2019 Iowa Code
Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 458A - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS
Section 458A.16 - Penalties.
458A.16 Penalties.
1. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or order of the department where no other penalty is provided is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
2. If any person, for the purpose of evading this chapter, or any rule or order of the department, makes or causes to be made any false entry or statement in a report required by this chapter or by any rule or order, or makes or causes to be made any false entry in any record, account, or memorandum required by this chapter, or by any rule or order, or omits, or causes to be omitted, from any record, account, or memorandum, full, true, and correct entries as required by this chapter, or by any rule or order, or removes from this state or destroys, mutilates, alters, or falsifies any such record, account, or memorandum, the person is guilty of a fraudulent practice.
3. Any person knowingly aiding or abetting any other person in the violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule or order of the department is subject to the same penalty as that prescribed by this chapter for the violation by the other person.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §84.16; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §51, 96]
C93, §458A.16
Fraudulent practices, see §714.8 – 714.14
