543C.5 Penalties.
1. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, company, or association representing in any manner that the state, the commission or any officer thereof has recommended or acquiesced in the recommendation of the purchase of any subdivided land offered for sale or lease, in advertising or offering such subdivided land for sale or lease, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
2. Any person, officer, director, agent, or employee of a person, company, firm, partnership, association, or corporation offering to sell or lease, or selling or leasing, subdivided land prior to the filing of the offering statement and the application required by this chapter shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
3. Except as provided in subsection 2, every person, officer, director, agent, or employee of a person, company, firm, partnership, corporation, or association who authorizes, directs, or aids in the publication, advertisement, distribution, or circulation of any device, scheme, or artifice for obtaining money or property by means of any false pretense, representation, or promise concerning any subdivided land offered for sale or lease, and every person, officer, director, agent, or employee of a company, firm, partnership, corporation, or association who makes or attempts to make fictitious or pretended purchases or sales of subdivided lands in this state, or in any other respect willfully violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or omits or neglects to obey, observe, or comply with any order, permit, decision, demand, or requirement of the commission under the provisions of this chapter, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §117A.5]
C93, §543C.5
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