26.1-57-08. Enforcement - Penalty

26.1-57-08. Enforcement - Penalty 1. The commissioner may take action as necessary or appropriate to enforce this chapter and to protect guaranteed asset protection waiver holders in this state. 2. After proper notice and opportunity for hearing, the commissioner may: a. Order the creditor, administrator, or any other person not in compliance with this chapter to cease and desist from further guaranteed asset protection waiver-related operations that are in violation of this chapter. b. Impose a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per violation and no more than ten thousand dollars in the aggregate for all violations of a similar nature. For purposes of this chapter, violations are of a similar nature if the violation consists of the same or similar course of conduct, action, or practice, regardless of the number of times the conduct or practice determined to be a violation of the chapter occurred. c. Order the creditor, administrator, or any other person not in compliance with this chapter to pay restitution of the guaranteed asset protection waiver purchase price.