(a) When the commission determines, after receiving a complaint and conducting an investigation, that a real property or real estate conveyance occurred as a result of a criminal act or fraud, any proceeds derived from the fraudulent conveyance may be ordered to be forfeited and deposited into the Alabama Title Fraud Recovery Fund established under Section 8-6-61, unless otherwise ordered by the circuit court.
(b) This section does not limit the right to bring civil or equitable actions that may lawfully arise under existing Alabama laws.
(c) Any person who knowingly fails to remit proceeds from a fraudulent conveyance or files frivolous litigation to delay enforcement may be assessed an additional civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), payable to the Alabama Title Fraud Recovery Fund.