SECTIONS 38991-38992 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 38991-38992

38991. The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation, or
the threatened violation, of any provision of this chapter or any
regulation adopted under this chapter in the superior court in the
county in which the violation occurs or is about to occur. There may
be enjoined in one proceeding any number of defendants alleged to be
violating the same provisions or regulations, although their
properties, interests, residences, or places of business may be in
several counties and the violations separate and distinct. Any
proceeding which is brought pursuant to this section shall be
governed in all other respects by the provisions of Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of
Civil Procedure.

38992. Any person that violates any provision of this chapter or
any regulation adopted under this chapter, is liable civilly in the
amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every violation.
The penalty is to be recovered by the director in any court of
competent jurisdiction. Any sum which is recovered under this section
shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the
Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.