2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 523I - IOWA CEMETERY ACT
523I.205 - PROSECUTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAW -- CIVIL PENALTIES.

        523I.205  PROSECUTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAW -- CIVIL
      PENALTIES.
         1.  A violation of this chapter or rules adopted or orders issued
      under 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 penalties,
      apply to violations of this chapter.
         2.  If the commissioner believes that grounds exist for the
      criminal prosecution of persons subject to this chapter for
      violations of 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, so that the attorney general or the county
      attorney may proceed with the matter as deemed appropriate.  At the
      request of the attorney general, the county attorney shall appear and
      prosecute the action when brought in the county attorney's county.
         3.  A person who violates a provision of this chapter or rules
      adopted or orders issued under this chapter may be subject to civil
      penalties in addition to criminal penalties.  The commissioner may
      impose, assess, and collect a civil penalty not exceeding ten
      thousand dollars for each violation.  For the purposes of computing
      the amount of each civil penalty, each day of a continuing violation
      constitutes a separate violation.  All civil penalties collected
      pursuant to this section shall be deposited as provided in section
      505.7.  

         Section History: Recent Form

         2005 Acts, ch 128, §13; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §101 

         Footnotes

         For future repeal of 2009 amendment to subsection 3, effective
      July 1, 2011, see 2009 Acts, ch 179, §146