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Iowa Code § 668.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 668 / Section 668.10
Governmental exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) In any action brought pursuant to this chapter, the state or a municipality shall not be assigned a percentage of fault for any of the following:

(1) (a) The failure to place, erect, or install a stop sign, traffic control device, or other regulatory sign as defined in the uniform manual for traffic control devices adopted pursuant to section 321.252. However, once a regulatory device has been placed, created, or installed, the state or municipality may be assigned a percentage of fault for its failure to maintain the device.

(1) (b) The failure to remove natural or unnatural accumulations of snow or ice, or to place sand, salt, or other abrasive material on a highway, road, or street if the state or municipality establishes that it has complied with its policy or level of service for snow and ice removal or placing sand, salt, or other abrasive material on its highways, roads, or streets.

(2) In any action brought pursuant to this chapter, the state shall not be assigned a percentage of fault for contribution unless the party claiming contribution has given the state notice of the claim pursuant to section 669.13.

84 Acts, ch 1293, §10; 2007 Acts, ch 110, §3
Iowa Code § 15.387 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.387
Section 15.387
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 150, §67 – 69.
Iowa Code § 384.35 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.35
Rule of construction.
Status: in_force

The enumeration in this subchapter of specified powers and functions is not a limitation of the powers of cities, but the provisions of this subchapter and the procedures prescribed for exercising the powers and functions enumerated in this subchapter shall control and govern in the event of any conflict with the provisions of any other section, division, or chapter of the city code or with the provisions of any other law.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.35]2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 498.5 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 498 / Section 498.5
Filing — certificate of incorporation.
Status: in_force

The original articles of incorporation shall be filed for record with the secretary of state. Upon approval of such articles, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of incorporation.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8489; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §498.5]
Iowa Code § 462A.70 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.70
Hull identification, capacity plates, warning labels.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A person shall not with fraudulent intent, deface, destroy, or alter the hull identification number, capacity plate, or any other plate, warning label, or instrument required by state or federal law on a vessel or component part nor shall a person place or stamp a hull identification number, capacity plate, or any other warning label or instrument upon a vessel or component part except one assigned thereto by state or federal law.

(1) (b) This section does not prohibit the restoration of an original hull identification number, capacity plate, or any other original plate, warning label, or instrument required by state or federal law when the restoration is made by the commission nor prevent a manufacturer from placing in the ordinary course of business numbers, plates, or marks upon vessels or component parts.

(2) When it appears that a hull identification number, capacity plate, or any other plate, warning label, or instrument required by state or federal law has been altered, defaced, or tampered with, a peace officer or inspector employed by the commission or any other person acting under the direction of a peace officer or inspector, may apply any recognized process or test to the vessel or part containing such number or plate for the purpose of determining the true number or plate content.

(3) Peace officers or examiners employed by the commission may inspect any vessel or component part in possession of any person or found upon the waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the commission or in a public mooring or storage area or enclosure in which vessels or component parts are kept for sale, storage, hire, or repair and to determine vessel or component part identification may board the vessel or enter the public mooring or storage area or enclosure.

(4) A person who is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this section or rules adopted under this section by the commission is guilty of a class “D” felony.

[82 Acts, ch 1028, §35]C83, §106.70C93, §462A.70
Iowa Code § 507C.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.11
Confidentiality of hearings.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding chapter 22, in all administrative proceedings pursuant to sections 507C.9 and 507C.10 all orders, records, and documents pertaining to or a part of the record of the proceedings are confidential except as is necessary to obtain compliance with a proceeding. However, the records may be released if either of the following occurs:

(1) The insurer requests that the records be made public.

(2) After a hearing on the issue with the parties to the proceeding, the court orders that the records be made public. Until such court order, the clerk of court shall hold all papers filed in a confidential file.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §11; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §14; 2004 Acts, ch 1110, §26
Iowa Code § 455A.13 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455A / Section 455A.13
State nurseries.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of natural resources shall annually review market conditions and the expenditures and revenues of the state forest nurseries, and establish minimum ordering quantities and a range of prices for plant material grown at the state forest nurseries to cover all expenses related to the growing of the plants. The department is authorized to sell plant material in other states. The department is authorized to sell barerooted plants to private nurseries for resale.

(2) The department shall develop programs to encourage the wise management and preservation of existing woodlands and shall continue its efforts to encourage forestation and reforestation on private and public lands in the state.

(3) The department shall encourage a cooperative relationship between the state forest nurseries and private nurseries in the state in order to achieve these goals.

97 Acts, ch 213, §27; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §126; 2017 Acts, ch 55, §1
Iowa Code § 633B.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633B / Section 633B.1
When power of attorney not affected by disability.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1078, §48.
Iowa Code § 13.31 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13 / Section 13.31
Victim assistance program.
Status: in_force

A victim assistance program is established in the department of justice, which shall do all of the following:

(1) Administer grants received under the federal Victims of Crime Act pursuant to Pub. L. No. 98-473, Tit. 2, ch. 14, 42 U.S.C. §10601, as amended by the federal Children’s Justice and Assistance Act, Pub. L. No. 99-401, 100 Stat. 903 (1986).

(2) Administer the state crime victim compensation program as provided in chapter 915.

(3) Administer the domestic abuse program provided in chapter 236 and the sexual abuse program provided in chapter 236A.

(4) Administer the family violence prevention and services grants pursuant to the federal Child Abuse Amendments of 1984, Pub. L. No. 98-457, 42 U.S.C. §10401.

(5) Administer payment for sexual abuse medical examinations pursuant to section 915.41.

(6) Administer the violence against women program and grants received pursuant to the federal Violence Against Women Act, Tit. IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-322, 42 U.S.C. §13701.

(7) Administer an automated victim notification system as authorized pursuant to section 915.10A.

(8) Establish and administer the kit tracking system established pursuant to section 915.53 for tracking the location and status of sexual abuse evidence collection kits.

(9) Administer the sexual assault forensic examiner program established pursuant to section 915.46 for training and providing technical assistance to sexual assault examiners and sexual assault nurse examiners.

89 Acts, ch 279, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1251, §1; 91 Acts, ch 181, §16; 98 Acts, ch 1090, §58, 84; 2002 Acts, ch 1016, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 27, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2017 Acts, ch 121, §1; 2021 Acts, ch 107, §1; 2021 Acts, ch 108, §1
Iowa Code § 515F.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515F / Section 515F.9
Insurers and advisory organizations — prohibited activity.
Status: in_force

(1) An insurer or advisory organization shall not:

(1) (a) Attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person to monopolize, an insurance market.

(1) (b) Engage in a boycott, on a concerted basis, of an insurance market.

(2) (a) An insurer shall not agree with any other insurer or with an advisory organization to mandate adherence to or to mandate use of a rate, rating plan, rating schedule, rating rule, policy or bond form, rate classification, rate territory, underwriting rule, survey, inspection, or similar material, except as needed to develop statistical plans permitted by section 515F.11, subsection 1. The fact that two or more insurers, whether or not members or subscribers of an advisory organization, use consistently or intermittently, the same rates, rating plans, rating schedules, rating rules, policy or bond forms, rate classifications, rate territories, underwriting rules, surveys or inspections or similar materials is not sufficient in itself to support a finding that an agreement exists.

(2) (b) Two or more insurers having a common ownership or operating in this state under common management or control may act in concert between or among themselves with respect to any matters pertaining to those activities authorized in this chapter as if they constituted a single insurer.

(3) An insurer or advisory organization shall not make an arrangement with any other insurer, advisory organization, or other person which has the purpose or effect of restraining trade unreasonably or of substantially lessening competition in the business of insurance.

90 Acts, ch 1234, §53
Iowa Code § 483A.38 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.38
Free fishing days.
Status: in_force

The commission may designate one period of the year of not more than three days as free fishing days and during that period the residents may fish and lawfully possess fish without a license.

86 Acts, ch 1240, §11C87, §110.38C93, §483A.38
Iowa Code § 234.38 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 234 / Section 234.38
Foster care reimbursement rates.
Status: in_force

The department shall make reimbursement payments directly to foster parents for services provided to children pursuant to section 234.6, subsection 1, paragraph “e”, subparagraph (2), or section 234.35. In any fiscal year, the reimbursement rate shall be based upon sixty-five percent of the United States department of agriculture estimate of the cost to raise a child in the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year. The department may pay an additional stipend for a child with special needs.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §234.38]90 Acts, ch 1270, §44; 92 Acts, ch 1229, §26; 92 Acts, ch 1247, §46; 92 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1004, §4; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §190; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §683
Iowa Code § 74.6 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 74 / Section 74.6
Notice of call — termination of interest.
Status: in_force

(1) The treasurer shall make a call for payment under section 74.5 by mailing to the holder of the obligation, as shown in the records maintained under section 74.3 or 331.554, subsection 5, paragraph “b” as applicable, a notice of call which describes the obligation by number and amount, and which specifies a date not more than ten days thereafter when interest ceases to accrue on the obligation. The treasurer shall enter the date of mailing of the notice in the records maintained under section 74.3 or 331.554, subsection 5, paragraph “b” as applicable.

(2) Interest on an interest-bearing obligation shall cease to accrue as of the date specified in the notice of call issued under subsection 1.

(3) This section does not apply if the parties have otherwise agreed in writing.

[C51, §66, 153; R60, §87, 361; C73, §79, 328; C97, §105, 484, 660; C24, 27, 31, §136, 5161, 5647, 7496, 7498; C35, §1171-f6; C39, §1171.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §74.6; 82 Acts, ch 1048, §3]
Iowa Code § 432.13 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 432 / Section 432.13
Premium tax exemption Hawki program state employee benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) Premiums collected by participating insurers under chapter 514I are exempt from premium tax.

(2) Premiums received for benefits acquired on behalf of state employees by the department of administrative services pursuant to section 8A.402, subsection 1, and by the state board of regents pursuant to chapter 262, are exempt from premium tax.

98 Acts, ch 1196, §1, 16; 99 Acts, ch 200, §19, 23; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §259; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §120; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1153
Iowa Code § 155A.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155A / Section 155A.4
Prohibition against unlicensed persons dispensing or distributing prescription drugs — exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not dispense prescription drugs unless that person is a licensed pharmacist or is authorized by section 147.107 to dispense or distribute prescription drugs.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, it is not unlawful for:

(2) (a) A limited distributor, third-party logistics provider, or wholesale distributor to distribute prescription drugs or devices as provided by state or federal law.

(2) (b) A practitioner, licensed by the appropriate state board, to dispense prescription drugs to patients as incident to the practice of the profession, except with respect to the operation of a pharmacy for the retailing of prescription drugs.

(2) (c) A practitioner, licensed by the appropriate state board, to administer drugs to patients. This chapter does not prevent a practitioner from delegating the administration of a prescription drug to a nurse, intern, or other qualified individual or, in the case of a veterinarian, to an orderly or assistant, under the practitioner’s direction and supervision.

(2) (d) A person to sell at retail a proprietary medicine, an insecticide, a fungicide, or a chemical used in the arts, if properly labeled.

(2) (e) A person to procure prescription drugs for lawful research, teaching, or testing and not for resale.

(2) (f) A pharmacy to distribute a prescription drug to another pharmacy or to a practitioner.

(2) (g) A qualified individual authorized to administer prescription drugs and employed by a home health agency or hospice to obtain, possess, and transport emergency prescription drugs as provided by state or federal law or by rules of the board.

87 Acts, ch 215, §4; 97 Acts, ch 39, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §178; 2007 Acts, ch 19, §3; 2018 Acts, ch 1141, §10, 11
Iowa Code § 717.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 717 / Section 717.2
Livestock neglect.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who impounds or confines livestock, in any place, and does any of the following commits the offense of livestock neglect:

(1) (a) Fails to provide livestock with care consistent with customary animal husbandry practices.

(1) (b) Deprives livestock of necessary sustenance.

(1) (c) Injures or destroys livestock by any means which causes pain or suffering in a manner inconsistent with customary animal husbandry practices.

(2) A person who commits the offense of livestock neglect is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A person who intentionally commits the offense of livestock neglect which results in serious injury to or the death of livestock is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. However, a person shall not be guilty of more than one offense of livestock neglect punishable as a serious misdemeanor, when care or sustenance is not provided to multiple head of livestock during any period of uninterrupted neglect.

(3) This section does not apply to a research facility, as defined in section 162.2, provided that the research facility performs functions within the scope of accepted practices and disciplines associated with the research facility.

[C51, §2716; R60, §4358; C73, §4031, 4034; C97, §4969, 4972; S13, §4969; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13133, 13134; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §717.2, 717.3; C79, 81, §717.2]86 Acts, ch 1121, §3; 87 Acts, ch 179, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1103, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, §18
Iowa Code § 222.88 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.88
Special intellectual disability unit.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §179, 180.
Iowa Code § 73.19 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73 / Section 73.19
Negotiated price or bid contract.
Status: in_force

In awarding a contract under the targeted small business procurement goal program, a director of an agency or department, or community college, area education agency, or school district, having purchasing authority may use either a negotiated price or bid contract procedure. A director of an agency or department, or community college, area education agency, or school district, using a negotiated contract shall consider any targeted small business engaged in that business. The director of the economic development authority or the director of the department of management may assist in the negotiation of a contract price under this section. Surety bonds guaranteed by the United States small business administration are acceptable security for a construction award under this section.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §835; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §9; 91 Acts, ch 267, §225; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
Iowa Code § 652.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 652 / Section 652.10
Costs, attorney fees, and expenses.
Status: in_force

On a motion under section 652.3, the court shall award court costs, reasonable attorney fees, and reasonable litigation expenses related to the motion in the following circumstances:

(1) To the moving party if the moving party prevails on the motion.

(2) To the responding party if the responding party prevails on the motion and the court finds that the motion was frivolous or filed solely with intent to delay the proceeding.

2025 Acts, ch 93, §10, 13
Iowa Code § 331.422 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.422
County property tax levies.
Status: in_force

Subject to this section and sections 331.423 through 331.425 or as otherwise provided by state law, the board of each county shall certify property taxes annually at its April session to be levied for county purposes as follows:

(1) Taxes for general county services shall be levied on all taxable property within the county.

(2) Taxes for rural county services shall be levied on all taxable property not within incorporated areas of the county.

(3) Taxes in the amount necessary for debt service shall be levied on all taxable property within the county, except as otherwise provided by state law.

(4) Other taxes shall be levied as provided by state law.

83 Acts, ch 123, §6, 2092023 Acts, ch 71, §1, 10, 80, 98
Iowa Code § 420.134 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.134
Certified list of those elected.
Status: in_force

After the canvass of votes by the county board of supervisors, the county commissioner of elections shall notify the members of the central committee who have been elected of the time and place of holding the city convention, and shall deliver a certified list of those elected to the chairperson of their respective political party’s central committee in the city on or before the second Thursday following the primary election.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.134]
Iowa Code § 524.1314 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1314
Survival of rights and remedies after dissolution or expiration — preservation of records.
Status: in_force

(1) The dissolution of a state bank, or the expiration of its period of duration, shall not take away or impair any remedy available to or against such state bank, its directors, officers, or shareholders, for any right or claim existing, or any liability incurred prior to such dissolution or expiration, if action or other proceeding thereon is commenced within two years after the date of such dissolution or expiration. Any such action or proceeding by or against the state bank may be prosecuted or defended by the state bank in its corporate name. The shareholders, directors and officers shall have power to take such corporate or other action as shall be appropriate to protect such remedy, right or claim.

(2) Subsequent to the dissolution of a state bank, other than through the adoption of a plan involving a provision for acquisition of its assets and assumption of its liabilities by another state bank, national bank, or other financial institution insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation, the superintendent may assume custody of the records of the state bank and, if so, shall retain them in accordance with the provisions of section 524.221. The superintendent may make copies of such records in accordance with the provisions of section 524.221, subsection 1.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.1314]95 Acts, ch 148, §107
Iowa Code § 260C.10A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.10A
Purchases egg products.
Status: in_force

The board of directors providing services to a merged area, and the board of directors of a community college, shall establish policies to prevent the purchase of a food product that is misbranded as an egg product as prohibited in chapter 137A.

2024 Acts, ch 1158, §22
Iowa Code § 437A.12 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437A / Section 437A.12
Service of notice.
Status: in_force

(1) A notice authorized or required under this chapter may be given by mailing the notice to the taxpayer, addressed to the taxpayer at the address given in the last return filed by the taxpayer pursuant to this chapter, or if no return has been filed, then to the most recent address of the taxpayer obtainable. The mailing of the notice is presumptive evidence of the receipt of the notice by the taxpayer to whom the notice is addressed. A period of time within which some action must be taken for which notice is provided under this section commences to run from the date of mailing of the notice.

(2) There is no limitation for the enforcement of a civil remedy pursuant to any proceeding or action taken to levy, appraise, assess, determine, or enforce the collection of any tax or penalty due under this chapter.

98 Acts, ch 1194, §13, 40
Iowa Code § 561.26 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.26
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
Iowa Code § 256.158A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.158A
Required annual report to general assembly.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1079, §9.
Iowa Code § 126.23 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 126 / Section 126.23
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who possesses gamma-hydroxybutyrate (also known as gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or GHB), or any substance containing gamma-hydroxybutyrate, commits an aggravated misdemeanor. This subsection shall not apply to any person who obtains or possesses gamma-hydroxybutyrate or any material containing gamma-hydroxybutyrate pursuant to a lawful order of a physician or other authorized prescriber for the legitimate treatment of disease.

(2) Any person who distributes gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or possesses gamma-hydroxybutyrate with the intent to distribute to any other person, commits an aggravated misdemeanor if the person intends to promote or allow the unlawful use of the substance or if the person knows that the other person will use the substance for unlawful purposes.

97 Acts, ch 95, §1