Iowa § 455C.3 Payment of refund value

Iowa Statutes

§ 455C.3 — Payment of refund value

Iowa § 455C.3

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 455CBEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL

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Iowa Code § 455C.3 (2026).

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Except as provided in section 455C.4:

1.A participating dealer shall not refuse to accept from a consumer any empty beverage container of the kind, size, and brand sold by the participating dealer, or refuse to pay to the consumer the refund value of a beverage container as provided under section 455C.2.

2.A distributor shall accept and pick up from a participating dealer served by the distributor or a redemption center for a dealer served by the distributor at least weekly, or when the distributor delivers the beverage product if deliveries are less frequent than weekly, any empty beverage container of the kind, size, and brand sold by the distributor, and shall pay to the participating dealer or redemption center the refund value of a beverage container and the reimbursement as provide

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Except as provided in section 455C.4:
1. A participating dealer shall not refuse to accept from a consumer any empty beverage
container of the kind, size, and brand sold by the participating dealer, or refuse to pay to the
consumer the refund value of a beverage container as provided under section 455C.2.
2. A distributor shall accept and pick up from a participating dealer served by the
distributor or a redemption center for a dealer served by the distributor at least weekly, or
when the distributor delivers the beverage product if deliveries are less frequent than weekly,
any empty beverage container of the kind, size, and brand sold by the distributor, and shall
pay to the participating dealer or redemption center the refund value of a beverage container
and the reimbursement as provided under section 455C.2 within one week following pickup
of the containers or when the participating dealer normally pays the distributor for the
deposit on beverage products purchased from the distributor if less frequent than weekly.
A distributor or employee or agent of a distributor is not in violation of this subsection if
a redemption center is closed when the distributor attempts to make a regular pickup of
empty beverage containers. This subsection does not apply to a distributor selling alcoholic
liquor to the department of revenue.
3. A distributor shall not be required to pay to a manufacturer a deposit or refund value
on a nonrefillable beverage container.
4. Adistributorshallacceptfromadealeragentanyemptybeveragecontainerofthekind,
size, and brand sold by the distributor and that was picked up by the dealer agent within the
3 BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTROL, §455C.4
geographicterritoryservedbythedistributorandthedistributorshallpaythedealeragentthe
refund value of the empty beverage container and the reimbursement as provided in section
455C.2.
5. The department of revenue shall provide for the disposal of empty beverage containers
as required under subsection 2. The department of revenue shall give priority consideration
to the recycling of the empty beverage containers to the extent possible, before any other
appropriate disposal method is considered or implemented.