Section 200.1 – Title.

200.1 Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited by the short title of “Iowa Fertilizer Law”. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §200.1]

Section 200.10 – Inspection, sampling, and analysis.

200.10 Inspection, sampling, and analysis. 1. It shall be the duty of the secretary, who may act through an authorized agent, to sample, inspect, make analysis of, and test commercial fertilizers or soil conditioners distributed within this state at time and place and to such an extent as the secretary may deem necessary, to determine […]

Section 200.11 – Filler material.

200.11 Filler material. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, offer for sale or sell in this state, any commercial fertilizer, or soil conditioner containing any substance used as a filler that is injurious to crop growth or deleterious to the soil, or to use in such commercial fertilizer, or soil conditioner as […]

Section 200.12 – False or misleading statements.

200.12 False or misleading statements. A commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner is misbranded if it does not identify substances promoting plant growth as defined in section 200.3, subsection 11, or if it carries any false or misleading statement upon or attached to the container or stated on the invoice or delivery ticket, or if the […]

Section 200.13 – Reports and publications.

200.13 Reports and publications. The secretary shall publish at least annually, in such forms as the secretary may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial fertilizers, together with such data on their production and use as the secretary may consider advisable. The secretary shall report semiannually the results of the analysis based on official […]

Section 200.14 – Rules.

200.14 Rules. 1. a. The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A providing minimum general safety standards for the design, construction, location, installation, and operation of equipment for storage, handling, transportation by tank truck or tank trailer, and utilization of fertilizers and soil conditioners. b. The rules shall be such as are reasonably necessary […]

Section 200.15 – Refusal to register or cancellation of registration and licenses.

200.15 Refusal to register or cancellation of registration and licenses. 1. Upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant or licensee has used fraudulent or deceptive practices or has willfully violated any provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter, the secretary is authorized and empowered to do any of the following: […]

Section 200.16 – “Stop sale” orders.

200.16 “Stop sale” orders. The secretary may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner, if the secretary finds the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any […]

Section 200.17 – Seizure, condemnation, and sale.

200.17 Seizure, condemnation, and sale. Any lot of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county or adjoining county in which the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner is located. In […]

Section 200.17A – Ammonium nitrate security.

200.17A Ammonium nitrate security. A licensee who sells ammonium nitrate on a retail basis shall comply with all of the following: 1. The licensee shall store the ammonium nitrate in a location which secures it from unauthorized access, and which prevents and provides for the detection of its theft. 2. A licensee shall only sell […]

Section 200.18 – Violations.

200.18 Violations. 1. If it shall appear from the examination of any commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner or any anhydrous ammonia installation, equipment, or operation that any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter have been violated, the secretary shall cause notice of the violations to be […]

Section 200.19 – Exchanges between manufacturers.

200.19 Exchanges between manufacturers. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers or soil conditioners to each other by importers, manufacturers, or manipulators who mix fertilizer materials for sale or as preventing the free and unrestricted shipments of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner to manufacturers or […]

Section 200.2 – Enforcing official.

200.2 Enforcing official. This chapter shall be administered by the secretary of agriculture. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §200.2] 2021 Acts, ch 76, §44 Section amended

Section 200.20 – Phosphoric acid, nitrogen, and potash requirements.

200.20 Phosphoric acid, nitrogen, and potash requirements. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person shall not sell, offer for sale, or distribute any of the following: a. Phosphatic fertilizer containing less than eighteen percent available phosphoric acid (P2O5). b. Nitrogen fertilizer containing less than fifteen percent total nitrogen (N). c. Potash fertilizer containing […]

Section 200.21 – Compliance — a defense to certain nuisance actions.

200.21 Compliance — a defense to certain nuisance actions. In a nuisance action or proceeding against an anhydrous ammonia plant brought by or on behalf of the person whose established date of ownership is subsequent to the established date of operation of an anhydrous ammonia plant, proof of compliance with applicable provisions of this chapter […]

Section 200.22 – Local legislation — prohibition.

200.22 Local legislation — prohibition. 1. As used in this section: a. “Local governmental entity” means any political subdivision, or any state authority which is not the general assembly or under the direction of a principal central department as enumerated in section 7E.5, including a city as defined in section 362.2, a county as provided […]

Section 200.3 – Definitions of words and terms.

200.3 Definitions of words and terms. When used in this chapter: 1. “Ammonium nitrate” means a compound that is chiefly composed of ammonium salt of nitric acid which contains not less than thirty-three percent nitrogen, one-half of which is in the ammonium form and one-half in the nitrate form. 2. The term “anhydrous ammonia” means […]

Section 200.4 – License — fee and expiration.

200.4 License — fee and expiration. 1. Any person who manufactures, mixes, blends, mixes to customer’s order, offers for sale, sells, or distributes any fertilizer or soil conditioner in this state must first obtain a license issued by the secretary and pay a twenty dollar license fee for each place of manufacture or distribution from […]

Section 200.5 – Registration.

200.5 Registration. 1. Each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer and each soil conditioner shall be registered before being offered for sale, sold or otherwise distributed in this state; except that a commercial fertilizer formulated according to special specifications furnished by a consumer to fill the consumer’s order shall not be required to be registered, […]

Section 200.6 – Labeling.

200.6 Labeling. 1. Any commercial fertilizer offered for sale or sold or distributed in this state in bags, or other containers, shall have placed on or affixed to the container in legibly written or printed form, the information required by section 200.5, subsection 2; either on tags affixed to the end of the package or […]