1. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a service company shall not pay a commission or any other consideration to any person as an inducement or compensation for the issuance, purchase, or acquisition of a residential service contract.

2. 2. This section does not prohibit any of the following:

   1. a. The payment of an override commission or marketing fee to an employee or commission sales agent who is a marketing or sales representative of the service company or its parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate on the sale or marketing of a residential service contract, provided the employee or commission sales agent is not a real estate licensee sharing in or entitled to share in, or affiliated with, a company or organization which is entitled to share in any real estate commission generated by the underlying real property transaction.
   2. b. Fees, payments, or reimbursements for a bona fide inspection, if an inspection of the property to be the subject of a residential service contract is required by a service company and if the inspection fee is reasonably related to the services performed.
3. 3. The division may adopt rules identifying types of fees, payments, or reimbursements that do not constitute an inducement or compensation for the issuance, purchase, or acquisition of a residential service contract.

83 Acts, ch 87, §9; 92 Acts, ch 1078, §5; 93 Acts, ch 60, §8; 99 Acts, ch 166, §13