1.Upon application and payment of a fee, a person may be licensed as a towable
recreational vehicle dealer. The license fee is seventy dollars for a two-year period or part
thereof. The person shall pay an additional fee of twenty dollars for a two-year period or
part thereof for each towable recreational vehicle lot in addition to the principal place of
business unless the lot is adjacent to the principal place of business. For purposes of this
subsection, “adjacent” means that the principal place of business and each additional lot
are adjoining parcels of property. The applicant shall file in the office of the department
a verified application for license as a dealer in the form the department prescribes, which
shall include the following:
a.The name of the applicant and the applicant
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1. Upon application and payment of a fee, a person may be licensed as a towable
recreational vehicle dealer. The license fee is seventy dollars for a two-year period or part
thereof. The person shall pay an additional fee of twenty dollars for a two-year period or
part thereof for each towable recreational vehicle lot in addition to the principal place of
business unless the lot is adjacent to the principal place of business. For purposes of this
subsection, “adjacent” means that the principal place of business and each additional lot
are adjoining parcels of property. The applicant shall file in the office of the department
a verified application for license as a dealer in the form the department prescribes, which
shall include the following:
a. The name of the applicant and the applicant’s principal place of business.
b. The name of the applicant’s business and whether the applicant is an individual,
partnership, corporation, or other legal entity.
(1) If the applicant is a partnership, the name under which the partnership intends to
engage in business and the name and post office address of each partner.
(2) If the applicant is a corporation, the state of incorporation and the name and post
office address of each officer and director.
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c. The line-make or line-makes of new towable recreational vehicles, if any, which the
applicant will offer for sale at retail in this state.
d. The location of each place of business within this state to be used by the applicant for
the conduct of the business.
e. If the applicant is a party to a contract, agreement including a manufacturer-dealer
agreement, or understanding with a manufacturer or distributor of towable recreational
vehicles or is about to become a party to a contract, agreement, or understanding, the
applicant shall state the name of each manufacturer and distributor and the line-make or
line-makes of new towable recreational vehicles, if any, which are the subject matter of the
contract, agreement, or understanding.
f. Other information concerning the business of the applicant the department reasonably
requires for administration of this chapter.
2. The license shall be granted or refused within thirty days after application. A license
is valid for a two-year period and expires, unless revoked or suspended by the department,
on December 31 of even-numbered years. A licensee shall have the month of expiration and
the month after the month of expiration to renew the license. A person who fails to renew
a license by the end of this time period and desires to hold a license shall file a new license
application and pay the required fee. A separate license shall be obtained for each county in
which an applicant does business as a dealer.
3. A licensee shall file with the department a supplemental statement when there is a
change in an item of information required under subsection 1, paragraphs “a” through “e”,
within fifteen days after the change. Upon filing a supplemental statement, the licensee shall
surrender its license to the department together with a thirty-five-dollar fee. The department
shall issue a new license modified to reflect the changes on the supplemental statement.
4. Before the issuance of a dealer’s license, the applicant shall furnish a surety bond
executed by the applicant as principal and executed by a corporate surety company licensed
and qualified to do business within this state, which bond shall run to the state of Iowa, be
in the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars, be conditioned upon the faithful compliance
by the applicant as a dealer with all statutes of this state regulating or applicable to a dealer,
and indemnify any person dealing or transacting business with the dealer from loss or
damage caused by the failure of the dealer to comply with the provisions of chapter 321 and
this chapter, including the furnishing of a proper and valid certificate of title to a towable
recreational vehicle. The bond shall be filed with the department prior to the issuance of the
license.