Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 31. BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY, ELECTROLOGY, ESTHETICS, AND MANICURING

Part 3. Licensing

Penalty -- Injunction

37-31-334. Penalty -- injunction. (1) The commission of any of the acts prohibited as provided in 37-31-301 or the violation of any other provision in this chapter shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or imprisonment or both fine and imprisonment.

(2) Regardless of any penalties provided in this chapter and as an additional remedy, the district courts of the state of Montana are vested with jurisdiction to restrain and enjoin any violation or threatened violation of the requirements of this chapter as a nuisance per se or otherwise and the board, the attorney general, or any county attorney may institute proceedings in equity for the purpose of obtaining equitable relief against violations of the provisions of this chapter.

History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 104, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 13, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 3228.17, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 140, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 66-817(C), (D).