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137C.7 - LICENSE REQUIRED.

        137C.7  LICENSE REQUIRED.
         No person shall open or operate a hotel until a license has been
      obtained from the regulatory authority and until the hotel has been
      inspected by the regulatory authority.  Each license shall expire one
      year from date of issue.  A license is renewable.  All licenses
      issued under the Iowa hotel sanitation code that are not renewed by
      the licensee on or before the expiration date shall be subject to a
      penalty of ten percent of the license fee if the license is renewed
      at a later date.  A license is not transferable.
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 2527-l; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2809; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 170.2; C79, 81, § 170B.4]
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1204, § 66
         C91, § 137C.7
         2002 Acts, ch 1119, §132