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Iowa Code § 15G.101 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15G / Section 15G.101
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Board” means the same as defined in section 15.102.

(2) “Entity” means an Iowa nonprofit organization established to promote economic development and tourism in an area.

(3) “Event” means a tourism-oriented athletic contest, convention, music festival, or art festival.

(4) “Financial assistance” means assistance provided only from the funds, rights, and assets legally available to the authority and includes but is not limited to assistance in the form of grants.

(5) “Fund” means the Iowa major events and tourism fund established in section 15G.104.

(6) “Program” means the Iowa major events and tourism program established in section 15G.102.

2025 Acts, ch 160, §9
Iowa Code § 456.6 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456 / Section 456.6
Detailed reports.
Status: in_force

The state geologist and the state geologist’s assistants shall make detailed maps and reports of counties and districts as fast as the work is completed, which reports shall embrace such geological, mineralogical, topographical, and scientific details as are necessary to make complete records thereof, which may include the necessary illustrations, maps, charts, and diagrams.

[R60, §184; C97, §2500; S13, §2500; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4554; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §305.6]C93, §460A.62002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §260, 262C2003, §456.6
Iowa Code § 533C.706 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.706
Criminal penalties.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 83, §36.
Iowa Code § 373.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 373 / Section 373.1
Creation of commission.
Status: in_force

(1) Cities within a county may unite to form a single unit of local government in accordance with this chapter. Any city located in two or more counties shall be allowed to participate in a metropolitan consolidation in the county where at least fifty percent of its population resides. An alternative form of metropolitan government shall be submitted to the electorate by a commission in the form of a charter or charter amendment proposed in accordance with this chapter.

(2) Participation in a charter commission under this chapter may be proposed by:

(2) (a) The city council adopting a resolution calling for participation.

(2) (b) By petition of the number of eligible electors of the city equal to at least twenty-five percent of the votes cast in the city at the last regular city election petitioning the council to adopt a resolution calling for participation. The council shall within thirty days of the filing of a valid petition adopt such a resolution.

91 Acts, ch 256, §40
Iowa Code § 183A.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 183A / Section 183A.3
Terms.
Status: in_force

The voting members of the council shall serve terms of three years, and shall not serve for more than two complete consecutive terms.

85 Acts, ch 199, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §12
Iowa Code § 321E.9B — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321E / Section 321E.9B
Special alternative energy multi-trip permit.
Status: in_force

Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2, a multi-trip permit shall be issued for operation of vehicles in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) Vehicles with an indivisible load having an overall length not to exceed two hundred twenty-five feet, an overall width not to exceed sixteen feet, a height not to exceed sixteen feet, and a total gross weight not to exceed two hundred fifty-six thousand pounds may be moved on highways specified by the permit-issuing authority to an alternative energy construction site or staging area for alternative energy transportation, provided the gross weight on any one axle shall not exceed twenty thousand pounds.

(2) The special alternative energy multi-trip permit shall not exceed twelve months in duration.

(3) The permit-issuing authority shall have discretion to include restrictions and require special considerations, such as responsibility for protection or repair of the roadway and bridges, prior to issuance of the permit.

2008 Acts, ch 1124, §14, 40; 2013 Acts, ch 49, §8
Iowa Code § 73A.27 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73A / Section 73A.27
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) “Governmental entity” means the state, political subdivisions of the state, public school corporations, and all officers, boards, or commissions empowered by law to enter into contracts for the construction of public improvements.

(2) “Public improvement” means any building or construction work which is constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished under the control of a governmental entity and is paid for in whole or in part with funds of the governmental entity, including a building or improvement constructed or operated jointly with any other public or private agency.

2017 Acts, ch 65, §7, 9, 10
Iowa Code § 80.27 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80 / Section 80.27
Drug law enforcement by department.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 35, §32.See §80.5.
Iowa Code § 272D.7 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 272D / Section 272D.7
Certificate of noncompliance — certification to licensing authority.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person fails to respond to a notice of potential license sanction provided pursuant to section 272D.3 or the unit issues a written decision under section 272D.6 which states that the person is not in compliance, the unit shall issue a certificate of noncompliance to any appropriate licensing authority.

(2) The certificate of noncompliance shall contain the person’s name and social security number.

(3) The certificate of noncompliance shall require all of the following:

(3) (a) That the licensing authority initiate procedures for the revocation or suspension of the person’s license, or for the denial of the issuance or renewal of a license using the licensing authority’s procedures.

(3) (b) That the licensing authority provide notice to the person, as provided in section 272D.8, of the intent to suspend, revoke, deny issuance, or deny renewal of a license including the effective date of the action. The suspension, revocation, or denial shall be effective no sooner than thirty days following provision of notice to the person.

2008 Acts, ch 1172, §13
Iowa Code § 489.205A — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.205A
Secretary of state extra services surcharge.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §489.122A; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §143, 161.
Iowa Code § 633.138 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.138
Section 633.138
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1138, §82, 84.
Iowa Code § 501B.17 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.17
Meetings of members voting, notice, and quorum requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise all of the following apply:

(1) (a) Approval of a matter by members requires an affirmative majority of the votes cast at a meeting of members.

(1) (b) Each member is entitled to one vote on each matter that is submitted for approval by members.

(2) Notice and quorum requirements for member meetings and the conduct of meetings of members are determined by the governing principles.

2010 Acts, ch 1112, §17, 33
Iowa Code § 556F.14 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556F / Section 556F.14
Costs, charges and care — assessment.
Status: in_force

The owner shall also be required to pay the finder all such costs and charges as may have been paid by the finder for services rendered as aforesaid, including the cost of publication, together with reasonable charges for keeping and taking care of such property, which last mentioned charge, in case the finder and the owner cannot agree, shall be assessed by two disinterested householders of the neighborhood, to be appointed by some magistrate judge of the proper county, whose decision, when made, shall be binding and conclusive on all parties.

[C51, §893; R60, §1514; C73, §1518; C97, §2377; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12212; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.14]94 Acts, ch 1188, §27C95, §556F.14
Iowa Code § 357.16 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357 / Section 357.16
Second election.
Status: in_force

If the majority of the votes cast at the second election held pursuant to section 357.15 are in favor of the proposed improvement, the board of supervisors shall again advertise for bids in the manner provided under section 357.14. If the bids at the second letting will not necessitate raising the second preliminary assessment more than ten percent, the board may let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5524; C39, §5526.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.16]2023 Acts, ch 66, §89
Iowa Code § 29B.44 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.44
Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) A person charged with desertion or absence without leave in time of war, or with aiding the enemy or with mutiny, may be tried and punished at any time without limitation.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with desertion in time of peace or with any other offense under this code is not liable to be tried by court-martial if the offense was committed more than five years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with any offense under this code is not liable to be punished under section 29B.14 if the offense was committed more than two years before the imposition of punishment under section 29B.14.

(4) Periods in which the accused was absent from territory in which the state has the authority to apprehend the accused, or in the custody of civil authorities, or in the hands of the enemy, shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this section.

(5) If charges or specifications are dismissed as defective or insufficient for any cause and the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired or will expire within one hundred eighty days after the date the charges or specifications are dismissed, trial by court-martial or punishment under section 29B.14 is not barred by the statute of limitations if the following conditions are met:

(5) (a) The charges and specifications are received by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction or having the authority to conduct punishment under section 29B.14 within one hundred eighty days after the charges or specifications are dismissed.

(5) (b) The charges and specifications allege some or all of the same acts or omissions that were alleged in the dismissed charges or specifications.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.44]2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2017 Acts, ch 63, §4
Iowa Code § 802.7 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 802 / Section 802.7
Continuing crimes.
Status: in_force

When an offense is based on a series of acts committed at different times, the period of limitation prescribed by this chapter shall commence upon the commission of the last of such acts.

[C79, 81, §802.7]2013 Acts, ch 90, §208
Iowa Code § 490.923 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.923
Amendment of plan of domestication abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan of domestication of a domestic corporation may be amended by any of the following manners:

(1) (a) In the same manner as the plan was approved, if the plan does not provide for the manner in which it may be amended.

(1) (b) In the manner provided in the plan, except that a shareholder that was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the plan is entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that will change any of the following:

(1) (b) The amount or kind of shares or other securities, obligations, rights to acquire shares or other securities, cash, other property, or any combination of the foregoing, to be received by any of the shareholders of the domesticating corporation under the plan.

(1) (b) The articles of incorporation or bylaws of the domesticated corporation that will be in effect immediately after the domestication becomes effective, except for changes that do not require approval of the shareholders of the domesticated corporation under its organic law or its proposed articles of incorporation or bylaws as set forth in the plan.

(1) (b) Any of the other terms or conditions of the plan, if the change would adversely affect the shareholder in any material respect.

(2) After a plan of domestication has been adopted and approved by a domestic corporation as required by this part, and before the articles of domestication have become effective, the plan may be abandoned by the corporation without action by its shareholders in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan or, if no such procedures are set forth in the plan, in the manner determined by the board of directors.

(3) If a domestication is abandoned after the articles of domestication have been delivered to the secretary of state for filing but before the articles of domestication have become effective, articles of abandonment, signed by the domesticating corporation, must be delivered to the secretary of state for filing before the articles of domestication become effective. The articles of abandonment take effect upon filing, and the domestication shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective. The articles of abandonment must contain all of the following:

(3) (a) The name of the domesticating corporation.

(3) (b) The date on which the articles of domestication were filed by the secretary of state.

(3) (c) A statement that the domestication has been abandoned in accordance with this section.

2021 Acts, ch 165, §132, 230
Iowa Code § 229A.16 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229A / Section 229A.16
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Sexually Violent Predator Act”.

98 Acts, ch 1171, §17
Iowa Code § 437.2 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437 / Section 437.2
Statement required.
Status: in_force

Every company owning or operating a transmission line or lines for the conduct of electric energy and which line or lines are located within the state, and which said line or lines are also located wholly or partly outside cities, shall, on or before the first day of May in each year, furnish to the department of revenue a verified statement as to its entire line or lines within this state, when all of said line or lines are located outside cities, and as to such portion of its line or lines within this state as are located outside cities, when such line or lines are located partly outside and partly inside cities, showing:

(1) The total number of miles of line owned, operated, or leased, located outside cities within this state, with a separate showing of the number of miles leased.

(2) The location and length of each division within the state and the character of poles, towers, wires, substation equipment, and other construction of each such division, designating the length and portion thereof in each separate county into which each such division extends.

[SS15, §1346-k; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §437.2]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2015 Acts, ch 109, §38, 75
Iowa Code § 637.602 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 637 / Section 637.602
Trustee’s authority to convert.
Status: in_force

A trustee, other than an interested trustee, or, where two or more persons are acting as trustee, a majority of the trustees who are not interested trustees, may, in the trustee’s sole discretion and without the approval of the court, do any of the following subject to the requirements of section 637.603:

(1) Convert an income trust to a total return unitrust.

(2) Reconvert a total return unitrust to an income trust.

(3) Change the method used to determine the fair market value of the trust.

2002 Acts, ch 1086, §6, 21
Iowa Code § 43.25 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.25
Correction of errors.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall correct any errors or omissions in the names of candidates and any other errors brought to the commissioner’s knowledge before the printing of the ballots.

[S13, §1087-a12; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §552; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.25]
Iowa Code § 651.22 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 651 / Section 651.22
Costs of partition action.
Status: in_force

All costs related to a partition action shall be advanced by the plaintiff with such costs paid by all parties to the action proportionately to each party’s respective interest. A cost created by a contest arising from the partition action shall be taxed against the losing contestant unless otherwise ordered by the court. If partition is in kind, costs shall be adjudged and may be collected as provided in section 651.16, subsection 5. If partition is by sale, the costs shall be paid from the proceeds and deducted from the shares of the parties against whom the costs are taxed. Such remedies for collecting costs shall be cumulative of other remedies.

2018 Acts, ch 1108, §22
Iowa Code § 303.23 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.23
Referendum.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.448; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 327D.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.5
Burden of proof.
Status: in_force

In any action in court, or before the department, brought against a railroad corporation for the purpose of enforcing rights arising under the provisions of this section and sections 327D.3 and 327D.4, the burden of proving that the provisions thereof have been complied with by such railroad corporation, shall be upon such railroad corporation.

[S13, §2116; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8041; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.6; C77, 79, 81, §327D.5]2023 Acts, ch 64, §52
Iowa Code § 8A.122 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.122
Services to governmental entities and nonprofit organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall enter into agreements with state agencies, and may enter into agreements with any other governmental entity or a nonprofit organization, to furnish services and facilities of the department to the applicable governmental entity or nonprofit organization. The agreement shall provide for the reimbursement to the department of the reasonable cost of the services and facilities furnished. All governmental entities of this state may enter into such agreements. For purposes of this subsection, “nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit entity which is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is funded in whole or in part by public funds.

(2) This chapter does not affect any city civil service programs established under chapter 400.

(3) The state board of regents shall not be required to obtain any service for the state board of regents or any institution under the control of the state board of regents that is provided by the department pursuant to this chapter without the consent of the state board of regents.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §12; 2007 Acts, ch 115, §3
Iowa Code § 354.15 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 354 / Section 354.15
Review of auditor’s plats.
Status: in_force

A proposed auditor’s plat shall be filed with the applicable governing body which shall review the plat within the time specified by ordinance, and if it conforms to chapter 355, the governing body shall by resolution approve the plat and certify the resolution to be recorded with the plat. The governing body may state in the resolution whether the lots within the auditor’s plat meet the standards and conditions established by ordinance for subdivision lots. The lots within a recorded auditor’s plat and parcels within a recorded plat of survey prepared under section 354.13 are individually subject to local regulations and ordinances. Approval of an auditor’s plat shall not impose any liability on a governing body to install or maintain public improvements or utilities within the plat. Approval of an auditor’s plat by a governing body shall not constitute a waiver of ordinances requiring a subdivision plat.

90 Acts, ch 1236, §29C91, §409A.15C93, §354.15
Iowa Code § 321E.10 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321E / Section 321E.10
Semitrailers and trailers manufactured in Iowa.
Status: in_force

The department or local authorities may upon application issue annual permits for the movement of semitrailers and trailers manufactured or assembled in this state that exceed the maximum length specified in section 321.457 and the maximum width specified in section 321.454. Movement of the semitrailers and trailers shall be solely for the purpose of delivery or transfer from the point of manufacture or assembly to another point of manufacture or assembly within the state or to a point outside the state; shall be only on roadways of twenty-four feet or more in width or on four-lane highways; shall be on the most direct route necessary for such movement; and shall display the special plates designated in section 321.57. All semitrailers and trailers under permit for such movement shall not contain freight or additional load. A vehicle or combination of two or more vehicles inclusive of front and rear bumpers, including towing units, involved in the movement of semitrailers and trailers shall not exceed an overall width of ten feet.

[C31, 35, §5067-d7, -d8; C39, §5035.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §321.467; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321E.10]83 Acts, ch 116, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1100, §5; 2013 Acts, ch 49, §9
Iowa Code § 661.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 661 / Section 661.5
Auxiliary remedy.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff in any action, except those brought for the recovery of specific real or personal property, may also, as an auxiliary relief, have an order of mandamus to compel the performance of a duty established in such action.

[R60, §3767; C73, §3375; C97, §4343; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12444; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §661.5]
Iowa Code § 232.182 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.182
Initial determination.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §90.
Iowa Code § 275.53 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.53
Dissolution proposal.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall send a copy of its dissolution proposal or shall inform the board that it cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal not later than one year following the date of the organizational meeting of the commission. If the dissolving school district has outstanding bonds issued under section 423E.5* or 423F.4, the proposal shall require each school district receiving territory from the dissolving district to assume liability for the payment of a portion of such bonds that is equal to the percentage of the total number of resident pupils from the dissolving district who lived in the territory received during the last year of the dissolving district’s existence. The commission shall also send a copy of the dissolution proposal to the boards of directors of all school districts to which area of the dissolving school district will be attached. If the board of a district to which area of the dissolving school district will be attached objects to the attachment, within ten days following receipt of the dissolution proposal the board shall send its objections in writing to the commission. The commission may consider the objections and may modify the dissolution proposal. If the dissolution proposal is modified, the commission shall notify the boards of directors of all school districts to which area of the dissolving school district will be attached.

(2) Notifications required under subsection 1 shall be delivered using one of the following methods:

(2) (a) Mail bearing a United States postal service postmark.

(2) (b) Hand delivery.

(2) (c) Facsimile transmission.

(2) (d) Electronic delivery.

(3) If the commission cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal prior to the expiration of its term, the board may appoint a new commission.

[C81, §275.53]2009 Acts, ch 50, §3; 2015 Acts, ch 93, §5, 8