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Iowa Code §206.8 — what it says, and how the exam tests it

This section is cited by 3 of our practice questions and is tested on the Iowa Pesticide Applicator Core.

The text

206.8 Pesticide dealer license. 1. Itshallbeunlawfulforanypersontoactinthecapacityofapesticidedealer, oradvertise as, or assume to act as a pesticide dealer at any time without first having obtained a license from the secretary which shall expire at the end of the calendar year of issue. A license shall be required for each location or outlet located within this state from which such pesticides are distributed. Any manufacturer, registrant, or distributor who has no pesticide dealer outlet licensed within this state and who distributes such pesticides directly into this state shall obtain a pesticide dealer license for the manufacturer’s, registrant’s, or distributor’s principal out-of-state location or outlet. 2. The annual license fee for a pesticide dealer is due and payable by June 30 of each year to the department. The annual license fee is based on the gross retail sales of all pesticides sold for use in this state by the dealer in the previous year. The license fee shall be set as follows: a. (1) A pesticide dealer with less than one hundred thousand dollars in gross retail pesticide sales shall pay a license fee according to the following schedule: (a) Ten dollars, if the annual gross retail pesticide sales are less than ten thousand dollars. Tue Dec 09 22:22:25 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 206 (39, 1) §206.8, PESTICIDES 8 (b) Twenty-five dollars, if the annual gross retail pesticide sales are ten thousand dollars or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars. (c) Fifty dollars, if the annual gross retail pesticide sales are twenty-five thousand dollars or more but less than fifty thousand dollars. (d) Seventy-five dollars, if the annual gross retail pesticide sales are fifty thousand dollars or more but less than seventy-five thousand dollars. (e) One hundred dollars, if the annual gross retail pesticide sales are seventy-five thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars. (2) The secretary shall provide for a three-month grace period for licensure and shall impose a late fee of twenty-five dollars. b. (1) A pesticide dealer with one hundred thousand dollars or more in gross retail pesticide sales shall pay a license fee based on one-tenth of one percent of the gross retail pesticide sales in the previous year. (2) The secretary shall provide for a three-month grace period for licensure and shall impose a late fee of five…

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How it comes up on the exam

Practice questions written from this section — answers and explanations are in the drill.

  1. Under Iowa Code §206.8, up to how much of each annual pesticide dealer license fee is retained by the department for administration of the program?
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  2. Under Iowa Code §206.8, what is the annual pesticide dealer license fee for a dealer whose gross retail pesticide sales are $60,000?
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  3. Under Iowa Code §206.8, what late fee is imposed on a pesticide dealer with less than one hundred thousand dollars in gross retail pesticide sales who fails to obtain a license within the grace period?
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