(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) the attorney general;(2) the board or the board's representative;(3) the prosecuting attorney; or(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.(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.(c) A complaint for an injunction is sufficient if it alleges that:(1) on a certain date; and(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.(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.
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