1. A person who knowingly submits false information to or knowingly withholds information from the department or any of its employees when required to be submitted or maintained under this chapter, commits a fraudulent practice.
2. A person who engages in business as a grain dealer without obtaining a license, or who refuses to permit inspection of licensed premises, or books, accounts, records, or other documents required by this chapter, or who uses a scale ticket, or credit-sale contract that fails to satisfy requirements established by the department commits a serious misdemeanor, except that a person who commits any of these offenses after having been found guilty of the same offense commits an aggravated misdemeanor.
3. Except as provided in subsections 1 and 2, a person who violates any provision of this chapter commits a simple misdemeanor. With respect to a continuing violation, each day that the violation continues is a separate offense.
4. A person in violation of this chapter, or in violation of chapter 714 or 715A, which violation involves the business of a grain dealer, is subject to prosecution by the county attorney in the county where the business is located. However, if the county attorney fails to initiate prosecution within thirty days and upon request by the department, the attorney general may initiate and carry out the prosecution in cooperation, if possible, with the county attorney. The person in violation may be restrained by an injunction in an action brought by the department or the attorney general upon request by the department.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 542.11; 81 Acts, ch 180, § 11]
92 Acts, ch 1239, §61
C93, § 203.11
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