Iowa Code 453A.14 – Bonds
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1. No state or manufacturer‘s permit shall be issued until the applicant files a bond, with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the director, which bond shall be in favor of the state and conditioned upon the payment of taxes, damages, fines, penalties, and costs adjudged against the permit holder for violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter. The bonds shall be on forms prescribed by the director and in the following amounts:
a. State permit, not less than five hundred dollars.
b. Manufacturer’s permit, not less than five thousand dollars.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 453A.14
- Business: means any trade, occupation, activity, or enterprise engaged in for the purpose of selling or distributing tobacco products in this state. See Iowa Code 453A.42
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Director: means the director of the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 453A.42
- Director: means the director of revenue or the director's duly authorized assistants and employees. See Iowa Code 453A.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, trustee, agency, or receiver, or any legal representative of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 453A.42
- Person: shall mean and include every individual, firm, association, joint stock company, syndicate, partnership, corporation, trustee, agency or receiver, or respective legal representative. See Iowa Code 453A.1
- Stamps: means the stamp or stamps printed, manufactured or made by authority of the director and issued, sold or circulated by the department and by the use of which the tax levied is paid. See Iowa Code 453A.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. A person shall not engage in interstate business unless the person files a bond, with good and sufficient surety in an amount of not less than one thousand dollars. The amount of the bond required of the person shall be fixed by the director, subject to the minimum limitation provided in this section. The bond is subject to approval by the director and shall be payable to the state in Des Moines, Polk county, and conditioned upon the payment of taxes, damages, fines, penalties, and costs adjudged against the person for violation of any of the requirements of this subchapter affecting the person, on a form prescribed by the director.
3. An additional bond or a new bond may be required by the director at any time an existing bond becomes insufficient or the surety thereon becomes unsatisfactory, which additional bond, or new bond, shall be supplied within ten days after demand. On failure to supply a new bond or additional bond within ten days after demand, the director may cancel any existing bond made and secured by and for the person. If the bond is canceled the person shall within forty-eight hours after receiving cigarettes or forty-eight hours after the cancellation, excluding a Sunday or a holiday, cause any cigarettes in the person’s possession to have the requisite amount of stamps affixed to represent the tax. As used in this section, “holiday” means the same as defined in section 421.9A.