1. An employer who fails to insure the employer’s liability as required by this chapter shall keep posted a sign of sufficient size and so placed as to be easily seen by the employer’s employees in the immediate vicinity where working, which sign shall read as follows:

NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES

 You are hereby notified that the undersigned employer has failed to insure the employer’s liability to pay compensation as required by law, and that because of such failure the employer is liable to the employer’s employees in damages for personal injuries sustained by the employer’s employees. (Signed) ………………………………

Attorney's Note

Under the Iowa Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Simple misdemeanorup to 30 daysbetween $105 and $855
For details, see Iowa Code§ 903.1

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 87.2

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
 2. An employer coming under the provisions of chapter 10A, subchapter III, this chapter, and chapters 85, 85A, and 85B, who fails to comply with this section, or to post and keep the above notice in the manner and form required, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.