The fines range from 200 to 600 euros depending on where the graffiti is located and what regulations apply.
The Municipal Guard of Donostia identified thirty graffiti artists this year. This figure was 37 the previous year. Sources from the municipal administration explained this by pointing out that 33 reports were prepared in 2024 on graffiti, and they ended up with about twenty sanctions proposals. In the last year, 33 fines were imposed after 53 reports.
The Municipal Guard, who arrested him on Tuesday, identified the 18-year old as the artist of the graffiti that was painted in the Aitzol de Amara Park fields, decorated by 350 people last June. After the paintwork, a young man of 18 years old was arrested by the Municipal Guard for graffiti on Aitzol de Amara park fields. 350 people decorated them in June. Residents and basketball enthusiasts protested against this graffiti in the area reconditioned to serve the community.
The Municipal Guard has found one of the accused after an investigation but will continue to investigate the others.
Municipal Guard agents are called to action by the citizens who call or request them. Sometimes neighbors will notify the Municipal Guard of the graffiti as it occurs or when they discover the event.
Graffiti punishments are determined by a number of factors. The location where it took place is one. According to the sources, this fact can result in a fine or an accusation for criminal damage.
The sanction for graffiti on walls on abandoned lots, highways, railway trenches or other walls is administrative. It is decided by the Donostia Citizenship Ordinance and the Citizen Security Law.
The Municipal Guard will set the fines in the minutes of its meetings. They can be between 201-500 euros in addition to cleaning costs. The fine for an act punishable under the Citizen Security Law can reach 600 euros.
These actions are also crimes when they occur on public property such as trains, buses or the facades of institutions, schools and sports facilities. These actions are classified as crimes involving damage or tarnishing.
In cases where the stain is easily cleaned, there are fines between one and three months. Damage crimes (such as graffiti) carry more severe sentences and can result in prison time, but they usually last less than 2 years. In most cases, according to the same sources, an agreed-upon fine is applied, since the defendants reach a settlement with the justice system.
In Donostia, the Civility Ordinance prohibits graffiti not only on roads, furniture and facades, but on any trees or landscape in the city. Graffiti, scratching on windows or facades and posting posters are also prohibited.
It is not allowed to paint on fences or walls, unless the municipality has given permission and all conditions have been met.
As an example, the Donostia Apain Program, which aims to beautify spaces that lack charm, has decorative art graffiti on different buildings. Street artists have collaborated with the initiative.
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