Attorney general civil penalties in state statutes
Civil monetary penalties sought by the attorney general.
Statute-text comparison only, not legal advice. Verify against the current official code.
Found in reviewed text (37)
- Alabama — not more than $2,000 per violation
- Alaska — Not less than $1,000 and not more than $25,000 per violation
- Arizona — not more than ten thousand dollars per violation
- Connecticut — Not more than five thousand dollars for each wilful violation.
- Delaware — Not more than $10,000 for each wilful violation.
- District of Columbia — A civil penalty of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000 for each violation; for subsequent violation, not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000.
- Florida — not more than $10,000 for each violation
- Georgia — up to $2,000 per violation by order; up to $5,000 per violation by court
- Hawaii — up to $10,000 for each violation
- Idaho — Up to $5,000 per violation
- Illinois — Not to exceed $50,000; if intent to defraud, not to exceed $50,000 per violation; additional up to $10,000 per violation against persons 65 or older
- Iowa — the court may impose a civil penalty not to exceed forty thousand dollars per violation
- Kansas — not more than $10,000 for each violation
- Kentucky — Not more than $2,000 per violation; $10,000 per violation if directed at person aged 60 or older
- Louisiana — Up to five thousand dollars per violation if intent to defraud; additional up to five thousand dollars per violation against elder person or person with a disability.
- Maine — civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation
- Massachusetts — not more than five thousand dollars for each such violation
- Michigan — Not more than $25,000.00 for persistent and knowing violation of section 3; not more than $1,000.00 per violation of section 3l; not more than $5,000.00 for each knowing violation of an injunction, order, decree, or judgment
- Minnesota — Not in excess of $25,000, amount determined by the court
- Missouri — Not more than one thousand dollars per violation
- Nebraska — Not more than $500,000 for violations of 59-1603 or 59-1604 or injunction terms; not more than $2,000 per violation of 59-1602
- Nevada — not to exceed $15,000 for each violation
- New Hampshire — Up to $10,000 for each violation
- North Carolina — up to $5,000 per violation
- North Dakota — not more than five thousand dollars for each violation
- Ohio — not more than twenty-five thousand dollars
- Oregon — Not more than $25,000 per violation for willful violation of an injunction or assurance of voluntary compliance
- Pennsylvania — not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation; not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation; not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per violation
- Rhode Island — Not more than $10,000 per violation.
- South Carolina — Not exceeding five thousand dollars per violation for willful violation; not more than fifteen thousand dollars per violation for violating injunction terms
- South Dakota — a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars per violation
- Texas — not more than $10,000 per violation
- Utah — not more than $2,000 for each day a person violates
- Vermont — not more than $10,000.00 for each unfair or deceptive act or practice in commerce; not more than $100,000.00 for an individual or $1,000,000.00 for any other person for each unfair method of competition
- Virginia — Not more than $2,500 per violation for willful violations.
- Washington — up to $7,500 per violation of RCW 19.86.020; up to $125,000 for violation of injunction; up to three times unlawful gains for RCW 19.86.030/040; enhanced $5,000 for targeted violations
- Wyoming — civil penalty of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for each violation recoverable by the office of the attorney general
Not found or not captured (14)
A missing finding does not establish that the law lacks this provision.