518A.40 - ANNUAL FEES -- RENEWALS -- PENALTIES. - Iowa Statutes

518A.40 ANNUAL FEES -- RENEWALS -- PENALTIES. 1. Such associations shall pay the same fees for annual reports and annual certificates of authority as are required to be paid by domestic companies organized and doing business under chapter 515, which certificates shall expire June 1 of the year following the date of issue. 2. A certificate of authority of an association formed under this chapter shall be renewed annually so long as the organization transacts its business in accordance with all legal requirements. Such an association shall submit annually, on or before March 1, a completed application for renewal of its certificate of authority. 3. The commissioner shall refuse to renew the certificate of authority of a state mutual insurance association that fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the association's right to transact new business in this state shall immediately cease until the association has so complied. 4. An association that fails to timely file the application for renewal required under subsection 2 is in violation of this section and shall pay an administrative penalty of five hundred dollars to the treasurer of state for deposit as provided in section 505.7.          Section History: Early Form [C73, § 1160; C97, § 1764; S13, § 1759-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9065; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 518.40; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 518A.40]          Section History: Recent Form 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §94; 2009 Acts, ch 145, §47; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §85          Footnotes For future repeal of 2009 amendment to subsection 4, effective July 1, 2011, see 2009 Acts, ch 179, §146