Section 541-D:6 - Penalties and Other RemediesI. In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that any person has violated RSA 541-D:3, III or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, the commissioner may revoke or suspend the license of any stamping agent in the manner provided by RSA 78:20. Each stamp affixed and each offer to sell cigarettes in violation of RSA 541-D:3, III shall constitute a separate violation. For each violation hereof, the commissioner may also impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of 500 percent of the retail value of the cigarettes sold or $5,000 upon a determination of violation of RSA 541-D:3, III or any rules adopted pursuant thereto. Such penalty shall be imposed in the manner provided by RSA 78 or RSA 21-J.II. Any cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale in this state, in violation of RSA 541-D:3, III shall be deemed contraband under RSA 78:18 and such cigarettes shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in such section, and all such cigarettes so seized and forfeited shall be destroyed and not resold.III. The attorney general, on behalf of the commissioner, may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of RSA 541-D:3, III, 541-D:5, I, or 541-D:5, IV, by a stamping agent and to compel the stamping agent to comply with such provisions. In any action brought pursuant to this section, the state shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees.Amended by 2019 , 178: 7, eff. 1/1/2020. 2003, 152 : 1 , eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2019, 178 : 7 , eff. Jan. 1, 2020.