1. (a) If a person engages in the business of a livestock dealer, including employing an individual to act on the person's behalf, without a license required under this article:

   1. (1) the attorney general;
   2. (2) the board or the board's representative;
   3. (3) the prosecuting attorney; or

   4. (4) a resident of the county in which the person engaged in the business of dealing without a license;

      may maintain an action in the name of the state to enjoin the person from continuing the violation.

2. (b) An injunction granted under this section does not relieve a person from any criminal prosecution allowed for the person's violation of this article.

3. (c) A complaint for an injunction is sufficient if it alleges that:

   1. (1) on a certain date; and

   2. (2) in a specific county;

      the person engaged in business as a livestock dealer and did not have a valid license required under this article.

4. (d) If an injunction is granted in an action brought by a resident of the county, the court shall order the defendant to pay reasonable attorney's fees to the plaintiff's attorney.

   [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-20-3.]

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.