§ 28-32-26 — Costs of investigation

North Dakota § 28-32-26

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 28: Judicial Procedure, Civil
• Ch. 28-32: Administrative Agencies Practice Act

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An agency may assess the costs of an investigation to a person found to be in violation of a
statute or rule as a result of an adjudicative proceeding or informal disposition. The total costs
assessed and any civil penalty that may be imposed as a result of violation may not exceed the
statutorily authorized civil penalty for the violation. For the purposes of this section, costs mean
reasonable out-of-pocket agency costs, not including any attorney's fees, actually incurred in
conducting the investigation for which they may be assessed. Any such costs paid must be paid
into the general fund and are appropriated as a refund to the agency for the purposes of
defraying the costs of undertaking the investigation.