§ 779-10. Penalties for offenses.  


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  • A. 
    Civil penalty. In addition to any other penalty, fine, right, cause of action or claim provided by this chapter or any other law, any third intentional violation (not arising out of a single incident) by a tax assessment consulting service of any of the provisions of § 779-3 or 779-4 of this chapter shall render such violator liable for the payment to the County of Suffolk of a civil penalty, recoverable in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, in the sum of not more than $2,000 for each such violation.
    B. 
    Criminal penalty. A third, intentional separate violation (not arising out of a single incident) of § 779-3A or 779-4 of this chapter shall constitute an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and/or up to six months' imprisonment.