7-24-303 - Penalties. - Utah Statutes

7-24-303. Penalties.
(1) A person who violates this chapter or who files materially false information with aregistration or renewal under Section 7-24-201 is:
(a) guilty of a class B misdemeanor except for a violation of:
(i) Subsection 7-24-202(1)(e)(i), (ii), or (iii); or
(ii) rules made under Subsection 7-24-301(2)(b); and
(b) subject to revocation of a person's registration under this chapter.
(2) Subject to Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, if the departmentdetermines that a person is extending title loans in violation of this chapter, the department may:
(a) revoke that person's registration under this chapter;
(b) issue a cease and desist order from committing any further violations;
(c) prohibit the person from continuing to extend title loans;
(d) impose an administrative fine not to exceed $1,000 per violation, except that:
(i) a fine imposed under Subsection 7-24-201(2)(e) shall comply with Subsection7-24-201(2)(e); and
(ii) the aggregate total of fines imposed under this chapter against a person in a calendaryear may not exceed $30,000 for that calendar year; or
(e) take any combination of actions listed under this Subsection (2).
(3) A person is not subject to the penalties under this section for a violation of thischapter that was not willful or intentional, including a violation resulting from a clerical error.

Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session