Iowa Code § 124C.3

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Liability to the state.

Official statutory text

A person having control over a clandestine laboratory site shall be strictly liable to the state for all of the following:

(1) The reasonable costs incurred by the state as a result of cleanup of the site.

(2) The reasonable costs incurred by the state to evacuate people from the area threatened by the clandestine laboratory site.

(3) The reasonable damages to the state for the injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources resulting from the clandestine laboratory site, including the costs of assessing the injury, destruction, or loss.

93 Acts, ch 141, §3

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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