162.13 - PENALTIES.
162.13 PENALTIES.
Operation of a pound, animal shelter, pet shop, boarding kennel,
commercial kennel, research facility, or public auction, or dealing
in dogs or cats, or both, either as a dealer or a commercial breeder,
without a currently valid license or a certificate of registration is
a simple misdemeanor and each day of operation is a separate offense.
The failure of any pound, research facility, animal shelter, pet
shop, boarding kennel, commercial kennel, commercial breeder, public
auction, or dealer, to adequately house, feed, or water dogs, cats,
or vertebrate animals in the person's or facility's possession or
custody is a simple misdemeanor. The animals are subject to seizure
and impoundment and may be sold or destroyed as provided by rules
which shall be adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A.
The rules shall provide for the destruction of an animal by a humane
method, including by euthanasia. The failure to meet the
requirements of this section is also cause for revocation or
suspension of license or registration after public hearing. The
commission of an act declared to be an unlawful practice under
section 714.16 or prohibited under chapter 717 or 717B, by a person
licensed or registered under this chapter is cause for revocation or
suspension of the license or registration certificate. Dogs, cats,
and other vertebrates upon which euthanasia is permitted by law may
be destroyed by a person subject to this chapter or chapter 169, by a
humane method, including euthanasia, as provided by rules which shall
be adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A.
It is unlawful for a dealer to knowingly ship a diseased animal.
A dealer violating this paragraph is subject to a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars. Each diseased animal shipped in violation of
this paragraph is a separate offense. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 162.13] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 149, § 1; 88 Acts, ch 1186, § 15; 94 Acts, ch 1103, §1