1. The secretary of state may revoke any license issued under the provisions of this chapter after proper hearing before the secretary, by the sending of due notice of said hearing by registered letter to the transient merchant at the merchant’s last known address, return receipt requested, not less than twenty days before the date of said hearing, for any of the following causes:

 a. For any violations of the provisions of this chapter.
 b. For failure to pay the sales tax as provided by law or misrepresentation of the source, condition, quality, weight, or measure of the product sold by the transient merchant.
 c. If any judgment recovered against any transient merchant with reference to the operation of that business remains unpaid for a period of six months provided such judgment be not stayed under a supersedeas bond upon appeal from such judgment.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 9C.8

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applicant: means a person authorized to regularly lend moneys to be secured by a mortgage on real property in this state, a licensed real estate broker, a licensed attorney, a participating abstractor, or a licensed closing agent. See Iowa Code 16.92
  • 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
  • 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
  • transient merchant: shall mean and include every merchant, whether an individual person, a firm, corporation, partnership, or association, and whether owner, agent, bailee, consignee, or employee, who shall bring or cause to be brought within the state of Iowa any tangible personal property of any kind, nature, or description, with the intention of temporarily or intermittently selling or offering to sell at retail such tangible personal property within the state of Iowa. See Iowa Code 9C.1
 2. The secretary of state shall give immediate notice of the revocation of any license issued under the provisions of this chapter to the surety or sureties furnishing the bond provided for herein.
 3. In the event of such revocation, no other transient merchant license shall be issued to such applicant for a period of two years thereafter.