88B.12 - PENALTIES.
88B.12 PENALTIES.
1. A person or business entity who willfully violates a provision
of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be
assessed a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for
each violation.
2. A person or business entity who previously has been assessed a
civil penalty under this section, and who willfully violates a
provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter:
a. For a first offense, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and
shall be fined not to exceed twenty thousand dollars.
b. For a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of an
aggravated misdemeanor and shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five
thousand dollars or imprisoned for not to exceed two years, or both.
Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1062, § 12