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Iowa Code § 456A.14 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456A / Section 456A.14
Temporary appointments peace officer status.
Status: in_force

The director may appoint temporary officers for a period not to exceed six months and may adopt minimum physical, educational, mental, and moral requirements for the temporary officers. Chapter 80B does not apply to the temporary officers. Temporary officers have all the powers of peace officers in the enforcement of this chapter and chapters 321G, 321I, 456B, 461A, 461B, 462A, 462B, 465C, 481A, 481B, 482, 483A, 484A, and 484B, sections 455A.14A* and 455A.14B,** and the trespass laws.

[C35, §1703-g14; C39, §1703.41; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §107.14]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1829; 92 Acts, ch 1160, §15C93, §456A.142004 Acts, ch 1132, §91; 2021 Acts, ch 48, §1; 2022 Acts, ch 1101, §5 – 7
Iowa Code § 554.13306 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13306
Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.
Status: in_force

If a person in the ordinary course of the person’s business furnishes services or materials with respect to goods subject to a lease contract, a lien upon those goods in the possession of that person given by statute or rule of law for those materials or services takes priority over any interest of the lessor or lessee under the lease contract or this Article unless the lien is created by statute and the statute provides otherwise or unless the lien is created by rule of law and the rule of law provides otherwise.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §40
Iowa Code § 103.21 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103 / Section 103.21
Licenses without examination — reciprocity with other states.
Status: in_force

To the extent that any other state which provides for the licensing of electricians provides for similar action, the board may grant licenses, without examination, of the same grade and class to an electrician who has been licensed by such other state for at least one year, upon payment by the applicant of the required fee, and upon the board being furnished with proof that the qualifications of the applicant are equal to the qualifications of holders of similar licenses in this state.

2007 Acts, ch 197, §31, 50
Iowa Code § 668.16 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 668 / Section 668.16
Applicability of this chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to Article 3 or 4 of chapter 554.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §119, 122
Iowa Code § 704.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 704 / Section 704.3
Defense of self or another.
Status: in_force

A person is justified in the use of reasonable force when the person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to defend oneself or another from any actual or imminent use of unlawful force.

[C51, §2773 – 2775; R60, §4442 – 4444; C73, §4112 – 4114; C97, §5102 – 5104; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12921 – 12923; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §691.1, 691.2(1), 691.3; C79, 81, §704.3]2017 Acts, ch 69, §41
Iowa Code § 468.84 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.84
Time and manner.
Status: in_force

All appeals shall be taken within twenty days after the date of final action or order of the board from which such appeal is taken by filing with the auditor a notice of appeal, designating the court to which the appeal is taken and the order or action appealed from, and stating that the appeal will come on for hearing thirty days following perfection of the appeal with allowances of additional time for good cause shown. This notice shall be accompanied by an appeal bond with sureties to be approved by the auditor conditioned to pay all costs adjudged against the appellant and to abide the orders of the court.

[S13, §1989-a6, -a14, -a35; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7515; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.94]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.84
Iowa Code § 226.26 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 226 / Section 226.26
Dangerous patients.
Status: in_force

The director, on the recommendation of the superintendent, and on the application of the relatives or friends of a patient who is not cured and who cannot be safely allowed to go at liberty, may release the patient when fully satisfied that the relatives or friends will provide and maintain all necessary supervision, care, and restraint over the patient. If the patient being released was involuntarily hospitalized, the consent of the district court which ordered the patient’s hospitalization placement shall be obtained in advance in substantially the manner prescribed by section 229.14.

[R60, §1482; C73, §1408; C97, §2276; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3508; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §226.26]2001 Acts, ch 155, §42; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §489
Iowa Code § 646.23 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 646 / Section 646.23
Growing crops — bond.
Status: in_force

If the defendant avers that the defendant has a crop sowed, planted, or growing on the premises, the jury, finding for the plaintiff, and also finding that fact, shall further find the value of the premises from the date of the trial until the first day of January next succeeding, and no execution for possession shall be issued until that time, if the defendant executes, with surety to be approved by the clerk, a bond in double such sum to the plaintiff, conditioned to pay at said date the sum so assessed, which shall be part of the record, and shall have the force and effect of a judgment, and if not paid at maturity the clerk, on the application of the plaintiff, shall issue execution thereon against all the obligors.

[R60, §3599; C73, §3265; C97, §4202; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12252; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.23]
Iowa Code § 144E.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144E / Section 144E.4
Treatment coverage.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not expand the coverage required of an insurer under Title XIII, subtitle 1.

(2) A health plan, third-party administrator, or governmental agency may, but is not required to, provide coverage for the cost of an investigational drug, biological product, or device, the cost of an individualized investigational treatment, the cost of services related to the use of an investigational drug, biological product, or device, or the cost of services related to the use of an individualized investigational treatment under this chapter.

(3) This chapter does not require any governmental agency to pay costs associated with the use, care, or treatment of a patient with an investigational drug, biological product, or device, or an individualized investigational treatment.

(4) This chapter does not require a hospital licensed under chapter 135B or other health care facility to provide new or additional services, unless approved by the hospital or other health care facility.

2017 Acts, ch 130, §4; 2025 Acts, ch 80, §3
Iowa Code § 421.61 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 421 / Section 421.61
Unconstitutionally withheld tax benefits.
Status: in_force

If a provision in the Code grants a tax benefit to taxpayers that is unconstitutionally withheld from other taxpayers as expressed in an Iowa attorney general’s opinion based upon decisions of the Iowa supreme court, United States supreme court, or other courts of competent jurisdiction, the tax benefit shall also be granted to the adversely affected taxpayers as if the unconstitutional provision did not exist.

97 Acts, ch 158, §10
Iowa Code § 579A.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 579A / Section 579A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Cattle” means an animal classified as bovine, regardless of the age or sex of the animal.

(2) “Custom cattle feedlot” means a feedlot where cattle owned by a person are provided feed and care by another person.

(3) “Custom cattle feedlot operator” means the owner of a custom cattle feedlot or the owner’s personal representative.

(4) “Feedlot” means a lot, yard, corral, building, or other area in which cattle are confined and fed and maintained for forty-five days or more in any twelve-month period.

(5) “Lien” means a custom cattle feedlot lien created in section 579A.2.

(6) “Personal representative” means a person who is authorized by the owner of a custom cattle feedlot to act on behalf of the owner, including by executing an agreement, managing a custom cattle feedlot, filing a financing statement to perfect a lien, and enforcing a lien under this chapter.

(7) “Processor” means the same as defined in section 202B.102.

95 Acts, ch 59, §2; 99 Acts, ch 169, §7, 8, 22, 24; 2001 Acts, ch 25, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 455B.501 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.501
Regulation of infectious waste.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Contaminated animal carcasses” means waste including carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that were exposed to infectious agents during research, production of biologicals, or testing of pharmaceuticals.

(1) (b) “Contaminated sharps” means all discarded sharp items derived from patient care in medical, research, or industrial facilities including glass vials containing materials defined as infectious, hypodermic needles, scalpel blades, and pasteur pipettes.

(1) (c) “Cultures and stocks of infectious agents” means specimen cultures collected from medical and pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of biological agents, discarded live and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, or mix cultures.

(1) (d) “Human blood and blood products” means human serum, plasma, other blood components, bulk blood, or containerized blood in quantities greater than twenty milliliters.

(1) (e) “Infectious” means containing pathogens with sufficient virulence and quantity so that exposure to an infectious agent by a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease when the infectious agent is improperly treated, stored, transplanted, or disposed.

(1) (f) “Infectious waste” means waste, which is infectious, including but not limited to contaminated sharps, cultures, and stocks of infectious agents, blood and blood products, pathological waste, and contaminated animal carcasses from hospitals or research laboratories.

(1) (g) “Pathological waste” means human tissues and body parts that are removed during surgery or autopsy.

(2) The department shall recommend, for adoption by the commission, standards for on-site and off-site treatment of infectious waste. In developing standards, the department shall consider factors affecting the feasibility of alternative methods of treatment and disposal, including but not limited to the volume of infectious waste generated, the availability of treatment facilities within geographic areas, and the costs of transporting infectious wastes to treatment facilities. The standards shall include monitoring requirements for treatment facilities and training requirements for operators of facilities. The standards may include requirements for management plans dealing with the plans for management of infectious wastes in compliance with adopted standards. In cases in which an individual generator of infectious waste is served by a person treating or disposing of the infectious waste, the person treating or disposing of the waste may prepare the plan for all generators served.

89 Acts, ch 245, §1; 99 Acts, ch 46, §1
Iowa Code § 256.30 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.30
Educational expenses for American Indians.
Status: in_force

(1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, and for each succeeding fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. The department shall distribute the appropriation to the tribal council of the Sac and Fox Indian settlement for expenses of educating American Indian children residing in the Sac and Fox Indian settlement on land held in trust by the secretary of the interior of the United States in excess of federal moneys paid to the tribal council for educating the American Indian children.

(2) The tribal council shall administer the moneys distributed by the department pursuant to subsection 1 and shall first use moneys distributed to pay the additional costs of salaries for licensed instructional staff for educational attainment and full-time equivalent years of experience to equal the salaries listed on the proposed salary schedule for the school at the Sac and Fox Indian settlement for that school year, but the salary for a licensed instructional staff member employed on a full-time basis shall not be less than eighteen thousand dollars. The department of management shall approve allotments of moneys appropriated in and distributed pursuant to this section.

87 Acts, ch 233, §453; 88 Acts, ch 1284, §43; 89 Acts, ch 265, §40; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §4, 158; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §2
Iowa Code § 303.51 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.51
Land use district to be a body corporate.
Status: in_force

(1) A land use district organized under this chapter is a body corporate and politic, with the name and style under which it was organized, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real and personal property necessary for corporate purposes, adopt a corporate seal and alter it, and exercise all the powers conferred in this chapter.

(2) The courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of a land use district organized under this chapter.

83 Acts, ch 108, §11; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 232.73 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.73
Medically relevant tests — immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

(1) A person participating in good faith in the making of a report, photographs, or X rays, or in the performance of a medically relevant test pursuant to this chapter, or aiding and assisting in an assessment of a child abuse report pursuant to section 232.71B, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed. The person shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in good faith in any judicial proceeding resulting from the report or relating to the subject matter of the report.

(2) As used in this section and in sections 232.73A, 232.77, and 232.78, “medically relevant test” means a test that produces reliable results of exposure to cocaine, heroin, amphetamine, methamphetamine, or other illegal drugs, or combinations or derivatives of the illegal drugs, including a drug urine screen test.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §235A.7; C79, 81, §232.73]83 Acts, ch 88, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1264, §28; 95 Acts, ch 182, §8; 96 Acts, ch 1092, §3; 97 Acts, ch 35, §9, 25; 2001 Acts, ch 135, §11; 2012 Acts, ch 1040, §1
Iowa Code § 2.52 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.52
Access — subpoenas.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49.See §2A.3.
Iowa Code § 216.9A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216 / Section 216.9A
Single and multiple occupancy restrooms or changing areas in schools use by persons of same biological sex.
Status: in_force

It shall not be an unfair or discriminatory practice for a school to require a single or multiple occupancy restroom or changing area to be designated only for and used by persons of the same biological sex as provided in section 280.33. It shall not be an unfair or discriminatory practice to prohibit a person from using a single or multiple occupancy restroom or changing area that does not correspond with the person’s biological sex as provided in section 280.33.

2023 Acts, ch 8, §1, 3
Iowa Code § 232D.204 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232D / Section 232D.204
Guardianship without parental consent.
Status: in_force

(1) The court may appoint a guardian for a minor without the consent of the parent or parents having legal custody of the minor if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence all of the following:

(1) (a) There is a person serving as a de facto guardian of the minor.

(1) (b) There has been a demonstrated lack of consistent parental participation in the life of the minor by the parent. In determining whether a parent has demonstrated a lack of consistent participation in the minor’s life, the court may consider all of the following:

(1) (b) The intent of the parent in placing the custody, care, and supervision of the minor with the person petitioning as a de facto guardian and the facts and circumstances regarding such placement.

(1) (b) The amount of communication and visitation of the parent with the minor during the alleged de facto guardianship.

(1) (b) Any refusal of the parent to comply with conditions for retaining custody of the minor set forth in any previous court orders.

(2) The court may appoint a guardian for a minor without the consent of the parent or parents having legal custody of the minor if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence all of the following:

(2) (a) No parent having legal custody of the minor is willing or able to exercise the power the court will grant to the guardian if the court appoints a guardian.

(2) (b) Appointment of a guardian for the minor is in the best interest of the minor.

(3) Prior to granting a petition for guardianship, the court shall consider whether the filing of a child in need of assistance petition is appropriate under section 232.87. If the court determines a child in need of assistance petition is not appropriate, the court shall make findings of why a child in need of assistance petition is not appropriate.

(4) A proceeding under this section shall not create a new eligibility category for the department of health and human services protective services.

2019 Acts, ch 56, §10, 44, 45; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §652
Iowa Code § 650.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 650 / Section 650.9
Hearing.
Status: in_force

At the time and in the manner specified in the order of court, the commission shall proceed to locate said boundaries and corners, and for that purpose may take the testimony of witnesses as to where the true boundaries and corners are located.

[C97, §4233; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12301; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §650.9]
Iowa Code § 518.30 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518 / Section 518.30
Certificate suspension.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance may suspend a county mutual insurance association’s certificate of authority to do business if the association neglects or fails to comply with this chapter.

95 Acts, ch 185, §32
Iowa Code § 455B.185 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.185
Data from departments.
Status: in_force

The commission and the director may request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission, public body, or agency of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or from any organization, incorporated or unincorporated, which has for its object the control or use of any of the water resources of the state, such assistance and data as will enable the commission or the director to properly carry out their activities and effectuate the purposes of this part 1 of subchapter III; chapter 459, subchapter III; chapter 459A; or chapter 459B. The department shall reimburse such agencies for special expense resulting from expenditures not normally a part of the operating expenses of any such agency.

[C66, 71, §455B.27; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455B.47]C83, §455B.18586 Acts, ch 1245, §1899; 2005 Acts, ch 136, §33; 2009 Acts, ch 155, §31, 34; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 504.712 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.712
Voting entitlement generally.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of members.

(2) Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, if a membership stands of record in the names of two or more persons, the persons’ acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect:

(2) (a) If only one votes, such act binds all.

(2) (b) If more than one votes, the vote shall be divided on a pro rata basis.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §64, 192; 2015 Acts, ch 45, §6
Iowa Code § 1.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 1 / Section 1.3
Concurrent jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The state has concurrent jurisdiction on the waters of any river or lake which forms a common boundary between this and any other state.

[C51, §3; R60, §3; C73, §3; C97, §3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §1.3]
Iowa Code § 294.10A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 294 / Section 294.10A
Pickup of teacher assessments.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding section 294.9 or other provisions of this chapter, for federal income tax purposes beginning January 1 following the submission by a board of trustees of an application to the federal internal revenue service requesting qualification of a plan in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 422.3, and for state income tax purposes beginning January 1, 1999, or January 1 following an application for qualification, whichever is later, teacher assessments required under section 294.9 which are picked up by an employing school district shall be considered employer contributions for federal and state income tax purposes, and each employing school district establishing a pension and annuity retirement system pursuant to this chapter shall pick up the teacher assessments to be made under section 294.9 by its employees commencing on the applicable date on which the assessments shall be considered employer contributions for income tax purposes under this subsection. Each employing school district shall pick up these teacher assessments by reducing the salary of each of the teachers covered by this chapter by the amount which each teacher is required to contribute through assessments under section 294.9 and shall pay to the board of trustees the amount picked up in lieu of the teacher assessments for recording and deposit in the fund.

(2) Teacher assessments picked up by each employing school district under subsection 1 shall be treated as employer contributions for federal and state income tax purposes only and for all other purposes of this chapter shall be treated as teacher assessments and deemed part of the teacher’s wages or salary.

94 Acts, ch 1183, §64; 95 Acts, ch 67, §22; 98 Acts, ch 1174, §3, 6
Iowa Code § 455H.308 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455H / Section 455H.308
Relationship to federal law.
Status: in_force

The liability protection and immunities afforded under this chapter extend only to liability or potential liability arising under state law. It is not intended to provide any relief as to liability or potential liability arising under federal law. This section shall not be construed as precluding any agreement with a federal agency by which it agrees to provide liability protection based on participation and completion of a cleanup plan under this chapter.

97 Acts, ch 127, §22