2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 516E - MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE CONTRACTS
516E.15 - VIOLATIONS -- PENALTIES.

        516E.15  VIOLATIONS -- PENALTIES.
         1. a.  Except as provided in paragraph "b", all of the
      following shall apply:
         (1)  A violation of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to
      this chapter is a violation of section 714.16, subsection 2,
      paragraph "a".  The remedies and penalties provided by section
      714.16, including but not limited to injunctive relief and civil
      penalties, apply to violations of this chapter.
         (2)  A person who willfully and knowingly violates this chapter or
      a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter is, upon conviction, guilty
      of a class "D" felony.
         b.  A provider or service company that fails to file documents
      and information with the commissioner as required pursuant to section
      516E.3 may be subject to a civil penalty.  The amount of the civil
      penalty shall not be more than four hundred dollars plus two dollars
      for each service contract that the person executed prior to
      satisfying the filing requirement.  However, a person who fails to
      file information regarding a change in the name or the termination of
      the business of a provider or service company as required pursuant to
      section 516E.3 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five
      hundred dollars.
         2.  If the commissioner believes that grounds exist for the
      criminal prosecution of a provider, service company, or third-party
      administrator for violating this chapter or any other law of this
      state, the commissioner may forward to the attorney general or the
      county attorney the grounds for the belief, including all evidence in
      the commissioner's possession for action deemed appropriate by the
      attorney general or county attorney.  At the request of the attorney
      general, the county attorney shall appear and prosecute the action
      when brought in the county served by the county attorney.  

         94 Acts, ch 1031, §5
         C95, §321I.16
         2000 Acts, ch 1147, §13, 15
         C2001, §516E.15
         2005 Acts, ch 70, §39, 40; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §88