1.    A financial institution, governmental agency, law enforcement agency, or any other person is liable to the customer for intentional violations of this chapter in an amount equal to the greater of the following:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 6-08.1-08

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Financial institution: means any bank, industrial loan company, or savings and loan association organized under the laws of this state or of the United States. See North Dakota Code 6-01-02
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

a.    One thousand dollars.

b.    Actual damages caused by the disclosure of the customer information.

2.    Any financial institution, governmental agency, law enforcement agency, or other person that takes any action pursuant to this chapter, relying in good faith on any provision of this chapter, may not be held liable to any person for its actions.