Iowa Code § 10A.211
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Violations penalties.
Official statutory text
Persons violating any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be punished as in this section provided, respectively:
(1) Any owner, superintendent, manager, or person in charge of any factory, mill, workshop, store, mine, hotel, restaurant, cafe, railway, business house, or public or private work, who shall refuse to allow the director, commissioner, or any inspector or employee of the department or division to enter the same, or who shall hinder or deter the director, commissioner, inspector, or employee in collecting information which it is that person’s duty to collect shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
(2) Any officer or employee of the department or division, or any person making unlawful use of names or information obtained under this subchapter by virtue of the person’s office, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
(3) Any owner, operator, or manager of a factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, railway, business house, or public or private work, who shall neglect or refuse for thirty days after receipt of notice from the director or commissioner to furnish any reports or returns the director or commissioner may require to enable the director or commissioner to discharge the director’s or commissioner’s duties under this subchapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
[C97, §2471, 2472, 2474, 2475; S13, §2471, 2472, 2474; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1525; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §91.16]2007 Acts, ch 22, §24; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1457, 1459C2024, §10A.211
(1) Any owner, superintendent, manager, or person in charge of any factory, mill, workshop, store, mine, hotel, restaurant, cafe, railway, business house, or public or private work, who shall refuse to allow the director, commissioner, or any inspector or employee of the department or division to enter the same, or who shall hinder or deter the director, commissioner, inspector, or employee in collecting information which it is that person’s duty to collect shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
(2) Any officer or employee of the department or division, or any person making unlawful use of names or information obtained under this subchapter by virtue of the person’s office, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
(3) Any owner, operator, or manager of a factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, railway, business house, or public or private work, who shall neglect or refuse for thirty days after receipt of notice from the director or commissioner to furnish any reports or returns the director or commissioner may require to enable the director or commissioner to discharge the director’s or commissioner’s duties under this subchapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
[C97, §2471, 2472, 2474, 2475; S13, §2471, 2472, 2474; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1525; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §91.16]2007 Acts, ch 22, §24; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1457, 1459C2024, §10A.211
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