§ 7201. Action by state. (a) Statutory penalty or forfeiture. Where property has been forfeited or a penalty incurred to the state or to an officer, for its use, pursuant to statute, the attorney-general, or the district attorney of the county in which the action is triable, if such an action has not already been […]
§ 7202. Action by person aggrieved. Where a penalty or forfeiture is given by a statute to a person aggrieved by the act or omission of another, the person aggrieved may commence an action to recover it.
§ 7203. Action by common informer. (a) When maintainable. Where a penalty or forfeiture is given by a statute to any person, an action to recover it may be maintained by any person in his own name; but the action cannot be compromised or settled without the leave of the court. (b) Service. The summons […]
§ 7204. Recovery of part of penalty or forfeiture. Where a statute gives a pecuniary penalty or forfeiture not exceeding a specified sum, the whole sum or a part proportionate to the offense may be awarded.
§ 7205. Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision. No action for a penalty or forfeiture may be brought for an act done in good faith and pursuant to a construction given to a statute by a decision of an appellate court and adjudged lawful thereby, where such act was done prior to a […]
