Legal Code of the Domain of Salt Lake

Other than a small number of Special Crimes, all Crimes are categorized by their severity. The categories are as follows; Minor, Moderate, and Major. The putative results of criminal behavior are similarly scaled as Minor, Moderate, and Major. Conviction of a Crime will result in a punishment of the same scale as the crime. Repeat offenders will be handled differently than the 'one time' offender. A third offense in the Minor or Moderate severity categories scales automatically to the next higher category. Once the criminal commits their third Major Crime, they are deemed completely unrehabilitatable and given the death sentence.

All crimes that result in a plaintiff, will be prosecuted by the plaintiff's Primogen. If the plaintiff is Unaligned or has no Primogen, the prosecutor is the plaintiff's Priscus. If there is no individual plaintiff (i.e.: against the Domain or a Masquerade Breach), the prosecutor will be the Seneschal or other designated officer of the Court.

The defendant will be represented and assisted by their Primogen. If the defendant is Unaligned or has no Primogen, they will be represented and assisted by their Priscus. If the plaintiff and the defendant are of the same Covenant, the prosecution will fall to the Seneschal or other designated officer of the Court.

The Prince sits in the role of judge. If the defendant is found guilty, the prosecutor will then recommend a sentence. The Prince will take the facts and circumstances of the case into account, as well as the prosecutor's recommendations, when deciding upon the appropriate sentence.

CRIMES

MINOR CRIMES
1. Poaching in another Clan's feeding territory
2. Theft from a Kindred
3. Murder of another Kindred's Vessel
4. Assault of a Ghoul
5. Second refusal to pay owed Prestation debt (i.e.: boons): Trivial or Minor

MODERATE CRIMES
1. Inciting unrest within the Domain
2. Masquerade breaching actions that other Kindred were forced to cover
3. Murder of a Ghoul
4. Assault of a Kindred
5. Second refusal to pay owed Prestation debt (i.e.: boons): Major

MAJOR CRIMES
1. Masquerade breach, not coverable
2. Conspiracy against the Domain and its lawful government
3. Murder of a Kindred
4. Violation of Elysium
5. Blood Bond of an unwilling Kindred
6. Second refusal to pay owed Prestation debt (i.e.: boons): Life

SPECIAL CRIMES
1. Unsanctioned Embrace (first offense is a Moderate, second offense is a Major, third offense is immediate Death)
2. Diablerie of a Kindred (Death only)
3. Refusal to pay owed Prestation debt (first offense handled by the Harpy through loss of Status, second offense is listed under crimes, third offense scales automatically to the next degree of offense)

LEVELS OF PUNISHMENT

MINOR PENALTIES (minimum status loss= 0)
1. Vitae Fine (amount determined by by judge based on circumstances of crime)
2. Surrender of Retainer/s (number and duration determined by judge based on circumstances of crime)
3. Surrender of Vessel/s (number and duration determined by judge based on circumstances of crime)
4. Prestation debt of a Trivial or Minor Boon
5. Status loss - one level

MODERATE PENALTIES (minimum status loss= 1)
1. Branding or Disfigurement (duration and severity of mark determined by judge based on circumstances of crime)
2. Eviction from Haven/s (duration determined by judge based on circumstances of crime)
3. Loss of Feeding Territory Access (duration determined by judge based on circumstances of crime)
4. Prestation debt of a Minor or Major Boon to effected party and/or the Domain
5. Status loss - one or two levels

MAJOR PENALTIES (minimum status loss= 2)
1. Exile from Domain (duration determined by judge based on circumstances of crime)
2. Torpor (duration determined by judge based on circumstances of crime)
3. Death
4. Prestation debt of a Major or Life Boon to effected party and/or the Domain
5. Status loss - two levels