§ 5-65-19. Penalty for operating without a registration — Failure to comply with a final order
or decision — Repeat offenses.
In addition to any other penalties provided under this chapter:
(1) Any person who fails to register as a contractor as adjudged in a final order issued
by the board, upon proper written notification, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, fined
not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, for a first or second offense.
A third or subsequent violation of this chapter by a person for failure to register
as a contractor is deemed a felony and, upon conviction, the violator shall be imprisoned
for a term not exceeding two (2) years, fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000),
or both.
(2) Any person who violates a final order of the board where the monetary total of the
order is not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), upon proper written notification,
is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a
term not exceeding one year, fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or
both.
(3) Any person who violates a final order of the board where the monetary total of the
order is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, upon written notification, is deemed
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding
ten (10) years, fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
(4) In addition to any sentence or fine imposed by the court under subsections (1), (2),
and (3), the court shall order a defendant to comply with any outstanding final order
or decision of the board or office, including payment of any outstanding fine or fines
previously imposed by the board or office pursuant to this chapter.
(5) If by final orders or decisions of the board or office a contractor is found to have
committed violations of this chapter with respect to three (3) or more separate contracts
with three (3) separate individuals/aggrieved parties and the violations occurred
within a twenty-four-month (24) period, the violations shall be deemed and prosecuted
as a felony and upon conviction the violator shall be subject to imprisonment for
a term not to exceed ten (10) years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).