§ 203C.36A — Civil penalties

Iowa § 203C.36A

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 203C: WAREHOUSES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

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1. The department shall establish, by rule, civil penalties which may be administratively
or judicially assessed against a warehouse operator for a violation of this chapter.
2. The amount of a civil penalty shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars. Each
day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. Moneys collected in civil
penalties by the department or the attorney general shall be deposited in the general fund of
the state.
3. A civil penalty may be administratively assessed only after an opportunity for a
contested case hearing under chapter 17A. The department may be represented in an
administrative hearing or judicial proceeding by the attorney general. A civil penalty shall
be paid within thirty days from the date that an order or judgment for the penalty becomes
final. When a person against whom a civil penalty is administratively assessed under this
section seeks timely judicial review of an order imposing the penalty as provided under
chapter 17A, the order is not final until all judicial review processes are completed. When a
person against whom a civil penalty is judicially assessed under this section seeks a timely
appeal of judgment, the judgment is not final until the right of appeal is exhausted.
4. A person who fails to timely pay a civil penalty as provided in this section shall pay, in
addition to the penalty, interest at the rate of one and one-half percent of the unpaid balance
of the assessed penalty for each month or part of a month that the penalty remains unpaid.