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Miss. Code Ann. § 83-5-85: General penalty.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 83. Insurance
- Chapter 5. General Provisions Relative to Insurance and Insurance Companies
- Article 1. General Provisions.
For violation of any provisions of the insurance laws of Mississippi, the penalty whereof is not specially provided, the offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). For expenses in seeking out, detecting, and punishing violations of such laws, the commissioner may assess an additional penalty to be paid by the offender as restitution in an amount to cover such expenses as may be approved by the court.
The penalties authorized by this section are cumulative and supplemental to any other penalty, fine or other sanction, and shall not be a bar to any other civil cause of action or criminal prosecution.
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