38-24-06. Penalties

38-24-06. Penalties 1. A person that violates this chapter, or a rule, regulation, or order of the commission adopted under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than twelve thousand five hundred dollars for each violation and for each day the violation occurred. 2. It is a class C felony for a person, for the purpose of evading this chapter, or a rule, regulation, or order of the commission to: a. Make or cause a false entry or statement in a report required by this chapter or by a rule, regulation, or order issued or adopted by the commission; b. Make or cause a false entry in a record, account, or memorandum required by this chapter, or by any rule, regulation, or order of the commission; c. Omit, or cause to be omitted, from a record, account, or memorandum, full, true, and correct entries as required by this chapter or by any rule, regulation, or order of the commission; or d. Remove from this state or destroy, mutilate, alter, or falsify a record, account, or memorandum. 3. The civil penalties provided in subsection 1 are recoverable by civil action filed by the attorney general on behalf of the commission. The civil action must commence in the district court of the county in which: a. The defendant resides; b. Any defendant resides, if there is more than one defendant; or c. The violation occurred. 4. The payment of penalties does not relieve a person on whom the penalty is imposed from liability to any other person for damages arising out of the violation.