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105.25 - ADVERTISING -- VIOLATIONS -- PENALTIES.

        105.25  ADVERTISING -- VIOLATIONS -- PENALTIES.
         1.  Only a person who is duly licensed pursuant to this chapter
      may advertise the fact that the person is licensed as a contractor or
      as a plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic professional by the
      state of Iowa.
         2.  All written advertisements distributed in this state by a
      person who is engaged in the business of designing, installing, or
      repairing plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic systems shall
      include the listing of at least one master license number, as
      applicable.  A master plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic
      professional shall not allow the master's license number to be used
      in connection with the advertising for more than one person engaged
      in the business of designing, installing, or repairing plumbing,
      HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic systems.
         3.  A person who fraudulently claims to be a licensed contractor
      or a licensed plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic professional
      pursuant to this chapter, either in writing, cards, signs, circulars,
      advertisements, or other communications, is guilty of a simple
      misdemeanor.
         4.  A person who fraudulently lists a contractor or a master
      plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic license number in
      connection with that person's advertising or falsely displays a
      contractor or a master plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic
      professional license number is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  In
      order to be entitled to use a license number of a master plumbing,
      HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic professional, the master plumbing,
      HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic professional must be employed by the
      person in whose name the business of designing, installing, or
      repairing plumbing or mechanical systems is being conducted.
         Section History: Recent Form
         2007 Acts, ch 198, §25; 2008 Acts, ch 1089, §10, 12; 2009 Acts, ch
      151, §25, 34
         Footnotes
         Section, as amended by 2009 Acts, ch 151, §25, is applicable on
      and after July 1, 2009; prior actions taken under section void; 2009
      Acts, ch 151, §34