317.16 - FAILURE TO COMPLY.

        317.16  FAILURE TO COMPLY.         1.  In case of a substantial failure to comply by the date      prescribed in any order of destruction of weeds made pursuant to this      chapter, the weed commissioner may do any of the following:         a.  Enter upon the land as provided in section 317.6 and      provide for the destruction of the weeds as provided in section      317.6.         b.  Impose a maximum penalty of a ten dollar fine for each      day, up to ten days, that the owner or person in possession or      control of the land fails to comply.  If a penalty is imposed and the      owner or person in possession or control of the land fails to comply,      the weed commissioner shall cause the weeds to be destroyed.         2.  If the weed commissioner enters the land and causes the weeds      to be destroyed, the actual cost and expense of cutting, burning, or      otherwise destroying the weeds, along with the cost of providing      notice and special meetings or proceedings, if any, shall be paid by      the county and, together with the additional assessment to apply      toward costs of supervision and administration, be recovered by an      assessment against the tract of real estate on which the weeds were      growing, as provided in section 317.21.  Any fine imposed under this      section shall be recovered by a similar assessment.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 1565-c, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4823; C39, § 4829.16;      C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 317.16] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 123, § 121, 209; 85 Acts, ch 171, §4; 2005 Acts, ch      39, §2         Referred to in § 317.21