Iowa § 214.3 - 214.3 License fees.

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§ 214.3. 214.3 License fees.

1. A license fee is imposed on a person who uses or displays for use a commercial weighing and measuring device. The license fee is due the day the department issues the license. The amount of the license fee shall be calculated in accordance with the class or section for devices as established by handbook 44 of the United States national institute of standards and technology. 2. The fee due under this section for a commercial weighing and measuring device shall be as follows: a. Class S-IIIL. (1) Railroad track scales, one hundred six dollars and fifty cents. (2) Other scales. (a) 500 to 1,000 pounds capacity, sixteen dollars and fifty cents. (b) 1,001 to 30,000 pounds capacity, thirty-one dollars and fifty cents. (c) 30,001 to 50,000 pounds capacity, sixty-one dollars and fifty cents. (d) 50,001 pounds capacity or more, eighty-four dollars. (3) A minimum fee of forty-six dollars and fifty cents shall be charged for each vehicle or livestock scale. b. Class S-II and S-III, nine dollars. (1) Bench scale, nine dollars. (2) Counter scale, nine dollars. (3) Portable platform scale, nine dollars. (4) Livestock monorail scale, nine dollars. (5) Single animal scale, nine dollars. (6) Grain test scale, nine dollars. (7) Precious metal and gems scale, nine dollars. (8) Postal scale, nine dollars. c. (1) Grain moisture meters, twenty-four dollars. (2) Additional meters at the same location, sixteen dollars and fifty cents. d. Class M-I. One hundred-gallon prover. (1) Bulk meters, nine dollars. (2) Bulk liquid petroleum gas meters, fifty-two dollars and fifty cents. (3) Bulk refined fuel meters, nine dollars. (4) Mass flow meters, nine dollars. e. Class M-II. Five-gallon prover. (1) Slow flow meters, nine dollars. (2) Retail motor fuel pump, four dollars and fifty cents. [SS15, §3009-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3260; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §214.3] 87 Acts, ch 93, §4; 88 Acts, ch 1272, §21; 90 Acts, ch 1084, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §36, 37; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §83; 2021 Acts, ch 149, §11, 12; 2023 Acts, ch 154, §21, 22 Referred to in §214.4, 215A.9 Thu Dec 11 18:56:19 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 214.3 (26, 0)

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