458A.16 Penalties.
1. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or order of the department where no other penalty is provided is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
2. A person is guilty of a fraudulent practice if the person, for the purpose of evading this chapter, or any rule or order of the department, does any of the following:
a. Makes or causes to be made any false entry or statement in a report required by this chapter or by any rule or order.
b. Makes or causes to be made any false entry in any record, account, or memorandum required by this chapter, or by any rule or order.
c. Omits, or causes to be omitted, from any record, account, or memorandum, full, true, and correct entries as required by this chapter, or by any rule or order.
d. Removes from this state or destroys, mutilates, alters, or falsifies any record, account, or memorandum required by this chapter, or by any rule or order.
3. Any person knowingly aiding or abetting any other person in the violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule or order of the department is subject to the same penalty as that prescribed by this chapter for the violation by the other person.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §84.16; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §51, 96]
C93, §458A.16
2021 Acts, ch 80, §291
Fraudulent practices, see §714.8 – 714.14
Subsection 2 amended
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 458A - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS
Section 458A.1 - Declaration of policy.
Section 458A.3 - Waste prohibited.
Section 458A.4 - Duties and powers of director.
Section 458A.5 - Drilling permit required.
Section 458A.6 - Department shall determine market demand and regulate the amount of production.
Section 458A.7 - Department shall set spacing units.
Section 458A.8 - Integration of fractional tracts.
Section 458A.9 - Voluntary agreements for unit operation valid.
Section 458A.10 - Liens for development and operating costs.
Section 458A.11 - Rules covering practice before department.
Section 458A.14 - Appeal to district court — procedure of appeal.
Section 458A.17 - Action to restrain violation or threatened violation.
Section 458A.18 - Mineral rights taxed separately.
Section 458A.20 - Tax sale — redemption by owner.
Section 458A.21 - Lease of public lands.
Section 458A.23 - Action to obtain release — damages, costs, and attorney fees — attachment.