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Code · Iowa · Chapter 203 — Grain Dealers

203.9 Inspection of premises and records — reconstruction of records.

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1. The department may inspect the premises used by any grain dealer in the conduct of the dealer’s business at any time. The department may inspect a grain dealer’s records that pertain to grain transactions during ordinary business hours. The department shall inspect a grain dealer’s records at least once each eighteen-month period without justification. The department shall prioritize inspections based on the system provided in section 203.22. The department may use a risk rating produced by a statistical model provided in section 203.22 as justification to conduct an inspection.
A transporter of grain in transit shall possess bills of lading or other documents covering the grain, and shall present them to any law enforcement officer on demand. If there is justification to believe that a grain dealer is engaged without a license as required pursuant to section 203.3, the department may inspect the grain dealer’s records which pertain to grain transactions at any time.
2. If a grain dealer does not maintain a place of business in this state, the department is not required to inspect the grain dealer’s records. A grain dealer shall submit the grain dealer’s records relating to grain transactions occurring within this state to the department for purposes of an inspection as provided in this section at any reasonable time and place, including the offices of the department during regular business hours, as ordered by the department.
3. A grain dealer shall keep complete and accurate records. A grain dealer shall keep records for the previous six years. If the grain dealer’s records are incomplete or inaccurate, the department may reconstruct the grain dealer’s records in order to determine whether the grain dealer is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The department may charge the grain dealer the actual cost for reconstructing the grain dealer’s records, which shall be considered appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
4. The department may suspend or revoke the license of a grain dealer for failing to consent to a departmental inspection or cooperate with the department during an inspection as provided in this chapter.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §542.9; 81 Acts, ch 180, §10]
C93, §203.9
Referred to in §203.11, 203.15, 203.22
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