484C.13 - PENALTIES. - Iowa Statutes

484C.13 PENALTIES. 1. A person who violates a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 2. A landowner who keeps preserve whitetail and who fails to register with the department as required in section 484C.7 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars. The civil penalty shall be deposited in the state fish and game protection fund. 3. The department may suspend or revoke a fence certification issued pursuant to section 484C.6 if the department determines that a landowner has done any of the following: a. Provided false information to the department in an application for fence certification pursuant to section 484C.6. b. Failed to provide access to the department for an inspection as provided in this chapter. c. Failed to maintain adequate records or to submit timely reports as provided in section 484C.9. d. Failed to maintain a fence enclosing the land where preserve whitetail are kept as required by this chapter. The department shall not suspend or revoke a certification if the landowner remedies each item as provided in a notice of deficiency delivered to the landowner by the department. The remedies shall be completed within seven days from receipt of the notice. The notice shall be hand delivered or sent by certified mail.          Section History: Recent Form 2005 Acts, ch 139, §26