523C.19 Cease and desist orders.
1. Upon the commissioner’s determination that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner may issue an order directing the person to cease and desist from engaging in the act or practice resulting in the violation or to take other affirmative action as in the judgment of the commissioner is necessary to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
2. If a hearing is not timely requested, the summary order becomes final by operation of law. The order shall remain effective from the date of issuance until the date the order becomes final by operation of law or is overturned by a presiding officer or court following a request for hearing. A person who has been issued a summary order under this section may contest it by filing a request for a contested case proceeding as provided in chapter 17A and in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner. However, the person shall have at least thirty days from the date that the order is issued in order to file the request. Section 17A.18A is inapplicable to a summary order issued under this section.
3. A person violating a summary order issued under this section shall be deemed in contempt of that order. The commissioner may petition the district court to enforce the order as certified by the commissioner. The district court shall adjudge the person in contempt of the order if the court finds after hearing that the person is not in compliance with the order. The court shall assess a civil penalty against the person in an amount not less than three thousand dollars but not greater than ten thousand dollars per violation, and may issue further orders as it deems appropriate.
92 Acts, ch 1078, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1147, §30; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §82
Referred to in §523C.23
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 523C - RESIDENTIAL AND MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE CONTRACTS
Section 523C.2 - License required.
Section 523C.3 - Application for license.
Section 523C.4 - License expiration and renewal.
Section 523C.5 - Financial responsibility — demonstration requirements.
Section 523C.6 - Reimbursement insurance policy requirements — insurer qualifications.
Section 523C.7 - Disclosure to service contract holders — contract form — required provisions.
Section 523C.8 - Rebates and commissions.
Section 523C.8A - Issuance of residential service contract without consideration prohibited.
Section 523C.9 - Suspension or revocation of license.
Section 523C.11 - Reserve account.
Section 523C.12 - Optional examination.
Section 523C.13 - Prohibited acts or practices — penalty — violations — contracts voided.
Section 523C.14 - Rate review.
Section 523C.15 - Annual report.
Section 523C.17 - Lending institutions.
Section 523C.19 - Cease and desist orders.
Section 523C.20 - Consent to service of process.
Section 523C.21 - Service of process.
Section 523C.22 - Claim procedures.