88B.12 PENALTIES. 1. A person or business entity who willfully violates a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each violation. 2. A person or business entity who previously has been assessed a civil penalty under this section, and who willfully violates a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter: a. For a first offense, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and shall be fined not to exceed twenty thousand dollars. b. For a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor and shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not to exceed two years, or both.
Section History: Recent Form 84 Acts, ch 1062, § 12