Una multa (del latín multa) o multa pecuniaria es la sanción administrativa o penal consistente en un pago en dinero, a veces expresado como días de multa (cuando su pago redime la reclusión por el número correspondiente de días). Se denomina multa coercitiva a la que se reitera por plazos determinados si no se paga. Una vez dictado un acto administrativo que establezca una obligación personal frente al incumplimiento por parte de la persona obligada, la administración puede tomar diversas medidas: ejecución subsidiaria, multa coercitiva, compulsión sobre las personas, y la más general y utilizada: el apremio sobre el patrimonio. En España, el artículo 99 de la Ley 30/1992, de 26 de noviembre, sobre el régimen jurídico de las administraciones públicas y del procedimiento administrativo común, dispone que si en virtud de acto administrativo se hubiere de satisfacer cantidad líquida se seguirá el procedimiento previsto en las normas reguladoras del procedimiento recaudatorio en vía ejecutiva. O sea, es la propia administración pública, sin intervención de los tribunales de justicia, la encargada del cobro de las deudas pecuniarias, llegando, si procede, al embargo de cuentas corrientes o bienes del apremiado. El procedimiento concreto está regulado en el Reglamento General de Recaudación.

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A fine is money that a court of law or other authority decides has to be paid as punishment for a crime or other offence. The amount of a fine can be determined case by case, but it is often announced in advance. The most usual use of the term is for financial punishments for the commission of crimes, especially minor crimes, or as the settlement of a claim. A synonym, typically used in civil law actions, is mulct. One common example of a fine is money paid for violations of traffic laws. Currently in English common law, relatively small fines are used either in place of or alongside community service orders for low-level criminal offences. Larger fines are also given independently or alongside shorter prison sentences when the judge or magistrate considers a considerable amount of retribution is necessary, but there is unlikely to be significant danger to the public. For instance, fraud is often punished by very large fines since fraudsters are typically banned from the position or profession they abused to commit their crimes. Fines can also be used as a form of tax. Money for bail may be applied toward a fine. A day-fine is a fine that, above a minimum, is based on personal income. Some fines are small, such as for loitering, for which fines range from about $25 to $100. In some areas of the United States (for example California, New York, Texas, and Washington D.C.), fines for petty crimes, such as criminal mischief (shouting in public places, projecting an object at a police car) ranges from $2500 to $5000.

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