{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-rights-law-11","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 11","heading":"Fines must be reasonable and imposed only for cause","body":"§ 11. Fines must be reasonable and imposed only for cause. No citizen\nof this state ought to be fined or amerced without reasonable cause, and\nsuch fine or amercement should always be proportioned to the nature of\nthe offense.","path":["Civil Rights Law","Article 2. Bill of Rights"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CVR/11","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"29f19ab625b2919ac283fb277f90840540534f201b6427230b6db1a944749cd3","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-rights-law-10","next":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-rights-law-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}