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Indiana Code Title 24. Trade Regulation § 24-7-7-1

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 1. (a) The department shall enforce this article.  To carry out this responsibility, the department may do the following:

(1) Receive and act on complaints, take action designed to obtain voluntary compliance with this article, or commence proceedings on the department's own initiative.

(2) Issue and enforce administrative orders under IC 4-21.5.

(3) Counsel persons and groups on their rights and duties under this article.

(4) Establish programs for the education of consumers with respect to rental purchase agreement practices and problems.

(5) Make studies appropriate to effectuate the purposes and policies of this article and make the results available to the public.

(6) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this article.

(7) Maintain more than one (1) office within Indiana.

(8) Bring a civil action to restrain a person from violating this article and for other appropriate relief, and exercise the same enforcement powers provided under IC 24-4.5-6-108.

(9) Require a lessor to refund to the lessee any overcharges resulting from the lessor's noncompliance with:

(A) the terms of a rental purchase agreement;  or

(B) this article, or any order or rule issued or adopted by the department under this article.

(b) If the department determines, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, that a person has violated this article, or any order or rule issued or adopted by the department under this article, the department may, in addition to or instead of all other remedies available under this section, impose upon the person a civil penalty not greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation.

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