1. If the department does not receive payment of the license fee required pursuant to section 214.3 within one month from the due date, the department shall deliver a notice to the owner or operator of the device. The notice shall state all of the following:

 a. The owner or operator is delinquent in the payment of the required fee.
 b. The owner or operator has fifteen days after receipt of the notice to pay the license fee required pursuant to section 214.3.
 c. If the department does not receive payment of the license fee as required, the department may summarily tag and remove from service the commercial weighing and measuring device.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 214.4

  • Department: means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. See Iowa Code 214.1
  • device: means the same as defined in section 215. See Iowa Code 214.1
  • 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
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Owner: shall mean the person holding record title to real estate to include both legal and equitable interests under recorded real estate contracts. See Iowa Code 172D.1
  • Payment: means the actual payment or tender of payment by a grain dealer to a seller of the agreed purchase price, or in the case of disputes as to sales of grain, the undisputed portion of the purchase price without reduction for any separate claim of the grain dealer against the seller. See Iowa Code 203.8
  • 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. If the license fee is not received by the department within fifteen days after receipt of the notice by the owner or operator of the commercial weighing and measuring device, the department may tag and remove from service the device for which the license fee has not been paid.