124C.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. “Clandestine laboratory site” means a location or operation, including but not limited to buildings or vehicles equipped with glassware, heating devices, and precursors or related reagents and solvents needed to unlawfully prepare or manufacture controlled substances defined in chapter 124. 2. […]
124C.2 Powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee may use funds appropriated or otherwise available to the department for the following purposes: a. Administrative services for the identification, assessment, and cleanup of clandestine laboratory sites. b. Payments to other government agencies or private contractors for services consistent with the […]
124C.3 Liability to the state. A person having control over a clandestine laboratory site shall be strictly liable to the state for all of the following: 1. The reasonable costs incurred by the state as a result of cleanup of the site. 2. The reasonable costs incurred by the state to evacuate people from the […]
124C.4 Claim of state. 1. An amount for which a person having control over a clandestine laboratory is liable to the state shall constitute a lien in favor of the state upon all property and rights to property, real and personal, belonging to that person. This lien shall attach at the time the charges set […]
124C.5 Liability of state employees or persons providing cleanup assistance. The state and its officers or employees are not liable for damages or injury caused by a condition at a clandestine laboratory site or resulting from action or inaction taken by any officers or employees when acting in their official capacity pursuant to this chapter, […]
124C.6 Legal remedies. This chapter does not deny a person any legal or equitable rights, remedies, or defenses, or affect any legal relationship other than the legal relationship between the state and a person having control over a clandestine laboratory site. 93 Acts, ch 141, §6
124C.7 Rulemaking authority. The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary to administer this chapter. 93 Acts, ch 141, §7
