Violation of act - Penalty.

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For any violation of the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act, the Insurance Commissioner may, after notice and hearing, subject an insurer to a civil penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each occurrence. Such civil penalty may be enforced in the same manner in which civil judgments may be enforced.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 251, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 342, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Renumbered from § 1258 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 342, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1994, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 10, emerg. eff. Nov. 4, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 418, § 57, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2009, c. 432, § 11, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2013, c. 254, § 25, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.


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