Iowa § 189A.16 Forgery or counterfeiting

Iowa Statutes

§ 189A.16 — Forgery or counterfeiting

Iowa § 189A.16

Title VAGRICULTURE

Ch. 189AMEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION

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Iowa Code § 189A.16 (2026).

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1.No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the secretary.

2.No person shall do any of the following:

a.Forge any official device, mark, or certificate.

b.Withoutauthorizationfromthesecretary, useanyofficialdevice, mark, orcertificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate.

c.Contrary to the regulations prescribed by the secretary, fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate.

d.Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the secr

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1. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or
otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label
bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof,
except as authorized by the secretary.
2. No person shall do any of the following:
a. Forge any official device, mark, or certificate.
b. Withoutauthorizationfromthesecretary, useanyofficialdevice, mark, orcertificate, or
simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate.
c. Contrary to the regulations prescribed by the secretary, fail to use, or to detach, deface,
or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate.
d. Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the secretary or the secretary’s
representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly
altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal, including
poultry, or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly
altered official mark.
e. Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper’s certificate or other nonofficial or
official certificate provided for in the regulations prescribed by the secretary.
f. Knowinglyrepresentthatanyarticlehasbeeninspectedandpassed,orexempted,under
this chapter when it has not been so inspected and passed, or exempted.