Section 45.50.501. Restraining prohibited acts.

   (a) When the attorney general has reason to believe that a person has used, is using, or is about to use an act or practice declared unlawful in AS 45.50.471, and that proceedings would be in the public interest, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state against the person to restrain by injunction the use of the act or practice. The action may be brought in the superior court in the judicial district in which the person resides or is doing business or has the person's principal place of business in the state, or, with the consent of the parties, in any other judicial district in the state.
   (b) The court may make additional orders or judgments that are necessary to restore to any person in interest any money or property, real or personal, which may have been acquired by means of an act or practice declared to be unlawful by AS 45.50.471.

Authorities

45.50.511;45.50.521;45.50.531;45.50.551

Notes

References

AS 45.50.511 Assurances of voluntary compliance.
AS 45.50.521 When information and evidence confidential and nonadmissible.
AS 45.50.531 Private and class actions.
AS 45.50.551 Civil penalties.

History

(Sec. 2 ch 246 SLA 1970)