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Iowa Code § 630.17 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 630 / Section 630.17
Answers verified — petition taken as true.
Status: in_force

The answers of all defendants shall be verified by their own oath, and not by that of an agent or attorney, and the court shall enforce full and explicit discoveries in such answers by process of contempt; or, upon failure to answer the petition, or any part thereof, as fully and explicitly as the court may require, the same, or such part not thus answered, shall be deemed true, and such order made or judgment rendered as the nature of the case may require.

[R60, §3392; C73, §3151; C97, §4088; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11816; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §630.17]
Iowa Code § 446.25 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.25
Sale adjourned.
Status: in_force

When all the parcels advertised for sale have been offered and parcels remain unsold for want of bidders, the county treasurer shall adjourn the sale to some day not exceeding two months from adjournment, due notice of which day shall be given at the time of adjournment, and by keeping the notice posted in a conspicuous place in the treasurer’s office. Further notice is not necessary. On the day fixed by the adjournment, the same proceedings shall occur as in the first instance. Further adjournments shall be made, not exceeding intervals of two months, and the sales continue until the next regular annual sale or until all the parcels are sold.

[R60, §773; C73, §883; C97, §1428; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7259; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §446.25]91 Acts, ch 191, §76
Iowa Code § 163.21 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 163 / Section 163.21
Penalties.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 136, §10.
Iowa Code § 309.17 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 309 / Section 309.17
Engineer term.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall employ one or more licensed civil engineers as county engineers. The board shall fix the term of employment for county engineers, which shall not exceed three years, but the tenure of office may be terminated at any time by the board.

[C24, 27, §4641; C31, 35, §4644-c19; C39, §4644.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.17]2007 Acts, ch 126, §52; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §57
Iowa Code § 511.38 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 511 / Section 511.38
Interest on delayed claims payments.
Status: in_force

(1) When an insurance policy provides for the payment of its proceeds to a beneficiary upon the death of an individual and, without the written consent of the beneficiary, the company fails or refuses to pay the proceeds within thirty days after receipt of satisfactory proof of death, the company shall pay interest on the proceeds or any amount of the proceeds not paid within the thirty days, provided, however, if the policy requires a beneficiary to survive for a designated period after the death of the insured, the company shall pay interest on the proceeds or any amount of the proceeds not paid within thirty days after the designated period.

(2) The interest owed on any amount of the proceeds of a policy under this section shall be computed from the date of receipt of the proof of death. The rate of interest shall be the higher of the following:

(2) (a) The effective rate of interest charged by the company on policy loans under section 511.36 on the date of receipt of proof of death.

(2) (b) The effective rate of interest paid by the company on death proceeds left on deposit with the company.

(3) A payment of interest shall not be required under this section in any case in which the beneficiary elects to receive the proceeds under the policy by any means other than a lump sum payment.

89 Acts, ch 321, §35
Iowa Code § 101C.11 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 101C / Section 101C.11
Report.
Status: in_force

The council shall prepare and submit an annual report to the fire marshal and the auditor of state summarizing the activities of the council conducted pursuant to this chapter. The report shall show all income, expenses, and other relevant information concerning assessments collected and expended under this chapter. The report shall also include a summary of energy efficiency programs as specified in section 101C.3, subsection 8, if developed by the council.

2007 Acts, ch 182, §11, 15; 2009 Acts, ch 141, §4
Iowa Code § 7D.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7D / Section 7D.12
Notice to transfer balance.
Status: in_force

When said council is satisfied that the work for which such special fund was created has been completed or abandoned, it shall fix a day for hearing on the question whether the unexpended balance then on hand should be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state, and shall cause a ten days’ notice of such hearing to be given such commission, board, officer, or person, at which hearing showing may be made why such unexpended balance should not be so transferred.

[SS15, §170-q; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §291; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §19.12]C93, §7D.12
Iowa Code § 714.17 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714 / Section 714.17
Unlawful advertising and selling of educational courses.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation maintaining, advertising, or conducting in Iowa any educational course for profit, or for tuition charge, whether by classroom instructions, by correspondence, or by other delivery method to:

(1) Falsely advertise or represent to any person any matter material to an educational course. All advertising of such courses shall adhere to and comply with the applicable rules and regulations of the federal trade commission.

(2) Collect tuition or other charges in excess of one hundred fifty dollars in the case of educational courses offered by correspondence, in advance of the receipt and approval by the pupil of the first assignment or lesson of such course. Any contract providing for advance payment of more than one hundred fifty dollars shall be voidable on the part of the pupil or any person liable for the tuition provided for in the contract.

(3) Promise or guarantee employment utilizing information, training, or skill purported to be provided or otherwise enhanced by an educational course, unless the promisor or guarantor offers the student or prospective student a bona fide contract of employment agreeing to employ said student or prospective student for a period of not less than one hundred twenty days in a business or other enterprise regularly conducted by the promisor or guarantor and in which such information, training, or skill is a normal condition of employment.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §713A.1; C79, 81, §714.17]2012 Acts, ch 1077, §10
Iowa Code § 35C.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35C / Section 35C.2
Physical disability.
Status: in_force

The persons thus preferred shall not be disqualified from holding any position mentioned in section 35C.1 on account of age or by reason of any physical disability, provided such age or disability does not render such person incompetent to perform properly the duties of the position applied for.

[S13, §1056-a15; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1160; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §70.2]C93, §35C.22017 Acts, ch 29, §26
Iowa Code § 600.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600 / Section 600.5
Contents of an adoption petition.
Status: in_force

An adoption petition shall be signed and verified by the petitioner, shall be filed with the juvenile court or court designated in section 600.3, and shall state:

(1) The name, as it appears on the birth certificate or in a verified birth record or as it appears as a result of marriage, and the residence or domicile of the person to be adopted.

(2) The date and place of birth of the person to be adopted.

(3) Any new name requested to be given the person to be adopted.

(4) The name, residence, and domicile of any guardian or custodian of the person to be adopted and the name, residence, and domicile of that person’s guardian ad litem if one is appointed for the adoption proceedings.

(5) The name, residence, and domicile of the petitioner, if this is not required to be stated under subsection 4 of this section, and the date or expected date on which the person to be adopted, if a minor, began or will begin living with the petitioner.

(6) The name, residence, and domicile of any parent of the person to be adopted.

(7) A designation of the particular provision in section 600.4 under which the petitioner is qualified to adopt and, if under section 600.4, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, a request that the juvenile court or court approve the petitioner’s qualification to adopt.

(8) Any name by which the petitioner is known or has been known.

(9) The existence of any criminal conviction or deferred judgment for an offense other than a simple misdemeanor under a law of any state against the petitioner, and the existence of any founded child abuse report in which the petitioner is named.

(10) If the parents of the person to be adopted had their parental rights terminated pursuant to chapter 232, the petition shall include the names of any known siblings placed separately from the person to be adopted and either the plan for ongoing contact between the siblings if a court found that continued contact is in the best interest of each sibling or a statement that the court found continued contact between the siblings is not in the best interest of each sibling.

(11) A description and estimate of the value of any property owned by or held for the person to be adopted.

(12) A description of the facilities and resources, including those provided under a subsidy agreement pursuant to sections 600.17 through 600.22, that the petitioner is willing and able to supply for the nurture and care of any minor person to be adopted.

(13) When and where termination of parental rights pertaining to the person to be adopted has occurred, if termination was required under section 600.3.

(14) Whether or not a guardian ad litem should be appointed for a minor child to be adopted, and if not, the reasons for that determination.

[R60, §2600; C73, §2307; C97, §3250; C24, §10496; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b1; C39, §10501.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.1; C77, 79, 81, §600.5]2000 Acts, ch 1145, §5, 6; 2006 Acts, ch 1029, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1069, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §158; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §350; 2022 Acts, ch 1096, §6; 2022 Acts, ch 1153, §13
Iowa Code § 49.58 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.58
Effect of death of certain candidates.
Status: in_force

(1) If any candidate nominated by a political party, as defined in section 43.2, for the office of senator or representative in the Congress of the United States, governor, attorney general, or senator or representative in the general assembly dies during the period beginning on the eighty-first day and ending at the time the polls close on the day of the general election, or if any candidate so nominated for the office of county supervisor dies during the period beginning on the seventy-fourth day and ending at the time the polls close on the day of the general election, the vote cast at the general election for that office shall not be canvassed as would otherwise be required by chapter 50. Instead, a special election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in December, for the purpose of electing a person to fill that office.

(2) Each candidate for that office whose name appeared on the general election ballot shall also be a candidate for the office in the special election, except that the deceased candidate’s political party may designate another candidate in substantially the manner provided by section 43.78 for filling vacancies on the general election ballot. However, a political party which did not have a candidate on the general election ballot for the office in question may similarly designate a candidate for that office in the special election. The name of any replacement or additional candidate so designated shall be submitted in writing to the state commissioner, or the commissioner in the case of a candidate for county supervisor, not later than 5:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday after the date of the general election. The name of any other candidate that did not appear on the general election ballot as a candidate for the office in question shall not be placed on the ballot for the special election, in any manner. The special election shall be held and canvassed in the manner prescribed by law for the general election.

[C97, §1108; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §776; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §49.58]89 Acts, ch 136, §41; 97 Acts, ch 170, §45; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §22; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §33; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §30, 54
Iowa Code § 657.8 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 657 / Section 657.8
Feedlots.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply to the operation of a livestock feedlot, only as provided in chapter 172D.

[C77, 79, 81, §657.8]
Iowa Code § 137.105 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137 / Section 137.105
Local boards of health membership and meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) Membership, terms, compensation, and vacancies.

(1) (a) All members of a city board shall be appointed by the city council.

(1) (b) All members of a county board shall be appointed by the county board of supervisors.

(1) (c) All members of a district board shall be appointed by the county board of supervisors from each county represented by the district. Each county board of supervisors shall appoint at least one but no more than three members to the district board.

(1) (d) Local boards of health shall consist of at least five members. At least one member shall be licensed as a physician under chapter 148, a physician assistant under chapter 148C, an advanced registered nurse practitioner under chapter 152, or an advanced practice registered nurse under chapter 152E.

(1) (e) A local board of health member shall serve for a term of three years. A member is eligible for reappointment.

(1) (f) A local board of health member shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses in accordance with rules established by the department or the applicable jurisdiction.

(1) (g) A local board of health member vacancy due to death, resignation, or other cause shall be filled as soon as possible after the vacancy exists for the unexpired term of the original appointment.

(2) A majority of the members of a local board of health shall be considered a quorum and an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present is necessary for action taken by a local board of health. The majority shall not include any member who has a conflict of interest and a statement by the member that a conflict of interest exists shall be conclusive for this purpose.

2010 Acts, ch 1036, §5; 2016 Acts, ch 1026, §11; 2020 Acts, ch 1083, §2; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §215; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §395
Iowa Code § 236.18 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236 / Section 236.18
Reference to certain criminal provisions.
Status: in_force

In addition to the provisions contained in this chapter, certain criminal penalties and provisions pertaining to domestic abuse assaults are set forth in chapter 664A and sections 708.2A and 708.2B.

91 Acts, ch 218, §17; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §52
Iowa Code § 679B.14 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679B / Section 679B.14
Decision filed and published.
Status: in_force

(1) Every decision and report shall be filed in the office of the governor, and a copy served upon each party to the controversy, and a copy furnished to the labor commissioner for publication in the report of the commissioner, who shall cause such decision and report to be published at a rate of not to exceed thirty-three and one-third cents per ten lines of eight point type in two newspapers of general circulation in the county in which the business is located upon which the dispute arose.

(2) All evidence taken and exhibits and documents offered shall be carefully preserved and at the close of the investigation shall be filed in the office of the governor of the state and shall only be subject to inspection upon the governor’s order.

[S13, §2477-n7; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1509; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §90.14]86 Acts, ch 1245, §944C87, §679B.142021 Acts, ch 76, §150; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §170
Iowa Code § 12C.20 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12C / Section 12C.20
Public funds reports.
Status: in_force

(1) On or before the tenth day of February, May, August, and November of each year, each out-of-state bank that has one or more branches in the state shall calculate and certify to the superintendent of banking in the form prescribed by the superintendent the amount of public funds on deposit at each such branch of the out-of-state bank as of the end of the previous calendar quarter.

(2) A bank shall, upon request of the superintendent, certify to the superintendent the amount of public funds on deposit at the bank and at each branch of an out-of-state bank on any day specified by the superintendent in such request.

(3) The superintendent may at any time make such investigation as the superintendent deems necessary and appropriate to verify the information provided to the superintendent pursuant to subsections 1 and 2.

(4) On or before the twentieth day of February, May, August, and November of each year, the superintendent shall notify the treasurer of state of the amount of collateral required to be pledged as of the end of the previous calendar quarter based upon the certification provided to the superintendent under subsection 1 or 2 and a review by the superintendent of the quarterly call report filed by each bank that is not an out-of-state bank.

2002 Acts, ch 1096, §7, 17; 2012 Acts, ch 1017, §38
Iowa Code § 544B.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 544B / Section 544B.7
Expenses — compensation.
Status: in_force

Members of the board are entitled to receive reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties within the limits of funds appropriated to the board. Each member of the board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §118A.7]86 Acts, ch 1245, §730C93, §544B.7
Iowa Code § 652.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 652 / Section 652.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Public Expression Protection Act”.

2025 Acts, ch 93, §1, 13
Iowa Code § 355.19 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 355 / Section 355.19
Application of terms.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1037, §3..
Iowa Code § 650.13 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 650 / Section 650.13
Decree conclusive.
Status: in_force

The corners and boundaries finally established by the court in such proceeding, or on appeal therefrom, shall be binding upon the parties as the corners or boundaries which had been lost, destroyed, or in dispute.

[C97, §4236; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12305; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §650.13]
Iowa Code § 357I.8 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357I / Section 357I.8
Election on proposed levy and candidates for trustees.
Status: in_force

When a preliminary plat has been approved by the board, an election shall be held within the district within sixty days to approve or disapprove the levy of a tax not to exceed in any fiscal year one dollar per thousand dollars of assessed value on all the taxable property within the district and to choose candidates for the offices of trustees of the district. Notice of the election, including the time and place of holding the election, shall be given as provided in section 357I.4. The vote shall be by ballot which shall state clearly the proposition to be voted upon and any registered voter residing within the district at the time of the election may vote. It is not mandatory for the county commissioner of elections to conduct elections held pursuant to this chapter, but the elections shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 49 where not in conflict with this chapter. Judges shall be appointed to serve without pay by the board from among the registered voters of the district to be in charge of the election. The proposition is approved if sixty percent of those voting on the proposition vote in favor of it.

2008 Acts, ch 1124, §28
Iowa Code § 420.238 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.238
Redemption terms.
Status: in_force

Real property sold under the provisions of this chapter, or by virtue of any other power given, may be redeemed before the time of redemption expires, as provided in this chapter, by payment to the treasurer, collector, or person authorized to receive the payment. The payment shall be held by the treasurer, collector, or other authorized person subject to the order of the purchaser on surrender of the certificate, or if the certificate is lost or destroyed, on the purchaser’s making affidavit of such fact, and of the further fact that the certificate was not assigned, of the amount for which the real property was sold, and ten percent of such amount immediately added as a penalty, with eight percent per annum on the whole amount thus made from the day of sale, and the amount of all taxes, either general or special, with interest and costs, paid at any time by the purchaser or the purchaser’s assignee subsequent to the sale, and a similar penalty of ten percent added as before on the amount of the payment made at any subsequent time, with eight percent interest per annum on the whole of such amount or amounts from the day or days of payment; provided that such penalty for the nonpayment of the taxes at any subsequent time or times shall not attach, unless such subsequent tax or taxes shall have remained unpaid for thirty days after they became delinquent.

[C97, §1018; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6887; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.238]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §220
Iowa Code § 521F.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521F / Section 521F.7
Mandatory-control-level event.
Status: in_force

(1) “Mandatory-control-level event” means any of the following:

(1) (a) The filing of a risk-based capital report which indicates that a health organization’s total adjusted capital is less than its mandatory-control-level risk-based capital.

(1) (b) Notification by the commissioner to a health organization of an adjusted risk-based capital report that indicates the event in paragraph “a”, provided the health organization does not challenge the adjusted risk-based capital report and request a hearing pursuant to section 521F.8.

(1) (c) After a hearing pursuant to section 521F.8, notification by the commissioner to the health organization that the commissioner has rejected the health organization’s challenge of the adjusted risk-based capital report indicating the event in paragraph “a”.

(2) In the event of a mandatory-control-level event, the commissioner shall take action as necessary to place the health organization under supervision or other regulatory control pursuant to chapter 507C. If the commissioner takes action pursuant to this subsection, the mandatory-control-level event is deemed sufficient grounds for the commissioner to take action pursuant to chapter 507C, and the commissioner has the rights, powers, and duties with respect to the health organization as are set forth in chapter 507C. If the commissioner takes action pursuant to an adjusted risk-based capital report, the health organization is entitled to the protections of chapter 17A pertaining to summary proceedings. Notwithstanding this subsection, the commissioner may forego action for up to ninety days after the mandatory-control-level event if the commissioner finds a reasonable expectation exists that the mandatory-control-level event may be eliminated within the ninety-day period.

2000 Acts, ch 1050, §7
Iowa Code § 489.14804 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.14804
Savings clause.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not affect an action commenced, proceeding brought, or right accrued before July 1, 2020.

2019 Acts, ch 26, §40, 41; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §141, 161