If the deputy director has a reasonable basis to believe, after investigation, that any person is violating any provision of this chapter, the deputy director may bring an action in superior court for appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief, damages sustained and taxable costs and reasonable attorney fees.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-3639

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deputy director: means the deputy director of the financial institutions division of the department. See Arizona Laws 32-3601
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
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