Iowa Code 508.14 – Violation by domestic company — dissolution — administrative penalties
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1. Upon a failure of a company organized under the laws of this state to make the deposit provided in section 511.8, subsection 16, or file the statement in the time stated in section 508.11, or to file in a timely manner any financial statement required by rule of the commissioner of insurance, the commissioner of insurance shall notify the attorney general of the default, who shall at once apply to the district court of the county where the home office of the company is located for an order requiring the company to show cause, upon reasonable notice to be fixed by the court, why its business shall not be discontinued. If, upon the hearing, sufficient cause is not shown, the court shall decree its dissolution.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 508.14
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 510.1B
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Rule: includes "regulation". 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
2. In lieu of a district court action authorized by this section, the commissioner may impose an administrative penalty of five hundred dollars upon the company. The right of the company to transact further new business in this state shall immediately cease until the requirements of this chapter have been fully complied with.
3. The commissioner may give notice to a company, which has failed to file evidence of deposit and all delinquent statements within the time fixed, that the company is in violation of this section. If the company fails to file evidence of deposit and all delinquent statements within ten days of the date of the notice, the company is subject to an additional administrative penalty of one hundred dollars for each day the failure continues.
4. Amounts received by the commissioner pursuant to subsections 2 and 3 shall be paid to the treasurer of state for deposit as provided in section 505.7.