Indiana Code 24-5-0.5-8. Incurable deceptive act; civil penalty
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-5-0.5-8
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Incurable deceptive act: means a deceptive act done by a supplier as part of a scheme, artifice, or device with intent to defraud or mislead. See Indiana Code 24-5-0.5-2
- Person: means an individual, corporation, the state of Indiana or its subdivisions or agencies, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, nonprofit corporation or organization, or cooperative or any other legal entity. See Indiana Code 24-5-0.5-2
Sec. 8. A person who commits an incurable deceptive act is subject to a civil penalty of a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. The attorney general, acting in the name of the state, has the exclusive right to petition for recovery of such a fine, and this fine may be recovered only in an action brought under section 4(c) of this chapter.
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.127, SEC.5. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.152, SEC.5.