502A.14 - CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

        502A.14  CRIMINAL PENALTIES.         1.  A person who willfully violates either of the following shall,      upon conviction, be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars or be      imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for each violation.         a.  This chapter.         b.  A rule or order of the administrator under this chapter.         2.  A person convicted of violating a rule or order under this      chapter may be fined, but may not be imprisoned, if the person proves      the person had no knowledge of the rule or order.         3.  The administrator may refer such evidence as is available      concerning violations of this chapter or any rule or order of the      administrator to the attorney general or the proper county attorney,      who may, with or without such a reference from the administrator,      institute the appropriate criminal proceedings under this chapter.         4.  This chapter does not limit the power of the state to proceed      against a person for conduct which constitutes a breach of duty, a      crime, or a violation under common law, rule, or another statute.  An      action pursuant to this chapter is not an election of remedies, and      an aggrieved person or the state retains any other common law or      statutory causes of action which may exist against a person alleged      to have violated this chapter or against a person convicted of such a      violation.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1169, §13