(2) If the commissioner finds that a developer or other person is violating, has violated or is about to violate, any of the provisions of ORS 94.803 and 94.807 to 94.945, the commissioner may bring an action in the circuit court of the county where the violation or threatened violation has occurred or is about to occur, or in the county where the person resides or carries on business, in the name of and on behalf of the people of the State of Oregon against the person participating in the violation, to enjoin the person from continuing or engaging in the violation or doing any act in furtherance of the violation, and to apply for the appointment of a receiver or conservator of the assets of the defendant if appropriate. [1983 c.530 §45]