137C.7 - LICENSE REQUIRED. - Iowa Statutes

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