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California Penal Code Section 637.2

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(a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this
chapter may bring an action against the person who committed the
violation for the greater of the following amounts:
   (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000).
   (2) Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by
the plaintiff.
   (b) Any person may, in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
bring an action to enjoin and restrain any violation of this chapter,
and may in the same action seek damages as provided by subdivision
(a).
   (c) It is not a necessary prerequisite to an action pursuant to
this section that the plaintiff has suffered, or be threatened with,
actual damages.

Last modified: January 12, 2009