214A.3 - ADVERTISING. - Iowa Statutes

214A.3 ADVERTISING. 1. For all motor fuel, a person shall not knowingly do any of the following: a. Advertise the sale of any motor fuel which does not meet the standards provided in section 214A.2. b. Falsely advertise the quality or kind of any motor fuel or a component of motor fuel. c. Add a coloring matter to the motor fuel which misleads a person who is purchasing the motor fuel about the quality of the motor fuel. 2. For a renewable fuel, all of the following apply: a. A person shall not knowingly falsely advertise that a motor fuel is a renewable fuel or is not a renewable fuel. b. (1) Ethanol blended gasoline sold by a dealer shall be designated according to its classification as provided in section 214A.2. However, a person advertising E-9 or E-10 gasoline may only designate it as ethanol blended gasoline. A person advertising ethanol blended gasoline formulated with a percentage of between seventy and eighty-five percent by volume of ethanol shall designate it as E-85. A person shall not knowingly falsely advertise ethanol blended gasoline by using an inaccurate designation in violation of this subparagraph. (2) A person shall not knowingly falsely advertise biodiesel fuel by using an inaccurate designation as provided in section 214A.2.          Section History: Early Form [C31, 35, § 5093-d3; C39, § 5095.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, § 323.3; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 214A.3]          Section History: Recent Form 89 Acts, ch 75, § 3; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §10; 2008 Acts, ch 1169, §20, 30; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §119