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Iowa Code § 15E.17 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.17
Regulatory information service.
Status: in_force

(1) The economic development authority shall provide a regulatory information service. The purpose of the service shall be to provide a center of information where a person interested in establishing a commercial facility or engaging in a commercial activity may be informed of any registration, license, or other approval of a state regulatory agency that is required for that facility or activity or of the existence of standards, criteria, or requirements which the laws of this state require that facility or activity to meet.

(2) Each state agency which requires a permit, license, or other regulatory approval or maintains standards or criteria with which an activity or facility must comply shall inform the economic development authority of the following:

(2) (a) The activity or facility that is subject to regulation.

(2) (b) The existence of any threshold levels which would exempt the activity or facility from regulation.

(2) (c) The nature of the regulatory program.

(2) (d) The amount of any fees.

(2) (e) How to apply for any permits or regulatory approvals.

(2) (f) A brief statement of the purpose of requiring the permit or regulatory approval or requiring compliance with the standards or criteria.

(3) Each state agency shall promptly inform the economic development authority of any changes in the information provided under subsection 2 or the establishment of a new regulatory program. The information provided to or disseminated by the authority shall not be binding upon the regulatory program of a state agency; however, a person shall not be subject to the imposition of a penalty for failure to comply with a regulatory program if the person demonstrates that the person relied upon information provided by the authority indicating compliance was not required and either ceases the activity upon notification by the regulatory agency or brings the activity or facility into compliance.

(4) Subsections 2 and 3 do not apply to the following:

(4) (a) The utilities commission insofar as the information relates to public utilities.

(4) (b) The banking division of the department of insurance and financial services.

(4) (c) The credit union division of the department of insurance and financial services.

[82 Acts, ch 1099, §1]C83, §28.17C93, §15E.172008 Acts, ch 1031, §14; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2711; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 355.3 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 355 / Section 355.3
Rules.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to chapter 542B, the engineering and land surveying examining board may adopt rules consistent with the rules prescribed by the Acts of Congress and the instructions of the United States Secretary of the Interior.

90 Acts, ch 1236, §3C91, §114A.3C93, §355.3
Iowa Code § 455B.448 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.448
Decision by commission.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 9, §10.
Iowa Code § 321M.4 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321M / Section 321M.4
Termination of authorization failure to meet standards.
Status: in_force

(1) If a county is subject to termination of its county issuance authorization for failure to meet the department’s standards for issuance, the county shall not issue driver’s licenses, nonoperator’s identification cards, or persons with disabilities identification devices until the county has been reauthorized by the department.

(2) The department is not obligated to provide service in a county for issuance of driver’s licenses, nonoperator’s identification cards, or persons with disabilities identification devices if the county fails to meet the department’s standards for issuance.

98 Acts, ch 1143, §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1032, §4; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §110
Iowa Code § 904.303A — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.303A
Training — fund.
Status: in_force

A training fund is established under the control of the department. The director shall provide training to all new officers or employees of the department free of charge. The department shall also offer in-service training which shall include classes for officers and employees in the areas of safety, first aid, emergency preparedness, and any other appropriate class determined by the director. Employees of a judicial district may also attend any in-service training offered by the department. The department may recover from the correctional institution or judicial district the actual costs of planning and conducting the training classes if an employee of the institution or judicial district attends an in-service training class. The costs that may be recovered by the department include the costs of course development, training materials, equipment and facility rental, instruction, and administration. Moneys received as reimbursement of the costs shall be deposited in the training fund for use in conducting future training classes. All cost reimbursement moneys, grants, or appropriations related to training shall be deposited in the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys remaining in the training fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest and earnings deposited in the training fund shall be credited to the training fund.

2001 Acts, ch 131, §5
Iowa Code § 228.5 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 228 / Section 228.5
Administrative disclosures.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual or an individual’s legal representative shall be informed that mental health information relating to the individual may be disclosed to employees or agents of or for the same mental health facility or to other providers of professional services or their employees or agents if and to the extent necessary to facilitate the provision of administrative and professional services to the individual.

(2) (a) If an individual eighteen years of age or older or an individual’s legal representative has received a written notification that a fee is due a mental health professional or a mental health facility and has failed to arrange for payment of the fee within a reasonable time after the notification, the mental health professional or mental health facility may disclose administrative information necessary for the collection of the fee to a person or agency providing collection services.

(2) (b) If a civil action is filed for the collection of the fee, additional mental health information shall not be disclosed in the litigation, except to the extent necessary to respond to a motion of the individual or the individual’s legal representative for greater specificity or to dispute a defense or counterclaim.

(3) A mental health professional or an employee of or agent for a mental health facility may disclose mental health information if necessary for the purpose of conducting scientific and data research, management audits, or program evaluations of the mental health professional or mental health facility, to persons who have demonstrated and provided written assurances of their ability to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The persons shall not identify, directly or indirectly, an individual in any report of the research, audits, or evaluations, or otherwise disclose individual identities in any manner. A disclosure under this section is not subject to the requirements of section 228.2, subsection 2, with the exception that a person receiving mental health information under this section shall be provided a statement prohibiting redisclosure of information unless otherwise authorized by this chapter.

(4) Mental health information relating to an individual may be disclosed to other providers of professional services or their employees or agents if and to the extent necessary to facilitate the provision of administrative and professional services to the individual including to an employee of the department of corrections, if authorized by the director of the department of corrections, or to an employee of a judicial district department of correctional services, if authorized by the director of the judicial district department of correctional services.

86 Acts, ch 1082, §5; 88 Acts, ch 1226, §8; 96 Acts, ch 1213, §33, 34; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2021 Acts, ch 11, §2
Iowa Code § 159.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 159 / Section 159.2
Objects of department.
Status: in_force

The objects of the department of agriculture and land stewardship shall be:

(1) To encourage, promote, and advance the interests of agriculture, including horticulture, livestock industry, dairying, cheese making, poultry raising, biofuels, beekeeping, production of wool, production of domesticated fur-bearing animals, and other kindred and allied industries.

(2) To encourage a relationship between people and the land that recognizes land as a resource to be managed in a manner that avoids irreparable harm.

(3) To develop and implement policies that inspire public confidence in the long-term future of agriculture as an economic activity as well as a way of life.

(4) To administer efficiently and impartially the inspection service of the state as is now or may hereafter be placed under its supervision.

[S13, §1657-b, -g; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2587; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §159.2]86 Acts, ch 1245, §605; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §1
Iowa Code § 135.157 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.157
Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 148, §11.
Iowa Code § 135.156A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.156A
Section 135.156A
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 73, §8, 9. See chapter 135D.
Iowa Code § 633.301 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.301
Copy of will for executor.
Status: in_force

Upon request by the executor, when a will has been admitted to probate and certified pursuant to section 633.300, the clerk shall cause a certified copy thereof to be placed in the hands of the executor to whom letters are issued. The clerk shall retain the will in a separate file provided for that purpose until the time for contest has expired, and promptly thereafter shall place it with the files of the estate.

[C51, §1295, 1298; R60, §2327, 2330; C73, §2343, 2344; C97, §3287; S13, §3287; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11868; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §633.24; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.301]93 Acts, ch 70, §14; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §532023 Acts, ch 124, §3
Iowa Code § 124.410 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124 / Section 124.410
Accommodation offense.
Status: in_force

(1) In a prosecution for unlawful delivery or possession with intent to deliver marijuana, if the prosecution proves that the defendant violated the provisions of section 124.401, subsection 1, by proving that the defendant delivered or possessed with intent to deliver one-half ounce or less of marijuana which was not offered for sale, the defendant is guilty of an accommodation offense and rather than being sentenced as if convicted for a violation of section 124.401, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, shall be sentenced as if convicted of a violation of section 124.401, subsection 5. An accommodation offense may be proved as an included offense under a charge of delivering or possessing with the intent to deliver marijuana in violation of section 124.401, subsection 1.

(2) Subsection 1 does not apply to any of the following:

(2) (a) Hashish, hashish oil, or other derivatives of marijuana as defined in section 124.101, subsection 20.

(2) (b) Hemp or a hemp product excluded from schedule I of controlled substances as provided in section 124.204, subsection 7.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §204.410]89 Acts, ch 225, §13C93, §124.41099 Acts, ch 67, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 130, §26, 33
Iowa Code § 446.19 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.19
County or city as purchaser.
Status: in_force

(1) When a parcel is offered at a tax sale under section 446.18, and no bid is received, or if the bid received is less than the total amount due, the county in which the parcel is located, through its county treasurer, shall bid for the parcel a sum equal to the total amount due. Money shall not be paid by the county or other tax-levying or tax-certifying body for the purchase, but each of the tax-levying and tax-certifying bodies having any interest in the taxes shall be charged with the total amount due the tax-levying or tax-certifying body as its just share of the purchase price.

(2) This section does not prohibit a governmental agency or political subdivision from bidding at the sale for a parcel to protect its interests. When a bid is received from a city in which the parcel is located, money shall not be paid by the city, but each of the tax-levying and tax-certifying bodies having any interest in the taxes shall be charged with the total amount due the tax-levying or tax-certifying body as its just share of the purchase price.

[C27, 31, 35, §7255-b1; C39, §7255.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §446.19]91 Acts, ch 191, §71; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §86; 95 Acts, ch 57, §18
Iowa Code § 480.10 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 480 / Section 480.10
Communications not precluded.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be interpreted to preclude an excavator, an operator, or the notification center from having or engaging in communications in addition to the notification requirements specified in this chapter.

2014 Acts, ch 1047, §7
Iowa Code § 178.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 178 / Section 178.2
Duties and objects of association.
Status: in_force

The Iowa state dairy association shall:

(1) Promote dairy test associations, shows, and sales.

(2) Publish a breeders’ directory.

(3) Furnish such general instruction and assistance, either by institutes or otherwise, as it may deem proper, to advance the general interests of the dairy industry.

(4) Make an annual report of the proceedings and expenditures to the secretary of agriculture.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2945; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §178.2]
Iowa Code § 554.7504 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.7504
Rights acquired in absence of due negotiation — effect of diversion — stoppage of delivery.
Status: in_force

(1) A transferee of a document of title, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, to which the document has been delivered but not duly negotiated, acquires the title and rights that its transferor had or had actual authority to convey.

(2) In the case of a transfer of a nonnegotiable document of title, until but not after the bailee receives notice of the transfer, the rights of the transferee may be defeated:

(2) (a) by those creditors of the transferor who could treat the transfer as void under section 554.2402 or 554.13308;

(2) (b) by a buyer from the transferor in ordinary course of business if the bailee has delivered the goods to the buyer or received notification of the buyer’s rights;

(2) (c) by a lessee from the transferor in ordinary course of business if the bailee has delivered the goods to the lessee or received notification of the lessee’s rights; or

(2) (d) as against the bailee, by good-faith dealings of the bailee with the transferor.

(3) A diversion or other change of shipping instructions by the consignor in a nonnegotiable bill of lading which causes the bailee not to deliver the goods to the consignee defeats the consignee’s title to the goods if the goods have been delivered to a buyer in ordinary course of business or a lessee in ordinary course of business and, in any event, defeats the consignee’s rights against the bailee.

(4) Delivery of the goods pursuant to a nonnegotiable document of title may be stopped by a seller under section 554.2705, or a lessor under section 554.13526, subject to the requirements of due notification in those sections. A bailee that honors the seller’s or lessor’s instructions is entitled to be indemnified by the seller or lessor against any resulting loss or expense.

[S13, §3138-a41, -a42, -b31, -b32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8276, 8277, 9701, 9702, 9959, 9963; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §487.32, 487.33, 542.41, 542.42, 554.31, 554.35; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.7504]2007 Acts, ch 30, §34, 45, 46
Iowa Code § 307C.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 307C / Section 307C.2
Jurisdiction and control.
Status: in_force

The state department of transportation has jurisdiction and authority to implement the Missouri river barge compact.

84 Acts, ch 1257, §2
Iowa Code § 331.206 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.206
Supervisor districts.
Status: in_force

(1) One of the following supervisor district representation plans shall be used for the election of supervisors:

(1) (a) Plan “one”.Election at large without district residence requirements for the members.

(1) (b) Plan “two”.Election at large but with equal-population district residence requirements for the members.

(1) (c) Plan “three”.Election from single-member equal-population districts, in which the electors of each district shall elect one member who must reside in that district.

(2) (a) The plan used under subsection 1 shall be selected by the board or by a special election as provided in section 331.207. A plan selected by the board shall remain in effect for at least six years and shall only be changed by a special election as provided in section 331.207. However, a county with the main campus of an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents shall use plan “three” for the election of supervisors.

(2) (b) A plan selected by the board shall become effective on the first day in January which is not a Sunday or holiday following the next general election, at which time the terms of the members expire and the terms of the members elected under the requirements of the new supervisor representation plan at the general election as specified in section 331.208, 331.209, or 331.210 shall commence.

[C97, §416; S13, §416; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5111; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §331.8; S81, §331.206; 81 Acts, ch 117, §205]93 Acts, ch 143, §46; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §125; 2018 Acts, ch 1151, §1, 6; 2025 Acts, ch 15, §1, 9
Iowa Code § 633A.4703 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4703
General order for abatement.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by the governing instrument, where necessary to abate shares of the beneficiaries of a trust for the payment of debts and charges, federal estate taxes, bequests, the share of the surviving spouse who takes an elective share, and the shares of children born or adopted after the execution of the trust, abatement shall occur in the following order:

(1) Shares allocated to the residuary beneficiaries of the trust shall be abated first, on a pro rata basis.

(2) Shares defined by a dollar amount, on a pro rata basis.

(3) Shares described as specific items of property whether tangible or intangible shall be abated last, and such abatement shall be done as equitably by the trustee among the various beneficiaries as circumstances reasonably allow.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections 1, 2, or 3, a disposition in favor of the settlor’s surviving spouse who does not take an elective share shall be abated last.

2005 Acts, ch 38, §44; 2007 Acts, ch 134, §19, 20, 28; 2008 Acts, ch 1119, §31; 2010 Acts, ch 1138, §60; 2014 Acts, ch 1076, §24; 2021 Acts, ch 5, §3
Iowa Code § 680.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 680 / Section 680.5
Priority of liens.
Status: in_force

Persons having liens upon the property placed in the hands of a receiver shall, if there is a contest as to their priority, submit them to the court for determination.

[C97, §3825; S13, §3825; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12717; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §680.5]
Iowa Code § 554.12206 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.12206
Transmission of payment order through funds-transfer or other communication system.
Status: in_force

(1) If a payment order addressed to a receiving bank is transmitted to a funds-transfer system or other third-party communication system for transmittal to the bank, the system is deemed to be an agent of the sender for the purpose of transmitting the payment order to the bank. If there is a discrepancy between the terms of the payment order transmitted to the system by the sender and the terms of the payment order transmitted by the system to the bank, the terms of the payment order of the sender are deemed to be those transmitted by the system. This section does not apply to a funds-transfer system of the federal reserve banks.

(2) This section applies to cancellations and amendments of payment orders in the same manner it applies to payment orders.

92 Acts, ch 1146, §14; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 651.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 651 / Section 651.3
Partition of real estate pending probate or administration of estate.
Status: in_force

If an entire interest in real estate is owned by a decedent on whose estate administration or probate is pending a partition action shall not be brought until four months after the second publication of the notice of the appointment of the personal representative. A partition action shall not be brought at any time while an application for authority to sell such real estate is pending in a probate proceeding.

2018 Acts, ch 1108, §3
Iowa Code § 357.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357 / Section 357.12
Election.
Status: in_force

When the preliminary design and assessment have been approved by the board of supervisors, a date not more than thirty days after the approval shall be set for an election within the district to determine whether or not the proposed improvement shall be constructed and to choose candidates for the offices of trustee within the district. The proposal to approve or disapprove the improvement and the selection of candidates for trustees shall be presented at the same election. Notice of the election, including the time and place of holding the election, shall be given in the same manner as for the public hearing provided for in section 357.4. The vote shall be by ballot which shall state clearly the proposition to be voted upon, and any registered voter residing within the district at the time of the election may vote. The county commissioner of elections shall conduct elections held pursuant to this chapter, and the elections shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 49 where those procedures are not in conflict with this chapter. Precinct election officials shall be appointed to serve without pay, by the commissioner of elections, from among the registered voters of the district. The proposition shall be deemed to have carried if a majority of those voting on the proposition votes in favor of it.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5524; C39, §5526.12; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.12]92 Acts, ch 1204, §13; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64
Iowa Code § 499A.2A — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499A / Section 499A.2A
Bylaws.
Status: in_force

(1) The initial bylaws of the cooperative shall be adopted by the cooperative’s board of directors. Prior to the admission of members to the cooperative, the power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the board of directors. Following the admission of members to the cooperative, the power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the members in accordance with the method set forth in the bylaws.

(2) The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the cooperative not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation. However, the bylaws must provide for:

(2) (a) The number of members of the board of directors and the term of the members.

(2) (b) The election of a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary by the board of directors.

(2) (c) The qualifications, powers and duties, terms of office, and manner of electing and removing board members and officers and filling vacancies of such members.

(2) (d) The method of amending the bylaws.

91 Acts, ch 30, §7; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157