, the driver will be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor. This offense is punished with up to 12 months in jail, a fine up to $2,500, and 4 DMV demerit points. If the property damage exceeded $500, the driver’s license can be suspended for up to 6 months.
Damage More Than $1,000 (Driver): If the damage to the occupied property exceeded $1,000, the driver will be charged with a Class 5 felony. This offense is punished with up to 10 years in prison, a fine up to $2,500, 6 demerit points and driver’s license revocation for one year.
Passenger Liability: A passenger convicted of failing to report an accident resulting in damage to occupied property will be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor and can be punished with up to 12 months in jail and a fine up to $2,500. If the damage exceeded $500, the offender’s driver’s license can be suspended for up to 6 months.
Fairfax Hit and Run Penalties: Injury or Death
Fairfax Hit and Run penalties resulting from an accident in which someone is killed or injured are very serious and include a possible prison sentence up to 10 years.
Hit and Run Involving Injury or Death (Driver): A driver convicted of a Fairfax Hit and Run that resulted in injury or death will be convicted of a Class 5 felony. He faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine up to $2,500, 6 demerit points and driver’s license revocation for one year.
Passenger Liability: A passenger convicted of failing to report an accident resulting in injury or death will be convicted of a Class 6 felony. This offense is punished with up to 5 years in prison, a fine up to $2,500 and automatic driver’s license revocation for one year.
Fairfax Hit and Run Penalties: Multiple Offenses
Fairfax Hit and Run penalties increase if the offender has been previously convicted of a Hit and Run multiple times. If an offender is convicted a fourth time of either a Hit and Run resulting in damage to occupied property exceeding $1,000, injury or death or failing to report a Hit and Run as a passenger that resulted in more than $1,000 in damage to occupied property, injury or death, his driver’s license will be revoked for 5 years.
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