{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-461a.5b","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 461A.5B","heading":"Penalties.","body":"1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person who violates a provision of section 461A.4 or of a departmental rule or refuses to comply with an order issued by the commission pursuant to section 461A.4 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.\n2. The state may proceed against a person who violates a provision of section 461A.4 or refuses to comply with an order issued by the commission pursuant to section 461A.4 by initiating an alternative civil enforcement action in lieu of a criminal prosecution. The amount of the civil penalty shall not exceed five thousand dollars. Each day of a violation shall be considered a separate offense. The alternative civil enforcement action may be brought against the person as a contested case proceeding by the department under chapter 17A if the amount of the civil penalty is not more than ten thousand dollars or as a civil judicial proceeding by the attorney general upon referral by the department. In a contested case proceeding, the department may impose, assess, and collect the civil penalty.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/461A.5B.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:11Z","sha256":"77d8d068d59e539e4a3f0d65fe0fd2aadd9b48fc39a32c8fe02366bc0fd3542a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-461a.5a","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-461a.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}