§ 546A.1 — Definitions

Iowa § 546A.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 546A: UNUSED PROPERTY MARKETS — REGULATION OF SALES

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Baby food” or “infant formula” means any food manufactured, packaged, and labeled
specifically for sale for consumption by a child under two years of age.
2. “Cosmetic” means any of the following, but does not include soap:
a. An article intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or
otherwise applied to the human body or any part of a human body for cleaning, beautifying,
promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance.
b. An article intended for use as a component of an article defined in paragraph “a”.
3. “Medical device” means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance,
implant, in vitro reagent, tool, or other similar or related article, including any component,
part, or accessory, to which either of the following applies:
a. The article is required under federal law to bear the label “Caution: Federal law
requires dispensing by or on the order of a physician”.
b. The article is defined by federal law as a medical device, and is intended for use in one
of the following:
(1) The diagnosis of disease or other conditions.
(2) The cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals.
(3) To affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals, but none
of its principal intended purposes are achieved through chemical action within or on the
body of a human or other animal nor is achievement of any of its principal intended purposes
dependent upon the article being metabolized.
4. “New and unused property” means tangible personal property that was acquired by
the unused property merchant directly from the producer, manufacturer, wholesaler, or
retailer in the ordinary course of business which has never been used since its production or
manufacture or which is in its original and unopened package or container, if such personal
property was so packaged when originally produced or manufactured.
5. “Nonprescription drug” means any nonnarcotic medicine, drug, or other substance
that may be sold without a prescription or medication order, and is prepackaged for use
by the consumer, prepared by the manufacturer or producer for use by the consumer, and
properly labeled and unadulterated, pursuant to the requirements of state and federal laws.
“Nonprescription drug” does not include herbal products, dietary supplements, botanical
extracts, or vitamins.
6. “Personal care product” means an item used in essential activities of daily living which
may include but are not limited to bathing, personal hygiene, dressing, and grooming.
7. a. “Unused property market” means any of the following:
(1) An event where two or more persons offer personal property for sale or exchange,
for which a fee is charged for sale or exchange of personal property, or at which a fee is
charged to prospective buyers for admission to the area at which personal property is offered
or displayed for sale or exchange, provided that the event is held more than six times in any
twelve-month period.
(2) Any similar event that involves a series of sales sufficient in number, scope, and
character to constitute a regular course of business, regardless of where the event is held,
and regardless of the terminology applied to such event, including but not limited to “swap
meet”, “indoor swap meet”, “flea market”, or other similar terms.
b. “Unused property market” shall not mean any of the following:
(1) An event that is organized for the exclusive benefit of any community chest, fund,
foundation, association, or corporation organized and operated for religious, educational,
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or charitable purposes, provided that no part of any admission fee or parking fee charged
vendors or prospective purchasers or the gross receipts or net earnings from the sale or
exchange of personal property, whether in the form of a percentage of the receipts or
earnings, as salary, or otherwise, inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or person
participating in the organization or conduct of the event.
(2) An event where all of the personal property offered for sale or displayed is new, and all
persons selling, exchanging, or offering or displaying personal property for sale or exchange
are manufacturers or authorized representatives of manufacturers or distributors.
8. “Unused property merchant” means any person, other than a vendor or merchant with
an established retail store in the county where the unused property market event occurs, who
transports an inventory of goods to a building, vacant lot, or other unused property market
location and who, at that location, displays the goods for sale and sells the goods at retail or
offers the goods for sale at retail. “Unused property merchant” does not mean a merchant as
defined in section 554.2104.