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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-1306.1" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Remedies for Shoplifting and Employee Theft">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In recovering or attempting to recover damages arising from an alleged act of shoplifting or employee theft under this subtitle, a person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Use or threaten force or violence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Communicate with a responsible person in a manner that reasonably can be expected to abuse or harass the responsible person, including communicating with excessive frequency or at unusual hours;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Use obscene or grossly abusive language in communicating with the responsible person;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Claim, attempt, or threaten to enforce a right with knowledge that the right does not exist; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Use a communication that simulates legal or judicial process or gives the appearance of being authorized, issued, or approved by a government, governmental agency, or lawyer when it is not.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates this section is liable for any:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Actual damages proximately caused by the violation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Reasonable court costs and attorney’s fees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
