1. A city or a county may enforce section 126.23A, after giving the retailer an opportunity to be heard upon ten days’ written notice by restricted certified mail stating the alleged violation and the time and place at which the retailer may appear and be heard. 2. For a violation of section 126.23A by the retailer or an employee of the retailer a civil penalty shall be assessed against the retailer as follows: a. For a first violation, the retailer shall be assessed a civilpenalty in the amount of three hundred dollars. b. For a second violation within a period of two years, the retailer shall be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars. c. For a third violation within a period of three years, the retailer shall be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of two thousand dollars. The retailer may also be prohibited from selling pseudoephedrine for up to three years from the date of assessment of the civil penalty. d. For a fourth or subsequent violation within a period of three years, the retailer shall be assessed a civilpenalty in the amount of three thousand dollars. On a fourth or subsequent violation, the retailer shall be prohibited from selling pseudoephedrine products for three years from the date of the assessment of the civil penalty. 3. Thecity or county thattakes legal actionagainsta retailer under thissection shall report the assessment of a civilpenalty to the department of public safety within thirty days of the penalty being assessed. 4. The civil penalty shall be collected by the clerk of the district court and shall be distributed as provided in section 602.8105, subsection 4.
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