523C.4 License expiration and renewal.
1. Each license issued under this chapter shall be valid for a period of one year and shall be renewed by August 31 of each year following the date of issuance.
2. An application for renewal shall include the information required for an initial license as described in section 523C.3, subsection 1.
3. The renewal application shall be accompanied by all of the following:
a. A license renewal fee in the amount of five hundred dollars.
b. If applicable, a fee in the amount of three percent of the aggregate amount of payments the licensee received for the sale or issuance of residential service contracts in this state during the preceding fiscal year, provided that such fee shall be no less than one hundred dollars and no greater than fifty thousand dollars.
c. If applicable, a fee in the amount of thirty-five dollars for each motor vehicle service contract form submitted with the renewal application pursuant to subsection 2, and as provided in section 523C.3, subsection 1, paragraph “f”.
d. Information regarding the number of motor vehicle service contracts or residential service contracts issued during the preceding fiscal year, the number canceled or expired during the preceding fiscal year, the number in effect at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and the amount of service contract fees received during the preceding fiscal year.
4. If the commissioner denies renewal of the license, the denial shall be in writing setting forth the grounds for denial and shall be accompanied by a refund of fifty percent of the license renewal fee.
5. In addition to the annual license renewal requirements as provided in this section, a licensee shall report to the commissioner any material change in information submitted by the licensee in its initial license application which has not been reported to the commissioner, including a change in contact information, a change in ownership, or any other change which substantially affects the licensee’s operations in this state.
83 Acts, ch 87, §5; 2019 Acts, ch 142, §4, 19; 2021 Acts, ch 181, §44
Subsection 3, paragraph c amended
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.