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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-309" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hate Crimes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person who is the victim of an act that would constitute a violation of this subtitle may bring a civil action against the person or persons who committed the act in a court of competent jurisdiction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The court may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issue an injunction to prevent or restrain an act that would constitute a violation of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>award damages in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Damages awarded by a court under this section may include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>economic damages and any other pecuniary loss sustained by the plaintiff that was proximately caused by the violation of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>noneconomic damages, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>pain and suffering;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, emotional distress;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, mental anguish;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>loss of enjoyment;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>loss of companionship, services, and consortium; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>other nonpecuniary loss sustained by the plaintiff that was proximately caused by the act that would constitute a violation of this subtitle.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may also award reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs to a prevailing plaintiff.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Noneconomic damages under paragraph (1)(ii)2 and 3 of this subsection may not include emotional distress or mental anguish caused solely by the need to replace or repair personal or real property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Damages awarded by a court under subsection (c)(1) of this section may be equal to three times the amount of actual damages.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section does not affect any legal or equitable right or remedy otherwise provided by law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
