1. Any person who violates subsection 1, 2, or 3 of section 12.1-23.1-01 is liable to the franchised or otherwise duly licensed cable television system for the greater of one thousand dollars or three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the system, plus reasonable attorney fees. 2. Any person who violates subsection 4 of section 12.1-23.1-01 is liable to the franchised or otherwise duly licensed cable television system for the greater of ten thousand dollars or three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff, plus reasonable attorney fees. A second or subsequent conviction is punishable by the greater of twenty thousand dollars or three times the amount of actual damages, if any, plus reasonable attorney fees.
12.1-23.1-03. Theft of cable television services - Action - Injunction - Property forfeiture. 1. Any franchised or otherwise duly licensed cable television system may bring an action to enjoin and restrain violation of section 12.1-23.1-01 or an action for conversion, or both, and may in the same action seek damages as provided for in section 12.1-23.1-02. 2. Any communications paraphernalia prohibited under section 12.1-23.1-01 may be seized and, upon conviction, is forfeited to the jurisdiction where the arrest was made. The paraphernalia may be, pursuant to court order, sold or destroyed. 3. It is not a necessary prerequisite to an action pursuant to section 12.1-23.1-02 that the plaintiff has suffered, or is threatened with, actual damages.