Section 536C.8 - Investigations.

IA Code § 536C.8 (2019) (N/A)

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536C.8 Investigations.

1. The administrator may investigate at any time the business of a credit card issuer subject to the provisions of this chapter. The administrator may examine the books, records, accounts, and files pertaining to the business of issuing credit cards subject to the provisions of this chapter.

2. The administrator may accept a copy of an examination conducted by a state or federal regulator in lieu of an investigation or examination by the administrator.

3. If an investigation or examination is performed by the administrator under this section, the credit card issuer shall pay to the administrator a fee based on the actual cost of such investigation or examination as determined by the administrator.

4. Upon completion of an investigation or examination by the administrator, the examiner shall render a billing in triplicate, with one copy to be delivered to the credit card issuer and two copies to be delivered to the administrator. Failure to pay the fee to the administrator within thirty days after the billing for the investigation or examination is delivered shall subject the credit card issuer to an additional fee of five percent of the amount of the original fee for each day the payment is delinquent.

91 Acts, ch 216, §22

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