Iowa Code § 533D.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533D / Section 533D.11
Examination of records by superintendent — fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent shall examine the books, accounts, and records of each licensee at least once a year and as needed to secure information required pursuant to this chapter and to determine whether any violations of this chapter have occurred. The licensee shall pay the cost of the examination.

(2) The superintendent may examine or investigate complaints or reports concerning alleged violations of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued by the superintendent. The superintendent may order the actual cost of the examination or investigation to be paid by the person who is the subject of the examination or investigation, whether or not the alleged violator is licensed.

(3) The superintendent shall determine the cost of the examination or investigation based upon the actual cost of the operation of the finance bureau of the banking division of the department of insurance and financial services, including the proportionate share of administrative expenses in the operation of the banking division attributable to the finance bureau as determined by the superintendent, incurred in the discharge of duties imposed upon the superintendent by this chapter.

(4) Failure to pay the examination or investigation fee within thirty days of receipt of demand from the superintendent shall subject the licensee to a late fee of up to five percent of the amount of the examination or investigation fee for each day the payment is delinquent.

(5) The superintendent may disclose information to representatives of other state or federal regulatory authorities. The superintendent may release summary complaint information so long as the information does not specifically identify the complainant. The superintendent may prepare and circulate reports reflecting financial information and examination results for all licensees on an aggregate basis, including other information considered pertinent to the purpose of each report for general statistical information. The superintendent may prepare and circulate reports provided by law. The superintendent may release the reports and correspondence in the course of an enforcement proceeding or a hearing held by the superintendent. The superintendent may also provide this information to the attorney general for purposes of enforcing this chapter or the consumer fraud Act, section 714.16.

(6) The superintendent may receive documents, materials, or other information, including otherwise confidential and privileged documents, materials, or other information, through a nationwide licensing system and from other local, state, federal, or international regulatory agencies, the conference of state bank supervisors and its affiliates and subsidiaries, the national association of consumer credit administrators and its affiliates and subsidiaries, and any other regulator association, and shall maintain as confidential and privileged any such document, material, or other information received with notice or the understanding that it is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the document, material, or other information.

95 Acts, ch 139, §11; 2006 Acts, ch 1042, §32; 2013 Acts, ch 5, §18; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2751