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Alaska Statutes.

Title 8. Business and Professions

Chapter 88. Real Estate Brokers and Other Licensees

Section 37. Investigation and Injunction.

AS 08.88.037. Investigation and Injunction.

(a) The commission may request the department to conduct investigations to determine whether a person has violated a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under it, or to secure information useful in the administration of this chapter.

(b) If it appears to the department that a person has engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice in violation of a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under it and that action is warranted in the public interest, the department shall notify all commission members by telephone, telegraph, or facsimile of a proposed order or action, and, if a majority of the members of the commission approve, the department may

(1) after reasonable notice of and an opportunity for a hearing is given to the person, issue an order directing the person to stop the act or practice; the department may issue a temporary order before a hearing is held; a temporary order remains in effect until a final order affirming, modifying, or reversing the temporary order is issued or until 15 days have elapsed after the person receives the notice and has not requested a hearing; a temporary order becomes final if the person to whom the notice is addressed does not request a hearing within 15 days after receiving the notice; if a hearing is requested, a hearing shall be conducted by a hearing officer within 30 days; the commission shall issue a final order within 10 days after the hearing;

(2) bring an action in superior court to enjoin the act or practice and to enforce compliance with this chapter, a regulation adopted under it, or an order issued under it;

(3) examine or have examined the books and records of a person whose business activities require licensure under this chapter and the department may require the person to pay the reasonable costs of the examination; and

(4) issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, and the production of books, records, and other documents.

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