Civil penalties.
1. Except as provided in subsection 5, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is liable to the State for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation. Each violation of this chapter or any regulation or order issued under it constitutes a separate violation with respect to each mobile home or commercial coach and with respect to each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required by this chapter or regulation or order, except that the maximum civil penalty is $1,000,000 for any related series of violations occurring within 1 year after the first violation.
2. Before the adoption of any regulation for whose violation a civil penalty may be imposed, the Administrator shall give at least 30 days’ written notice to every licensed manufacturer, dealer, rebuilder, installer and serviceman and every other interested party who has requested the notice.
3. An action to enforce a civil penalty must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the defendant has his principal place of business.
4. All money collected as civil penalties pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be deposited in the State General Fund.
5. This section does not apply to a manufacturer, dealer or rebuilder of travel trailers.
Last modified: February 25, 2006