85B-9. Penalties and enforcement.
(a) Any person, corporation or association of persons violating the provisions of G.S. 85B-4(a) shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The Attorney General of North Carolina, or the Attorney General's designee, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the district attorneys of this State to prosecute violations of this Chapter.
(b) The Commission may in its own name seek injunctive relief in the General Court of Justice to restrain any violation or anticipated violation of the provisions of G.S. 85B-4(a) or any violation of this Chapter.
(c) The Commission shall be entitled to the services of the Attorney General of North Carolina in enforcing the provisions of this Chapter or may employ an attorney to assist and represent it in enforcement of specific matters. (1973, c. 1195, s. 6; 1975, c. 648, s. 7; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 819, s. 22; 1993, c. 539, s. 600; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1999-142, s. 8.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 85B - Auctions and Auctioneers
§ 85B-2 - Activities governed by Chapter.
§ 85B-3 - Auctioneers Commission.
§ 85B-3.1 - Auctioneers Commission; powers and duties.
§ 85B-3.2 - Criminal history record checks of applicants for licensure.
§ 85B-4.1 - Auctioneer Recovery Fund.
§ 85B-4.2 - Grounds for payment; notice and application to Commission.
§ 85B-4.3 - Hearing; required showing.
§ 85B-4.5 - Determination of certain small claims without a prior judicial determination.
§ 85B-4.6 - Order directing payment out of Fund; compromise of claims.
§ 85B-4.7 - Limitations; pro rata distribution; attorneys' fees.
§ 85B-4.8 - Repayment to Fund; automatic suspension of license.
§ 85B-4.9 - Subrogation of rights.
§ 85B-4.10 - Waiver of rights.
§ 85B-4.11 - Persons ineligible to recover from Fund.
§ 85B-4.12 - Disciplinary action against licensee.
§ 85B-5 - Licensing of nonresidents.
§ 85B-6 - Fees; local governments not to charge fees or require licenses.
§ 85B-7 - Conduct of auction; records.