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Iowa Code § 553.16 (2026)

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1. Suit by the state to assess a civil penalty or to obtain a criminal conviction under this chapter must be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrues or, if there is fraudulent concealment of this cause of action, within four years after the cause of action becomes known, whichever period is later.

2. Suit under section 553.12 must be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrues or, if there is a fraudulent concealment of this cause of action, within four years after the cause of action becomes known, whichever period is later. However, if this cause is based, in whole or part, on the same set of facts as alleged in a suit brought under section 553.13, this period shall be suspended until one year after the suit brought under section 553.13 is concluded. [C77, 79, 81, §553.16] \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1954–2017 · leading case: Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Hoegh, 65 N.W.2d 410 (Iowa 1954).

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Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Hoegh, 65 N.W.2d 410 (Iowa 1954). · cites it 8× “, prohibits all "gift enterprises, as hereinafter defined" and Section 553.16, Code 1950, I.C.A., defines the term "gift enterprise", in one of the longest, sentences in the code, filled with abundant legal phraseology, to mean a scheme whereby a seller of merchandise would…”

In re Packaged Seafood Prods. Antitrust Litig., 242 F. Supp. 3d 1033 (S.D. Cal. 2017). “” 28 Iowa Code Ann. § 553.16 (2016). Further, Iowa courts do not, as a matter of course, apply the discovery rule, see Ranney v.”

In re Nexium, 968 F. Supp. 2d 367 (D. Mass. 2013). “Iowa Code § 553.16 (2) ("Suit under section 553.”

Supreme Auto Transp. LLC v. Arcelor Mittal, 238 F. Supp. 3d 1032 (N.D. Ill. 2017). “1 (same); Iowa Code § 553.16 (same); Kan. Stat. Ann.”

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