106-245.24. Penalties for violations; enjoining violations; venue.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
(b) In addition to the criminal penalties provided for above, the Commissioner of Agriculture may apply by equity to a court of competent jurisdiction, and such court shall have jurisdiction and for cause shown to grant temporary or permanent injunction, or both, restraining any person from violating, or continuing to violate, any provisions of this Article.
(c) Any proceeding for a violation of this Article may be brought in the county where the violator resides, has a place of business or principal office or where the act or omission or part thereof, complained of occurred. (1955, c. 213, s. 12; 1965, c. 1138, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 750; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 25A - North Carolina Egg Law.
§ 106-245.13 - Short title; scope; rule of construction.
§ 106-245.16 - Standards, grades and weight classes.
§ 106-245.17 - Stop-sale orders.
§ 106-245.18 - Container labeling.
§ 106-245.20 - Advertisements.
§ 106-245.21 - Rules and regulations.
§ 106-245.23 - Power of Commissioner.
§ 106-245.24 - Penalties for violations; enjoining violations; venue.
§ 106-245.25 - Warnings in lieu of criminal prosecutions.
§ 106-245.26 - Remedies cumulative.