{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-549.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 549.5","heading":"Improper licensing practices.","body":"A performing rights society shall not do any of the following:\n1. Collect or attempt to collect from a proprietor licensed by that performing rights society, a royalty payment except as provided in a contract executed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.\n2. Make a misleading or threatening verbal or written communication to a proprietor in connection with a contract for the payment of royalties or an attempt to collect royalties.\n3. State or imply in a verbal or written communication with a proprietor that the performing rights society is an agent or representative of a public body, regulatory agency, or law enforcement agency.","path":["Title XIII - COMMERCE (Ch. 505 - 554I)","Chapter 549 - MUSIC LICENSING FEES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/549.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:14Z","sha256":"4573d947c8c3347820f1075afcfc089aac4cedd435f7fd2ebe3775d470b31b4b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-549.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-549.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}