State Board issued me a civil summons

[Matt Batson]

Long story short, I bought my first multi family, a duplex, and was in the middle of rehabbing it when everything went to hell.

I was having major electrical work being done, had a licensed electrician and pulled a permit.

Inspector comes in, see's that there is new plumbing and notices my handyman, who is not a licensed plumber, is installing a toilet and some other minor plumbing stuff and shuts us down.

Fast forward a few weeks, I meet with the state plumbing inspector and he explains the rules about who can do what with regards to plumbing. He then tells me that they are not going to come after me, and shows me a letter he typed up that basically says he has explained everything to me and that I agree to not do it again and has me sign it.

A month later, I get a civil summons from the state plumbers board suing me for doing the plumbing without a license, and they are basically looking to "tax" me for up to 15k.

I sent all the papers to my real estate lawyer and will be meeting with him on monday to see what he says.

My question is, has anyone else on here ever been sued civilly for something like this by the state board (plumbing or otherwise)?

What happened?

Hoping to hear some not horribly bad news on monday....