KRS § 367.627 Enforcement by Attorney General -- Actions for injunctive relief and recovery of actual economic damages -- Civil penalty. (Effective July 15, 2026)
AI-assisted research summary: The Attorney General must enforce this set of statutes and may bring actions, including for injunctions and a $5,000-per-violation civil penalty.
367.627 Enforcement by Attorney General -- Actions for injunctive relief and recovery of actual economic damages -- Civil penalty. (Effective July 15, 2026) (1) The Attorney General shall enforce KRS 367.620 to 367.628. (2) All of the remedies, powers, and duties provided to the Attorney General under KRS 367.110 to 367.300, and the penalties provided in KRS 367.990, pertaining to any violation of KRS 367.110 to 367.300, shall apply with equal force and effect to a violation of KRS 367.620 to 367.628. (3) (a) The Attorney General may institute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person alleged to have violated KRS 367.620 to 367.628. (b) A person injured by a violation of KRS 367.620 to 367.628 may institute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person alleged to have committed the violation. (c) In any action brought under this subsection, if the court finds that the person has committed one (1) or more violations of KRS 367.620 to 367.628: 1. The plaintiff may: a. Obtain an injunction to enjoin a continuance of the unlawful activity; b. Recover from the defendant two (2) times the amount of any actual economic damages sustained, which shall be paid to the injured person or persons; and c. Be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs; and 2. In addition to the remedies and penalties provided under subparagraph 1. of this paragraph, the Attorney General may recover a civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. (4) It shall not be necessary that actual economic damages be alleged or proved in order to recover any other remedy or penalty authorized under this section. (5) (a) The remedies and penalties prescribed in KRS 367.620 to 367.628 shall be cumulative. (b) KRS 367.620 to 367.628 shall not be construed to limit or restrict the powers, duties, remedies, or penalties available to the Attorney General, the Commonwealth, or any other person under any other statutory or common law. Effective: July 15, 2026 History: Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2026. -- Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 5, effective June 27, 2025. -- Created 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2017. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/27/2025). 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 10, provides that the amendments to this statute in that Act shall apply to contracts entered on or after June 27, 2025.