Arizona Laws 12-731. Recovery of civil damages
A. Except as provided in Title 13, Chapter 30, any person whose wire, oral or electronic communication is intentionally intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of Title 13, Chapter 30 may bring a civil action to recover from the person or entity that engaged in the violation the following:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-731
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
1. Such preliminary and other equitable or declaratory relief as may be appropriate.
2. Damages in an amount that is the greater of either:
(a) The sum of the actual damages suffered by the plaintiff and any profits made by the violator as a result of the violation.
(b) Statutory damages of one hundred dollars a day for each day of the violation.
(c) Statutory damages of ten thousand dollars.
3. Punitive damages in appropriate cases.
4. Reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable costs of litigation.
B. A civil action under this section may not be commenced later than one year after the date upon which the plaintiff first has a reasonable opportunity to discover the violation.