Section 5259 Of Article 6. Proceedings From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 6.
5259
. Whenever the executive director of the commission determines
that any household goods carrier or any officer, director, or agent
of any household goods carrier is failing or omitting or about to
fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law, or by any order,
decision, rule, direction, or requirement of the commission, or is
doing anything or about to do anything, or permitting anything or
about to permit anything to be done, in violation of law or of any
order, decision, rule, direction, or requirement of the commission,
the executive director may make application to the superior court in
and for the county, or city and county, in which the cause or some
part thereof arose, or in which the corporation complained of has its
principal place of business, or in which the person complained of
resides, for the purpose of having such violations or threatened
violations stopped and prevented, either by mandamus or injunction,
including, but not limited to, an order allowing vehicles used for
subsequent operations subject to the order to be impounded at the
carrier's expense and subject to release only by subsequent court
order following a petition to the court by the defendant or owner of
the vehicle. The executive director shall thereupon begin such action
or proceeding in the name of the people of the State of California,
by petition to such superior court, alleging the violation or
threatened violation complained of and praying for appropriate relief
by way of mandamus or injunction.