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Iowa Code Title XI. Natural Resources [Chs. 455-485] § 455C.5. Refund value stated on container--exceptions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of subsec. 1 effective until November 15, 2023.>

1. Each beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state by a dealer shall clearly indicate by embossing or by a stamp, label or other method securely affixed to the container, the refund value of the container. The department shall specify, by rule, the minimum size of the refund value indication on the beverage containers.

<Text of subsec. 1 effective November 15, 2023.>

1. a. Each beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state by a dealer shall clearly indicate the refund value of the container by embossing or by a stamp, label, or other method securely affixed to the container. The department shall specify, by rule, the minimum size of the refund value indication on the beverage containers.

b. The department of revenue shall require the registration of the universal product code for each beverage container using a method of registration determined by the department of revenue.

2. A person, except a distributor, shall not import into this state after July 1, 1979 a beverage container which does not have securely affixed to the container the refund value indication. The provisions of this subsection do not apply if:

a. For beverage containers containing alcoholic liquor as defined in section 123.3, subsection 5, the total capacity of the containers is not more than one quart or, in the case of alcoholic liquor personally obtained outside the United States, one gallon.

b. For beverage containers containing beer as defined in section 123.3, subsection 7, the total capacity of the containers is not more than two hundred eighty-eight fluid ounces.

c. For all other beverage containers, the total capacity of the containers is not more than five hundred seventy-six fluid ounces.

3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section do not apply to a refillable glass beverage container which has a brand name permanently marked on it and which has a refund value of not less than five cents, to any other refillable beverage container which has a refund value of not less than five cents and which is exempted by the director under rules adopted by the commission, or to a beverage container sold aboard a commercial airliner or passenger train for consumption on the premises.

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