163.61 - CIVIL PENALTIES.
163.61 CIVIL PENALTIES.
1. The department shall establish, by rule, civil penalties which
may be administratively or judicially assessed. The attorney general
shall cooperate with the department in the assessment and collection
of civil penalties.
2. Except as provided in subsection 3, a person violating a
provision of this chapter, or a rule adopted pursuant to this
chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of at least one hundred
dollars but not more than one thousand dollars. In the case of a
continuing violation, each day of the continuing violation is a
separate violation. However, a person shall not be subject to a
civil penalty totaling more than twenty-five thousand dollars.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2, all of the
following apply:
a. A person who falsifies a certificate of veterinary
inspection shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five
thousand dollars for each reference to an animal falsified on the
certificate. However, a person who falsifies a certificate issued
pursuant to chapter 166D shall be subject to a civil penalty as
provided in this section or section 166D.16, but not both. A person
shall not be subject to a civil penalty totaling more than
twenty-five thousand dollars for falsifying a certificate, regardless
of the number of animals falsified on the certificate.
b. A person required to be licensed as a dealer pursuant to
section 163.30 and who is not issued a license by the department
pursuant to that section, but does business as a dealer, shall be
subject to a civil penalty of at least one thousand dollars but not
more than five thousand dollars. Each day that the person does
business as a dealer without being issued a license constitutes a
separate offense. A person shall not be subject to a civil penalty
totaling more than twenty-five thousand dollars during any one year.
4. Moneys collected from civil penalties shall be deposited into
the general fund of the state. Section History: Recent Form
2001 Acts, ch 136, §7; 2004 Acts, ch 1095, §1, 6; 2004 Acts, ch
1163, § 15