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Effective Jan 1, 2017Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 855, Sec. 4. (AB 1671) Effective January 1, 2017.
(a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action against the person who committed the violation for the greater of the following amounts:
- (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.
- (2) Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.
- (b) Any person may, in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, bring an action to enjoin and restrain any violation of this chapter, and may in the same action seek damages as provided by subdivision (a).
- (c) It is not a necessary prerequisite to an action pursuant to this section that the plaintiff has suffered, or be threatened with, actual damages.
- (d) This section shall not be construed to affect Title 4 (commencing with Section 3425.1) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Civil Code.