Section 26-31-205 - REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT(1) Whenever it appears to the director that any person subject to this part has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of the truth in lending act, the real estate settlement procedures act, regulation X, regulation Z or of this part or any rule promulgated or order issued under this act and pertinent to this part, he may in his discretion bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction, and upon a showing of any violation, there shall be granted any or all of the following: (a) A writ or order restraining or enjoining, temporarily or permanently, any act or practice violating any provision of this part or any rule promulgated or order issued under this chapter and pertinent to this part, and to enforce compliance with this part or any rule promulgated or order issued under this chapter and pertinent to this part;(b) An order that the person violating any provision of this part, or a rule promulgated or order issued under this chapter and pertinent to this part pay a civil penalty to the department in an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation;(c) An order allowing the director to recover costs which may include investigative expenses and attorney's fees;(d) An order granting a declaratory judgment that a particular act, practice or method is a violation of the provisions of this part;(e) An order granting other appropriate remedies including restitution to borrowers for excess charges or actual damages.(2) If the director finds that a person subject to this part has violated, is violating, or that there is reasonable cause to believe that a person is about to violate the provisions of this part, or any rule promulgated or order issued under this chapter and pertinent to this part, the director may, in his discretion, order the person to cease and desist from the violations.[26-31-205, added 2009, ch. 97, sec. 2, p. 290.]