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Iowa Code § 124.213 (2026)

Pseudoephedrine purchase restrictions from pharmacy or retailer — penalty

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1. A person shall not purchase more than three thousand six hundred milligrams of pseudoephedrine, either separately or collectively, within a twenty-four-hour period from\n\nTue Dec 09 22:28:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 124 (73, 1) §124.213, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 30\n\na pharmacy, or more than one package of a product containing pseudoephedrine within a twenty-four-hour period from a retailer in violation of section 126.23A.

2. A person shall not purchase more than seven thousand five hundred milligrams of pseudoephedrine, either separately or collectively, within a thirty-day period from a pharmacy or from a retailer in violation of section 126.23A.

3. A person who violates this section commits a serious misdemeanor. 2005 Acts, ch 15, §2, 14; 2009 Acts, ch 25, §6 Referred to in §124.212\n\n 124.214 through 124.300 Reserved.\n\n SUBCHAPTER III REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND DISPENSING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Referred to in §124.402 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2014–2019 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Brock McRey Burgdorf, 861 N.W.2d 273 (Iowa Ct. App. 2014).
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State of Iowa v. Brock McRey Burgdorf, 861 N.W.2d 273 (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “§ 124.213. The legislature also restricted retailers from selling more than the amounts set forth in section 124.”
McElree v. City of Cedar Rapids, 372 F. Supp. 3d 770 (N.D. Iowa 2019). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 124.213 . Purchasing pseudoephedrine to manufacture methamphetamine or to sell it to methamphetamine manufacturers (smurfing) is illegal under Iowa law.”
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