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Iowa Code § 400.29 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 400 / Section 400.29
Political activity limited.
Status: in_force

(1) A person holding a civil service position shall not, while performing official duties or while using city equipment at the person’s disposal by reason of the position, solicit in any manner contribution for any political party or candidate or engage in any political activity during working hours that impairs the efficiency of the position or presence during the working hours. A person shall not seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in connection with any appointment to a civil service position.

(2) A person holding a civil service position shall not, by the authority of the position, secure or attempt to secure in any manner for any other person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a civil service position or an increase in pay or other advantage of employment in any such position for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of that person or for any other consideration.

(3) A person who in any manner supervises a person holding a civil service position shall not directly or indirectly solicit the person supervised to contribute money, anything of value, or service to a candidate seeking election, or a political party or candidate’s political committee.

(4) This section shall not be construed to prohibit any employee or group of employees, individually or collectively, from expressing honest opinions and convictions, or making statements and comments concerning their wages or other conditions of their employment.

[SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5713; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.29; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.29]86 Acts, ch 1021, §3
Iowa Code § 173.15 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 173 / Section 173.15
Management of state fair.
Status: in_force

The board may delegate the management of the state fair to the executive committee and two or more additional members of the board; and in carrying on such fair it may employ such assistance as may be deemed necessary.

[S13, §1657-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2887; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §173.15]
Iowa Code § 633.752 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.752
Intermediate report of trustees.
Status: in_force

Unless specifically relieved from so doing by the instrument creating the trust or by order of the court, the trustee shall make a written report under oath to the court once each year within ninety days of the close of the reporting period, and more often if required by the court. Such report shall state:

(1) The period covered by the report.

(2) All changes in beneficiaries since the last previous report.

(3) Any changes in investments since the last previous report, including a list of all assets, and recommendations of the trustee for the retention or disposition of any property held by the trustee.

(4) A detailed accounting for all cash receipts and disbursements, and for all property of the trust, unless such accounting shall be waived in writing by all beneficiaries.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.700]2005 Acts, ch 3, §105; 2007 Acts, ch 134, §18, 28; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §87; 2010 Acts, ch 1086, §25C2011, §633.752
Iowa Code § 906.15 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 906 / Section 906.15
Discharge from parole.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless sooner discharged, a person released on parole shall be discharged when the person’s term of parole equals the period of imprisonment specified in the person’s sentence, less all time served in confinement. Discharge from parole may be granted prior to such time, when an early discharge is appropriate. The board shall periodically review all paroles, and when the board determines that any person on parole is able and willing to fulfill the obligations of a law-abiding citizen without further supervision, the board shall discharge the person from parole. A parole officer shall periodically review all paroles assigned to the parole officer, and when the parole officer determines that any person assigned to the officer is able and willing to fulfill the obligations of a law-abiding citizen without further supervision, the officer may discharge the person from parole after notification and approval of the district director and notification of the board of parole. In any event, discharge from parole shall terminate the person’s sentence. If a person has been sentenced to a special sentence under section 903B.1 or 903B.2, the person may be discharged early from the sentence in the same manner as any other person on parole. However, a person convicted of a violation of section 709.3, 709.4, or 709.8 committed on or with a child, or a person serving a sentence under section 902.12, shall not be discharged from parole until the person’s term of parole equals the period of imprisonment specified in the person’s sentence, less all time served in confinement.

(2) A parole officer or the district director who acts in compliance with this section is acting in the course of the person’s official duty and is not personally liable, either civilly or criminally, for the acts of a person discharged from parole by the officer after such discharge, unless the discharge constitutes willful disregard of the person’s duty.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §247.5; C79, 81, §906.15]86 Acts, ch 1005, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1251, §71; 2004 Acts, ch 1150, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 158, §42; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 321I.12 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321I / Section 321I.12
Mufflers required — inspections.
Status: in_force

(1) An all-terrain vehicle shall not be operated without suitable and effective muffling devices. An all-terrain vehicle shall comply with the sound level standards and testing procedures established by the society of automotive engineers under SAE J1287.

(2) The commission may adopt rules with respect to the inspection of all-terrain vehicles and testing of their mufflers.

2004 Acts, ch 1132, §55; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §35
Iowa Code § 461A.10 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.10
Title to lands.
Status: in_force

The title to all lands purchased, condemned, or donated, under this chapter, for park or highway purposes, shall be taken in the name of the state and if thereafter it shall be deemed advisable to sell any portion of the land so purchased or condemned, the proceeds of the sale shall be placed to the credit of the public state parks fund to be used for such park purposes.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1803; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.10]C93, §461A.102019 Acts, ch 59, §145
Iowa Code § 524.703 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.703
Officers and employees — employment and compensation.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors may fix the tenure and provide for the reasonable compensation of officers. The chief executive officer or the chief executive officer’s designee shall determine the employees’ compensation and tenure. Officers and employees may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred by them on behalf of the state bank.

(2) Subject to approval by the shareholders at an annual or special meeting called for the purpose, the board of directors of a state bank may adopt a pension or profit-sharing plan, or both, or other plan of deferred compensation, for both officers and employees, to which the state bank may contribute. Changes to such a pension or profit-sharing plan or other plan of deferred compensation, other than changes that affect eligibility requirements for officers and employees under the plan, benefits provided to officers and employees pursuant to the plan, and contributions required by state banks, officers, or employees under the plan, may be adopted by the board of directors without shareholder approval.

[C97, §1844, 1869; S13, §1869; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9162, 9219; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §526.7(4), 528.5; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.703]95 Acts, ch 148, §72; 2004 Acts, ch 1141, §22; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §70
Iowa Code § 554.3203 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3203
Transfer of instrument — rights acquired by transfer.
Status: in_force

(1) An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by a person other than its issuer for the purpose of giving to the person receiving delivery the right to enforce the instrument.

(2) Transfer of an instrument, whether or not the transfer is a negotiation, vests in the transferee any right of the transferor to enforce the instrument, including any right as a holder in due course, but the transferee cannot acquire rights of a holder in due course by a transfer, directly or indirectly, from a holder in due course if the transferee engaged in fraud or illegality affecting the instrument.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed, if an instrument is transferred for value and the transferee does not become a holder because of lack of endorsement by the transferor, the transferee has a specifically enforceable right to the unqualified endorsement of the transferor, but negotiation of the instrument does not occur until the endorsement is made.

(4) If a transferor purports to transfer less than the entire instrument, negotiation of the instrument does not occur. The transferee obtains no rights under this Article and has only the rights of a partial assignee.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §31, 121, 122
Iowa Code § 299.16 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 299 / Section 299.16
Failure to attend — report.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 54, §14.
Iowa Code § 225.11 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 225 / Section 225.11
Initiating commitment procedures.
Status: in_force

When a court finds upon completion of a hearing held pursuant to section 229.12 that the contention that a respondent is seriously mentally impaired has been sustained by clear and convincing evidence, and the application filed under section 229.6 also contends or the court otherwise concludes that it would be appropriate to refer the respondent to the state psychiatric hospital for a complete psychiatric evaluation and appropriate treatment pursuant to section 229.13, the judge may order that a financial investigation be made in the manner prescribed by section 225.13. If the costs of a respondent’s evaluation or treatment are payable in whole or in part by an administrative services organization, an order under this section shall be for referral of the respondent by an administrative services organization for an evaluation and referral of the respondent to an appropriate placement or service, which may include the state psychiatric hospital for additional evaluation or treatment.

[C77, 79, 81, §225.11]96 Acts, ch 1183, §9; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §21; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §56, 137
Iowa Code § 215.10 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 215 / Section 215.10
Installation of new scales.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to install a scale, used for commercial purposes in this state, unless the scale is so installed that it is easily accessible for inspection and testing by equipment of the department and with due regard to the scale’s size and capacity. Every scale manufacturer or dealer shall, upon selling a scale of the above types in Iowa, submit to the department upon forms provided by the department, the make, capacity of the scale, the date of sale, and the date and location of its installation.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §215.10]
Iowa Code § 427.12 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 427 / Section 427.12
Suspended tax record.
Status: in_force

(1) The county treasurer shall maintain within the county system, as defined in section 445.1, the official record of suspended taxes, special assessments, and rates or charges, the collection of which has been suspended by order of the board of supervisors. The record shall include, but is not limited to, the following information:

(1) (a) A governmental or platted description of the parcel on which the tax, special assessment, rate, or charge has been levied or on which it is a lien.

(1) (b) The name of the owner of the parcel.

(1) (c) The amount and year of the tax, special assessment, rate or charge.

(1) (d) The date the suspension was ordered.

(2) The county system, as defined in section 445.1, shall be such that all entries of taxes, special assessments, rates, or charges against the parcel shall be separate from the entry of taxes, special assessments, rates, or charges against all other parcels.

(3) If a suspended tax, special assessment, or rate or charge in the county system is paid, or subsequently abated, the treasurer shall enter in the county system a notification of payment or abatement.

(4) When a suspension ordered by the board of supervisors for any reason provided by law, has been entered in the county system, the entry, on and after its date, is a lien and shall serve as notice of a lien in accordance with section 445.10.

[C31, 35, §6952-d1; C39, §6952.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §427.12]84 Acts, ch 1219, §35; 91 Acts, ch 191, §24; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143
Iowa Code § 565B.15 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 565B / Section 565B.15
Custodian’s expenses, compensation, and bond.
Status: in_force

(1) A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian’s duties.

(2) Except for one who is a transferor under section 565B.4, a custodian has a noncumulative election during each calendar year to charge reasonable compensation for services performed during that year.

(3) Except as provided in section 565B.18, subsection 6, a custodian need not give a bond.

86 Acts, ch 1035, §15
Iowa Code § 514B.15 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514B / Section 514B.15
Investments.
Status: in_force

With the exception of investments made in accordance with section 514B.6, the investable funds of a health maintenance organization shall be invested only in securities or other investments permitted by section 511.8 for the investment of assets of life insurance companies or such other securities or investments as the commissioner may permit. For purposes of this section, investable funds of a health maintenance organization are all moneys held in trust for the purpose of fulfilling the obligations incurred by a health maintenance organization in providing health care services to enrollees.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §514B.15]2023 Acts, ch 36, §8
Iowa Code § 607A.45 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.45
Employer prohibited from penalizing employee — penalty — action for lost wages.
Status: in_force

(1) An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment or threaten or otherwise coerce an employee with respect to the employee’s employment because the employee receives a notice to report, responds to the notice, serves as a juror, or attends court for prospective juror service. An employer who violates this subsection commits contempt.

(2) If an employer discharges an employee in violation of subsection 1, the employee may within sixty days of the discharge bring a civil action for the recovery of wages lost as a result of the violation and for an order requiring the reinstatement of the employee. Damages recoverable shall not exceed lost wages for a period of six weeks. If the employee prevails, the employee shall be allowed reasonable attorney fees as determined by the court.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §53
Iowa Code § 205.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 205 / Section 205.1
Sale of abortifacients.
Status: in_force

No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, deliver, give away, or have in the person’s possession with intent to sell, except upon the original written prescription of a licensed physician, dentist, or veterinarian, any cotton root, ergot, oil of tansy, oil of savin, or derivatives of any of said drugs.

[C51, §2728; R60, §4374; C73, §4038; C97, §2593; S13, §2593, 2596-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3170; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §205.1]
Iowa Code § 694.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 694 / Section 694.5
Unemancipated minors.
Status: in_force

(1) If a report of missing person involves an unemancipated minor, the law enforcement agency shall immediately transmit the proper information for inclusion in the national crime information center computer.

(2) If a report of missing person involves an unemancipated minor, a law enforcement agency shall not prevent an immediate active investigation on the basis of an agency rule which specifies an automatic time limitation for a missing person investigation.

84 Acts, ch 1084, §5
Iowa Code § 476.52 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.52
Management efficiency.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the policy of this state that a public utility shall operate in an efficient manner.

(2) If the commission determines in the course of a proceeding conducted under section 476.3 or 476.6 that a utility is operating in an inefficient manner, or is not exercising ordinary, prudent management, or in comparison with other utilities in the state the commission determines that the utility is performing in a less beneficial manner than other utilities, the commission may reduce the level of profit or adjust the revenue requirement for the utility to the extent the commission believes appropriate to provide incentives to the utility to correct its inefficient operation.

(3) If the commission determines in the course of a proceeding conducted under section 476.3 or 476.6 that a utility is operating in such an extraordinarily efficient manner that tangible financial benefits result to the ratepayer, the commission may increase the level of profit or adjust the revenue requirement for the utility.

(4) In making its determination under this section, the commission may also consider a public utility’s pursuit of energy efficiency programs. The commission shall adopt rules for determining the level of profit or the revenue requirement adjustment that would be appropriate. The commission shall also adopt rules establishing a methodology for an analysis of a utility’s management efficiency.

83 Acts, ch 127, §35; 89 Acts, ch 297, §11; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §99; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 807.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 807 / Section 807.5
Bringing an indicted corporation into court.
Status: in_force

When an indictment or a trial information is filed against any corporation, such corporation shall be arraigned thereon. Prior to arraignment the court shall proceed as follows:

(1) The clerk of the court wherein such indictment is found or the information filed, or the judge, must issue a summons signed by the clerk or judge with the clerk’s or judge’s name of office, requiring such corporation to appear and plead to the indictment, at a time and place to be specified in such summons, such time to be not less than twenty days after the issue thereof. The summons may be substantially in the following form:District Court, County.The People of the State of Iowa vs. The A.B. Company,You are hereby summoned to appear in this court at (naming the place) on (stating the day and hour), and plead to an indictment filed against you by the grand jury of this county, on the day of , charging you with the crime of (designating the offense, generally), and in case of your failure to so appear and answer, judgment will be pronounced against you.Dated at the city of , the day of , .C.D.,Clerk of the District Court.(or by order of the court)

(2) The summons shall be served at least ten days before the appearance fixed therein, in the same manner as is provided for the service of an original notice upon a corporation in a civil action; and if the corporation does not appear or plead at the time and place specified in the summons, the court may proceed to trial and judgment without further process.

(3) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as preventing the appearance of a corporation by counsel to plead to an indictment, with or without the issuance or service of the summons provided herein. And when an indictment shall have been filed against a corporation it may voluntarily appear and plead to the same by counsel duly authorized to so appear for it.

[C79, 81, §807.5]
Iowa Code § 50.3 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.3
Double or defective ballots.
Status: in_force

If two or more marked ballots are so folded together as to appear to be cast as one, the precinct election officials shall endorse thereon “Rejected as double”. Such ballots shall not be counted, but shall be folded together and kept as hereinafter directed. Every ballot not counted shall be endorsed “Defective” on the back thereof.

[C51, §262; R60, §497; C73, §623; C97, §1139; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §842; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.3]
Iowa Code § 372.11 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 372 / Section 372.11
Amendment to charter.
Status: in_force

A home rule charter may be amended by one of the following methods:

(1) The council, by resolution, may submit a proposed amendment to the voters at a special city election, and the proposed amendment becomes effective if approved by a majority of those voting.

(2) The council, by ordinance, may amend the charter. However, within thirty days of publication of the ordinance, if a petition valid under the provisions of section 362.4 is filed with the council, the council must submit the ordinance amendment to the voters at a special city election, and the amendment does not become effective until approved by a majority of those voting.

(3) If a petition valid under the provisions of section 362.4 is filed with the council proposing an amendment to the charter, the council must submit the proposed amendment to the voters at a special city election, and the amendment becomes effective if approved by a majority of those voting.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §372.11]
Iowa Code § 73.21 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73 / Section 73.21
Other procurement procedures.
Status: in_force

All laws and rules pertaining to solicitations, bid evaluations, contract awards, and other procurement matters apply to procurement contracts for targeted small businesses to the extent there is no conflict. If this subchapter conflicts with other laws or rules, then this subchapter governs.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §837; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §11; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143