523A.204  Preneed seller annual reporting requirements — penalty.
  1.  A preneed seller shall file with the commissioner not later than April 1 of each year an annual report on a form prescribed by the commissioner.
  2.  A preneed seller filing an annual report shall pay a filing fee of ten dollars per purchase agreement sold during the year covered by the report. Duplicate fees are not required for the same purchase agreement. If a purchase agreement has multiple sellers, the fee shall be paid by the preneed seller actually providing the merchandise and services.
  3.  All records maintained by the commissioner under this section shall be confidential pursuant to section 22.7, subsection 58, and shall not be made available for inspection or copying except upon the approval of the commissioner or the attorney general.
  4.  The commissioner shall levy an administrative penalty in the amount of up to five hundred dollars against a preneed seller that fails to file the annual report when due, payable to the state for deposit as provided in section 505.7. However, the commissioner may waive the administrative penalty upon a showing of good cause or financial hardship.
  5.  A preneed seller that fails to file the annual report when due shall immediately cease soliciting or executing purchase agreements until the annual report is filed and any administrative penalty assessed has been paid.
2001 Acts, ch 118, §22; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §11; 2009 Acts, ch 102, §1, 3; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §91; 2010 Acts, ch 1121, §23
See also §523A.814 
2011 repeal of 2009 Acts, ch 181, §91, amendment to subsection 4 stricken pursuant to 2011 Acts, ch 127, §57, 89
Section not amended; footnote revised