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Iowa Code § 277.23 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 277 / Section 277.23
Directors — number — change.
Status: in_force

(1) In any district including all of a city of fifteen thousand or more population and in any district in which the voters, or the board as provided in section 275.23A, subsection 2, have authorized seven directors, the board shall consist of seven members; in all other districts the board shall consist of five members.

(2) A change from five to seven directors shall be effected in a district at the first regular election after authorization by the voters or the board, or after a district first includes all of a city of fifteen thousand or more population, in the manner described in section 275.37.

[C51, §1112; R60, §2031, 2035, 2075; C73, §1720, 1721, 1808; C97, §2752, 2754; S13, §2752, 2754; C24, §4198, 4212; C27, §4198, 4211-b3, -b5; C31, 35, §4216-c23; C39, §4216.23; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.23]2002 Acts, ch 1024, §2, 3; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §89, 115; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §57
Iowa Code § 490.627 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.627
Restriction on transfer of shares.
Status: in_force

(1) The articles of incorporation, the bylaws, an agreement among shareholders, or an agreement between shareholders and the corporation may impose restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of the corporation. A restriction does not affect shares issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of the shares are parties to the restriction agreement or voted in favor of the restriction.

(2) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction is authorized by this section and its existence is noted conspicuously on the front or back of the certificate or is contained in the information statement required by section 490.626, subsection 2. Unless so noted, or contained, a restriction is not enforceable against a person without knowledge of the restriction.

(3) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is authorized for any of the following purposes:

(3) (a) To maintain the corporation’s status when it is dependent on the number or identity of its shareholders.

(3) (b) To preserve exemptions under federal or state securities law.

(3) (c) For any other reasonable purpose.

(4) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares may do any of the following:

(4) (a) Obligate the shareholder first to offer the corporation or other persons, separately, consecutively, or simultaneously, an opportunity to acquire the restricted shares.

(4) (b) Obligate the corporation or other persons, separately, consecutively, or simultaneously, to acquire the restricted shares.

(4) (c) Require the corporation, the holders of any class or series of its shares, or other persons to approve the transfer of the restricted shares, if the requirement is not manifestly unreasonable.

(4) (d) Prohibit the transfer of the restricted shares to designated persons or classes of persons, if the prohibition is not manifestly unreasonable.

(5) As used in this section, “shares” includes a security convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe for or acquire shares.

89 Acts, ch 288, §48; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §54, 230
Iowa Code § 10.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10 / Section 10.2
Interests described.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, all of the following apply:

(1) A person holds an interest in agricultural land if the person either directly or indirectly owns or leases the agricultural land in this state.

(2) A person holds an interest in a farmers entity if the person holds an interest as any of the following:

(2) (a) A shareholder of a networking farmers corporation.

(2) (b) A member of a networking farmers limited liability company.

(2) (c) A member of a farmers cooperative association.

(2) (d) A member of a farmers cooperative limited liability company.

98 Acts, ch 1110, §102, 301; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §7
Iowa Code § 554.8407 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8407
Authenticating trustee, transfer agent, and registrar.
Status: in_force

A person acting as authenticating trustee, transfer agent, registrar, or other agent for an issuer in the registration of a transfer of its securities, in the issue of new security certificates or uncertificated securities, or in the cancellation of surrendered security certificates has the same obligation to the holder or owner of a certificated or uncertificated security with regard to the particular functions performed as the issuer has in regard to those functions.

89 Acts, ch 113, §43; 96 Acts, ch 1138, §47, 84
Iowa Code § 303.16 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.16
Historical resource development program country school grants.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §8A.712; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1424.
Iowa Code § 466B.46 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466B / Section 466B.46
Iowa nutrient research fund creation and purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) An Iowa nutrient research fund is created in the state treasury under the management and control of the center.

(2) The fund shall include all of the following:

(2) (a) Moneys appropriated by the general assembly.

(2) (b) Moneys appropriated from the agriculture management account of the groundwater protection fund pursuant to section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a).

(2) (c) Moneys assessed and collected by or on behalf of the department of natural resources to be credited to the fund as provided in sections 455B.109, 459.602, 459.603, 459.604, 459A.502, and 459B.402.

(2) (d) Moneys accepted by the center from public or private sources.

(3) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the center and shall be used exclusively by the center to carry out its purpose as described in section 466B.47.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(4) (b) The moneys credited to the fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section.

2016 Acts, ch 1134, §33, 34; 2017 Acts, ch 168, §32
Iowa Code § 633.584 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.584
Appointment of conservator.
Status: in_force

In the event that the absentee does not appear at said hearing, the court shall hear the petition and the proof offered. All evidence shall be made a part of a transcript to be filed in such proceedings. If the allegations of the petition are proved, the court may appoint a conservator.

[S13, §3228-b, -c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12636, 12637, 12639; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §671.5, 671.6, 671.8; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.584]
Iowa Code § 261K.3 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261K / Section 261K.3
Civil action.
Status: in_force

A public institution of higher education that is negatively affected by adverse action taken against the institution by an accrediting agency in violation of section 261K.2 may bring a civil action against the accrediting agency in this state if authorized by the attorney general. The attorney general may bring the action on behalf of the institution. The institution or attorney general may obtain injunctive relief and liquidated damages in the amount of the federal financial aid received by the institution in the academic year preceding the violation, as well as court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

2025 Acts, ch 62, §8, 9
Iowa Code § 252E.6 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252E / Section 252E.6
Duration of health benefit plan coverage.
Status: in_force

(1) A child is eligible for medical support for the duration of the obligor’s child support obligation. However, the child’s eligibility for coverage under a health benefit plan shall be governed by all applicable plan provisions including, but not limited to, eligibility and insurability standards.

(2) For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B, the department shall notify the employer when there is no longer a current order for medical support in effect for which the department is responsible. However, termination of medical support ordered pursuant to section 252E.3 shall be governed by the insurer’s health benefit plan provisions for termination and by applicable federal law.

90 Acts, ch 1224, §30; 2002 Acts, ch 1018, §8
Iowa Code § 633E.14 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633E / Section 633E.14
Chapter supplemented by other law.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless displaced by a provision of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter.

(2) This chapter does not limit any right of a person to disclaim an interest in or power over property under a statute other than this chapter.

2004 Acts, ch 1015, §21C2005, §633.9142005 Acts, ch 38, §52, 53CS2005, §633E.142010 Acts, ch 1020, §6
Iowa Code § 189A.16 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189A / Section 189A.16
Forgery or counterfeiting.
Status: in_force

(1) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the secretary.

(2) No person shall do any of the following:

(2) (a) Forge any official device, mark, or certificate.

(2) (b) Without authorization from the secretary, use any official device, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate.

(2) (c) Contrary to the regulations prescribed by the secretary, fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate.

(2) (d) Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the secretary or the secretary’s representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal, including poultry, or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark.

(2) (e) Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper’s certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the regulations prescribed by the secretary.

(2) (f) Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed, or exempted, under this chapter when it has not been so inspected and passed, or exempted.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.16]
Iowa Code § 73.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73 / Section 73.1
Preference — conditions.
Status: in_force

(1) Every commission, board, committee, officer, or other governing body of the state, or of any county, township, school district or city, and every person acting as contracting or purchasing agent for any such commission, board, committee, officer, or other governing body shall use only those products and provisions grown and coal produced within the state of Iowa, when they are found in marketable quantities in the state and are of a quality reasonably suited to the purpose intended, and can be secured without additional cost over foreign products or products of other states. This section shall apply to horticultural products grown in this state even if the products are not in the stage of processing that the agency usually purchases the product. However, this section does not apply to a school district purchasing food while the school district is participating in the federal school lunch or breakfast program.

(2) All requests for proposals for materials, products, supplies, provisions, and other needed articles and services to be purchased at public expense shall not knowingly be written in such a way as to exclude an Iowa-based company capable of filling the needs of the purchasing entity from submitting a responsive proposal.

[C27, 31, 35, §1171-b1; C39, §1171.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.1]86 Acts, ch 1096, §10; 2004 Acts, ch 1046, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §8
Iowa Code § 490.1505 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1505
Activities not constituting doing business.
Status: in_force

(1) Activities of a foreign corporation that do not constitute doing business in this state for purposes of this subchapter include all of the following:

(1) (a) Maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling a proceeding.

(1) (b) Carrying on any activity concerning the internal affairs of the foreign corporation, including holding meetings of its shareholders or board of directors.

(1) (c) Maintaining accounts in financial institutions.

(1) (d) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of securities of the foreign corporation or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities.

(1) (e) Selling through independent contractors.

(1) (f) Soliciting or obtaining orders by any means if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.

(1) (g) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in property.

(1) (h) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or security interests in property securing the debts, and holding, protecting, or maintaining property so acquired.

(1) (i) Conducting an isolated transaction that is not in the course of similar transactions.

(1) (j) Owning, protecting, and maintaining property.

(1) (k) Doing business in interstate commerce.

(2) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign corporation to service of process, taxation, or regulation under the laws of this state other than this chapter.

89 Acts, ch 288, §165; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §191, 230
Iowa Code § 633A.4101 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4101
Acceptance or declination to serve as trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) A person named as trustee accepts the office of trustee by doing one of the following:

(1) (a) Signing the trust instrument, or signing a separate written acceptance.

(1) (b) Except as provided in subsection 3, knowingly accepting delivery of the trust property or exercising powers or performing duties as trustee.

(2) A person named as trustee who has not yet accepted the office of trustee may in writing decline to serve as trustee.

(3) If there is an immediate risk of damage to the trust property, the person named as trustee may act to preserve the trust property without accepting the office of trustee, if within a reasonable time after acting, the person delivers a written declination to serve to the settlor, or if the settlor is dead or lacks capacity, to the beneficiaries eligible to receive income or principal distributions from the trust.

99 Acts, ch 125, §36, 109; 2000 Acts, ch 1150, §20C2001, §633.41012005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.4101
Iowa Code § 507C.53 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.53
Ancillary formal proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) If a domiciliary liquidator has been appointed for an insurer not domiciled in this state, the commissioner may file a petition with the court requesting appointment as ancillary receiver in this state if both of the following exist:

(1) (a) If the domiciliary liquidator finds that there are sufficient assets of the insurer located in this state to justify the appointment of an ancillary receiver.

(1) (b) If the protection of creditors or policyholders in this state so requires.

(2) The court may issue an order appointing an ancillary receiver in whatever terms it deems appropriate. The filing or recording of the order with the recorder of deeds in this state is the same notice as a deed, bill of sale, or other evidence of title duly filed or recorded with that recorder of deeds.

(3) When a domiciliary liquidator has been appointed in a reciprocal state, then the ancillary receiver appointed in this state may aid and assist the domiciliary liquidator in recovering assets of the insurer located in this state. As soon as practicable, the ancillary receiver shall liquidate from their respective securities those special deposit claims and secured claims which are proved and allowed in the ancillary proceedings in this state. The ancillary receiver shall pay the necessary expenses of the proceedings and shall promptly transfer all remaining assets, books, accounts and records to the domiciliary liquidator. Subject to this section, the ancillary receiver and any deputies have the same powers and are subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of assets as a liquidator of an insurer domiciled in this state.

(4) As to assets and books, accounts, and other records in their respective states, when a domiciliary liquidator has been appointed in this state, ancillary receivers appointed in reciprocal states shall have corresponding rights, duties and powers to those provided in subsection 3 for ancillary receivers appointed in this state.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §53
Iowa Code § 231C.15 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231C / Section 231C.15
Criminal penalties and injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

A person establishing, conducting, managing, or operating any assisted living program without a certificate is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after conviction or notice from the department by certified mail of a violation shall be considered a separate offense or chargeable offense. A person establishing, conducting, managing, or operating an assisted living program without a certificate may be temporarily or permanently restrained by a court of competent jurisdiction from such activity in an action brought by the state.

2003 Acts, ch 166, §22; 2005 Acts, ch 60, §17, 21; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §181
Iowa Code § 256.133 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.133
Powers of district boards.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of a school district shall offer career and technical instruction in service areas as provided in section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h”, and pay the expense of such instruction in the same way as the expenses for other subjects in the school district are paid.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3846; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §258.10]97 Acts, ch 37, §6; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §43; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2535C2024, §256.1332024 Acts, ch 1162, §5
Iowa Code § 489.1032 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1032
Plan of interest exchange.
Status: in_force

(1) A domestic limited liability company may be the acquired entity in an interest exchange under this part by approving a plan of interest exchange. The plan must be in a record and contain all of the following:

(1) (a) The name of the acquired entity.

(1) (b) The name, jurisdiction of formation, and type of entity of the acquiring entity.

(1) (c) The manner of converting the interests in the acquired entity into interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities, or any combination of the foregoing.

(1) (d) Any proposed amendments to all of the following:

(1) (d) The certificate of organization of the acquired entity.

(1) (d) The operating agreement of the acquired entity that are, or are proposed to be, in a record.

(1) (e) The other terms and conditions of the interest exchange.

(1) (f) Any other provision required by the law of this state or the operating agreement of the acquired entity.

(2) In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, a plan of interest exchange may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §94, 161
Iowa Code § 15.349 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.349
Shelter assistance fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §267; . See §16.41.
Iowa Code § 523A.205 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523A / Section 523A.205
Financial institution annual reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A financial institution shall file with the commissioner not later than March 1 of each year an annual report on a form prescribed by the commissioner showing all funds deposited by a seller under a trust agreement during the previous year. Each report shall contain all information requested.

(2) All records maintained by the commissioner under this section shall be confidential pursuant to section 22.7, subsection 58, and shall not be made available for inspection or copying except upon approval of the commissioner or the attorney general, or except when sought by the financial institution to whom the records relate. Such records shall be privileged and confidential in any judicial or administrative proceeding except any of the following:

(2) (a) An action commenced by the commissioner.

(2) (b) An administrative proceeding brought by the insurance division.

(2) (c) An action or proceeding which arises out of the criminal provisions of the laws of this state or of the United States.

(2) (d) An action brought by the insurance division or the attorney general to recover moneys for embezzlement, misappropriation, or misuse of trust funds.

2001 Acts, ch 118, §23; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §53; 2015 Acts, ch 128, §29, 30, 50, 51
Iowa Code § 507C.30 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.30
Setoffs.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 2 and section 507C.33 mutual debts or mutual credits between the insurer and another person in connection with an action or proceeding under this chapter shall be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid.

(2) (a) A setoff shall not be allowed in favor of a person where any of the following are found:

(2) (a) At the date of the filing of a petition for liquidation, the obligation of the insurer to the person would not entitle the person to share as a claimant in the assets of the insurer.

(2) (a) The obligation of the insurer to the person was purchased by or transferred to the person with a view to its being used as a setoff.

(2) (a) The obligation of the insurer is owed to the affiliate of such person, or any other entity or association other than the person.

(2) (a) The obligation of the person is owed to the affiliate of the insurer, or any other entity or association other than the insurer.

(2) (a) The obligation of the person is to pay an assessment levied against the members or subscribers of the insurer, or is to pay a balance upon a subscription to the capital stock of the insurer, or is in any other way in the nature of a capital contribution.

(2) (a) The obligation of the person is to pay earned premiums to the insurer.

(2) (b) Nothing in paragraph “a”, however, restricts the right of a person to set off premium due to or from the insurer pursuant to a reinsurance contract.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §30; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §26; 96 Acts, ch 1045, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 70, §6