Minnesota Statutes 327B.12 – Additional Remedies and Enforcement
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 327B.12
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
Subdivision 1.Private remedies.
(a) Any person injured or threatened with injury by a dealer or manufacturer’s violation of sections 327B.01 to 327B.12 may bring a private action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) A borrower injured by a violation of the standards, duties, prohibitions, or requirements of sections 327B.08, subdivision 6; 327B.09, subdivision 6; or 327B.095, shall have a private right of action and the court shall award actual, incidental, and consequential damages.
Subd. 2.Fraud remedies.
In addition to the remedies provided in sections 327B.01 to 327B.12, any violation of section 327B.08 or 327B.09 is a violation of section 325F.69, subdivision 1 and the provisions of section 8.31 shall apply. A private right of action by the borrower under this chapter is in the public interest.