27-527. Violation; classification
A. Any person who violates any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation
or order of the commission, is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand
dollars for each violation and for each day the violation continues.
B. Any person who, with the intent to evade this article, or any rule, regulation
or order of the commission, knowingly makes or causes to be made a false entry in any
application, report, record, account or memorandum required by this article or by any
such rule, regulation or order, or who knowingly omits or causes to be omitted from any
application, report, record, account or memorandum, full, true and correct entries as
required by this article, or by any such rule, regulation or order, or who knowingly
removes from this state, or destroys, mutilates, alters or falsifies any such
application, record, account or memorandum or knowingly makes any false statement to the
commission or any member, officer, or employee of the commission concerning any matter
within the jurisdiction of the commission is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
C. The penalties provided in this section shall be recoverable by action filed by
the attorney general, in the name and on behalf of the state, in the superior court of
the county in which the defendant resides, or in which any defendant resides if there are
more than one defendant, or in the superior court of any county in which the violation
occurred. The payment of any penalty shall not operate to legalize so that it is no
longer contraband any oil, gas or product involved in the violation for which the penalty
is imposed, and shall not relieve a person on whom the penalty is imposed from liability
to any other person for damages arising out of the violation.
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