Sec 32-2194.08. Administrative penalties

A. Any cemetery owner, operator, broker or salesman subject to the jurisdiction of the department who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or order promulgated by the commissioner, who deviates substantially from the provisions under which a certificate of authority was issued or who engages in any unlawful practices defined in section 44-1522 with respect to the sale of cemetery plots may be assessed a civil penalty by the commissioner, after a hearing, in an amount of not to exceed one thousand dollars for each infraction.

B. Actions to recover penalties pursuant to this section shall be brought by the attorney general in the name of this state in the superior court in the county in which the violation occurred or in a county in which the commissioner maintains an office.