48A.15 - COMMISSIONER'S ACTION UPON RECEIPT OF CHALLENGE OR WITHDRAWAL.
48A.15 COMMISSIONER'S ACTION UPON RECEIPT OF
CHALLENGE OR WITHDRAWAL.
1. A challenge is valid if it meets the criteria in section
48A.14, subsections 1, 2, and 3.
2. Upon receipt of a challenge which is not valid, the
commissioner shall notify the challenger of the reason the challenge
is not valid, and shall take no further action regarding the
challenge.
3. Upon receipt of a valid challenge, the commissioner shall,
within five working days, notify the challenged registrant and the
challenger of the date, time, and place of a hearing on the matter of
the challenge, to be held not less than twenty nor more than thirty
days from the commissioner's receipt of the challenge. The notice of
a hearing shall include a copy of the challenge, and shall advise the
challenged registrant that the registrant may personally appear at
the hearing, or may submit to the commissioner before the hearing
evidence, documentation, or statements refuting the challenge.
4. The notice prescribed by subsection 3 shall be sent by first
class forwardable mail to the challenged registrant at the
registrant's most recent mailing address according to the
registration records.
5. If the challenge is withdrawn, the commissioner shall
immediately notify the challenged registrant of the withdrawal, and
shall cancel the scheduled hearing.
6. If the challenged registrant notifies the commissioner that
the challenged registrant wishes to appear in person but is unable to
do so on the date scheduled, the commissioner may reschedule the
hearing. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1169, §16