32-2160.01. Civil penalties
A. Any licensee who is subject to the jurisdiction of the department and who has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule or order adopted or issued by the commissioner, who has deviated substantially from the provisions of a public report or who has engaged in any unlawful practices defined in section 44-1522 with respect to the sale or lease of either subdivided lands or unsubdivided lands may be assessed a civil penalty by the commissioner, after a hearing, in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each infraction.
B. Actions to recover penalties assessed pursuant to this chapter shall be brought by the attorney general in the name of the state in the superior court in the county in which the violation occurred or in a county in which the commissioner maintains an office. When the commissioner has revoked a license or withdrawn certification or approval of a school, educational course or real estate instructor and assessed civil penalties that remain unpaid, if judicial review has not been sought under title 12, chapter 7, article 6, a certified copy of any such commissioner's order requiring the payment of civil penalties may be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court. The clerk shall treat the commissioner's order in the same manner as a judgment of the superior court. A commissioner's order so filed has the same effect as a judgment of the superior court and may be recorded, enforced or satisfied in like manner. No filing fee is required under this section.
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