Section 37-32-13 - Civil penalties for intentional violation. - South Dakota Statutes

37-32-13. Civil penalties for intentional violation. In any action brought under § 37-32-11, if the court finds that a solicitor or sponsor intentionally used an act or practice declared to be unlawful by this chapter, the attorney general or state's attorney, upon petition to the court, may recover, on behalf of the state, a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars per violation. For purposes of this section, an intentional violation occurs when the party committing the violation knew or should have known that the conduct was a violation of this chapter.

Source: SL 1997, ch 223, § 13.