Iowa Code § 156.12
Funeral directors — solicitation of business — exceptions — penalty
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 156 — Funeral Directing, Mortuary Science, and Cremation · Status: effective
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- Iowa Code § 156.12, Funeral directors — solicitation of business — exceptions — penalty, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2227896
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Every funeral director, or person acting on behalf of a funeral director, who pays or causes to be paid any money or other thing of value as a commission or gratuity for the securing of business for the funeral director, and every person who accepts or offers to accept any money or other thing of value as a commission or gratuity from a funeral director in order to secure business for the funeral director commits a simple misdemeanor. This section does not prohibit any person, firm, cooperative burial association, or corporation, subject to the provisions of this chapter, from using legitimate and honest advertising. This section does not apply to sales made in accordance with chapter 523A.