199.15  Permit--fee--fraud.

A person shall not sell, distribute, advertise, solicit orders for, offer or expose for sale, agricultural or vegetable seed without first obtaining from the department a permit to engage in the business. A permit is not required of persons selling seeds which have been packed and distributed by a person holding and having in force a permit. A permit is not required of persons selling or advertising seed of their own production, provided that the seed is stored or delivered to a purchaser only on or from the farm or premises where grown. The fee for a new permit is ten dollars and the fee for a renewed permit is based on the gross annual sales of seeds in Iowa during the previous twelve-month period under the permit holder's label and all permits expire on the first day of July following date of issue. Permits shall be issued subject to the following fee schedule:

 

       Gross sales of seedsFee                                                                                              
 Not more than                  $ 25,000                              $30                                                                                             
 Over $25,000 but not exceeding  50,000                         60                                                                            
 Over $50,000 but not exceeding 100,000                               90                                                                           
 Over $100,000 but not exceeding 200,000                              120 

After due notice given at least ten days prior to a date of hearing fixed by the secretary, the department may revoke or refuse to renew a permit issued under this section if a violation of this chapter or if intent to defraud is established. The failure to fulfill a contract to repurchase the seed crop produced from any agricultural seed, if the crop meets the requirements set forth in the contract and the standards specified in this chapter, is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud the purchaser at the time of entering into the contract. However, this does not apply when seed stock is furnished by the contractor to the grower at no cost.

Section History: Early form

  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 199.15; 82 Acts, ch 1191, § 14]

Section History: Recent form

  88 Acts, ch 1272, §20

Internal References

  Referred to in § 199.1, 199.3

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