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Iowa Code § 572.11 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 572 / Section 572.11
Extent of lien posted after ninety days.
Status: in_force

Liens perfected under section 572.10 shall be enforced against the property or upon the bond, if given, by the owner or by the owner-builder’s buyer, only to the extent of the balance due from the owner to the general contractor or from the owner-builder’s buyer to the owner-builder at the time of the service of such notice; but if the bond was given by the general contractor or owner-builder, or person contracting with the subcontractor posting the claim for a lien, such bond shall be enforced to the full extent of the amount found due the subcontractor.

[C73, §2133; C97, §3094; SS15, §3094; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10280; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.11]87 Acts, ch 79, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 83, §7; 2012 Acts, ch 1105, §7, 27, 28; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §13; 2013 Acts, ch 99, §2
Iowa Code § 724.20 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 724 / Section 724.20
Validity of permit to acquire pistols or revolvers.
Status: in_force

The permit shall be valid throughout the state and shall be valid three days after the date of application and shall be invalid five years after the date of issuance.

[C79, 81, §724.20]2017 Acts, ch 69, §25
Iowa Code § 59.4 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 59 / Section 59.4
Return of depositions.
Status: in_force

A copy of the statement, and of the notice for taking depositions, with the service endorsed, and verified by affidavit if not served by an officer, shall be returned to the officer taking the depositions, and then, with the depositions, shall be sealed up and transmitted to the secretary of state, with an endorsement thereon showing the nature of the papers, the names of the contesting parties, and the branch of the general assembly before whom the contest is to be tried.

[C51, §384; R60, §614; C73, §734; C97, §1236; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §997; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §59.4]
Iowa Code § 7.9 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 7.9
Federal funds accepted.
Status: in_force

The governor is authorized to accept for the state, the funds provided by any Act of Congress for the benefit of the state of Iowa, or its political subdivisions, provided there is no agency to accept and administer such funds, and the governor is authorized to administer or designate an agency to administer the funds until such time as an agency of the state is established for that purpose.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §7.9]
Iowa Code § 595.15 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 595 / Section 595.15
Inadequate return.
Status: in_force

If the return of a marriage is not complete in every particular as required by the forms specified in section 144.12, the county registrar shall require the person making the same to supply the omitted information.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10441; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §595.15]95 Acts, ch 124, §20, 26
Iowa Code § 556F.13 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556F / Section 556F.13
Compensation.
Status: in_force

As a reward for the taking up of boats and other vessels, and for finding lost goods, money, bank notes, and other things, before restitution of the property or proceeds thereof shall be made, the finder shall be entitled to ten percent upon the value thereof, and for taking up any logs or lumber, as hereinbefore described, twenty-five cents for each log not exceeding ten, twenty cents for each exceeding ten and not exceeding fifty, fifteen cents for each exceeding fifty, and fifty cents per thousand feet for sawed lumber.

[C51, §892; R60, §1514; C73, §1511, 1518; C97, §2377; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12211; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.13]94 Acts, ch 1188, §27C95, §556F.13
Iowa Code § 145A.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 145A / Section 145A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Area hospital” means a hospital established and operated by a merged area.

(2) “Board” means the board of trustees of an area hospital.

(3) “Merged area” means a public corporation formed by the residents of two or more contiguous or noncontiguous political subdivisions which have merged resources to establish and operate an area hospital.

(4) “Officials” means the respective governing bodies of political subdivisions.

(5) “Political subdivision” means any county, township, school district or city.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §145A.2]85 Acts, ch 123, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 514J.117 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514J / Section 514J.117
Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

2011 Acts, ch 101, §17
Iowa Code § 709.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 709 / Section 709.5
Resistance to sexual abuse.
Status: in_force

Under the provisions of this chapter it shall not be necessary to establish physical resistance by a person in order to establish that an act of sexual abuse was committed by force or against the will of the person. However, the circumstances surrounding the commission of the act may be considered in determining whether or not the act was done by force or against the will of the other.

[C79, 81, §709.5]99 Acts, ch 159, §5
Iowa Code § 97.9 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97 / Section 97.9
Section 97.9
Status: repealed

Repealed by 53 Acts, ch 71, §1, except as indicated herein.
Iowa Code § 301.24 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 301 / Section 301.24
Petition — election.
Status: in_force

Whenever a petition signed by one hundred eligible electors residing in the school district or a number of eligible electors residing in the school district equal to at least ten percent of the number of voters in the last preceding regular school election, whichever is greater, is filed with the secretary sixty days or more before the regular school election, asking that the question of providing free textbooks for the use of pupils in the school district’s attendance centers be submitted to the voters at the next regular school election, the secretary shall cause notice of the proposition to be given in the notice of the election.

[C97, §2836; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4464; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.24]2001 Acts, ch 56, §15; 2006 Acts, ch 1044, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §82
Iowa Code § 626.60 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.60
Stay waives appeal.
Status: in_force

No appeal shall be allowed after a stay of execution has been obtained.

[R60, §3294; C73, §3063; C97, §3998; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11708; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.60]
Iowa Code § 544B.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 544B / Section 544B.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Board” means the landscape architectural examining board established pursuant to section 544B.3.

(2) “Practice of landscape architecture” means the performance of professional services such as consultations, investigations, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, or responsible supervision in connection with projects involving the arranging of land and the elements thereon for public and private use and enjoyment, including the alignment of roadways and the location of buildings, service areas, parking areas, walkways, steps, ramps, pools and other structures, and the grading of the land, surface and subsoil drainage, erosion control, planting, reforestation, and the preservation of the natural landscape and aesthetic values, in accordance with accepted professional standards of public health, welfare, and safety. This practice shall include the location and arrangement of such tangible objects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined in this chapter but shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes for habitation or industry, or the design of public streets and highways, utilities, storm and sanitary sewers, and sewage treatment facilities, such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture; and shall not include the making of land surveys or final land plats for official approval or recording. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a professional landscape architect to engage in the practice of architecture, engineering, or land surveying.

(3) “Professional landscape architect” means a person who has obtained a license pursuant to section 544B.2, and who engages in the practice of landscape architecture as defined in this section.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §118A.1]C93, §544B.12002 Acts, ch 1045, §1, 2; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §102
Iowa Code § 462A.3B — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.3B
Reciprocity.
Status: in_force

(1) The director, with the consent of the commission, may enter into agreements with the appropriate regulatory agencies of other states as necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter and not inconsistent with this chapter, and may do all acts contained in the agreements.

(2) The agreements may include, but are not restricted to, the following provisions:

(2) (a) Regulations in regard to registration, numbering, and equipment of vessels.

(2) (b) Operating requirements for vessels and vessel operators.

(2) (c) Enforcement activity of officers.

[82 Acts, ch 1028, §36]C83, §106.71C93, §462A.712011 Acts, ch 25, §143; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §204C2016, §462A.3B
Iowa Code § 222.18 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.18
County attorney to appear.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 130, §34, 35.
Iowa Code § 730.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 730 / Section 730.2
Blacklisting employees — treble damages.
Status: in_force

If any railway company or other company, partnership, or corporation shall authorize or allow any of its or their agents to blacklist any discharged employee, or attempt by word or writing or any other means whatever to prevent such discharged employee, or any employee who may have voluntarily left said company’s service, from obtaining employment with any other person or company, except as provided for in section 730.1, such company or partnership shall be liable in treble damages to such employee so prevented from obtaining employment.

[C97, §5028; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13254; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §736.2; C79, 81, §730.2]2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106
Iowa Code § 231D.10A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231D / Section 231D.10A
Informal conference formal contest judicial review.
Status: in_force

(1) Within twenty business days after issuance of the final findings, the adult day services program shall notify the director if the program desires to contest the findings and do either of the following:

(1) (a) Request an informal conference with an independent reviewer pursuant to subsection 2. Upon the conclusion of an informal conference, if the adult day services program desires to further contest an affirmed or modified regulatory insufficiency, it may do so by giving notice of intent to formally contest the regulatory insufficiency, in writing, to the department within five days after receipt of the written decision of the independent reviewer.

(1) (b) Request a contested case hearing in the manner provided by chapter 17A for contested cases. The formal hearing shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 17A and rules adopted by the department.

(2) (a) The department shall provide an independent reviewer to hold an informal conference with an adult day services program within ten working days after receiving a request from the program pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “a”. At the conclusion of the informal conference, the independent reviewer may affirm, modify, or dismiss a contested regulatory insufficiency. The independent reviewer shall state in writing the specific reasons for the affirmation, modification, or dismissal and immediately transmit copies of the statement to the department and to the program.

(2) (b) An independent reviewer shall be licensed as an attorney in the state of Iowa and shall not be employed or have been employed by the department in the past eight years or have appeared in front of the department on behalf of an adult day services program in the past eight years. Preference shall be given to an attorney with background knowledge, experience, or training in long-term care. The department may issue a request for proposals to enter into a contract for the purpose of providing one or more independent reviewers for informal conferences.

(3) An adult day services program that has exhausted all adequate administrative remedies and is aggrieved by the final action of the department may petition for judicial review in the manner provided by chapter 17A.

2014 Acts, ch 1040, §27, 28; 2015 Acts, ch 80, §15
Iowa Code § 554.13108 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13108
Unconscionability.
Status: in_force

(1) If the court as a matter of law finds a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the lease contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the lease contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.

(2) With respect to a consumer lease, if the court as a matter of law finds that a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract has been induced by unconscionable conduct or that unconscionable conduct has occurred in the collection of a claim arising from a lease contract, the court may grant appropriate relief.

(3) Before making a finding of unconscionability under subsection 1 or 2, the court, on its own motion or that of a party, shall afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose, and effect of the lease contract or clause thereof, or of the conduct.

(4) In an action in which the lessee claims unconscionability with respect to a consumer lease:

(4) (a) If the court finds unconscionability under subsection 1 or 2, the court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees to the lessee.

(4) (b) If the court does not find unconscionability and the lessee claiming unconscionability has brought or maintained an action that the lessee knew to be groundless, the court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees to the party against whom the claim is made.

(4) (c) In determining attorney’s fees, the amount of the recovery on behalf of the claimant under subsections 1 and 2 is not controlling.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §12
Iowa Code § 80D.11 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80D / Section 80D.11
Employee pay.
Status: in_force

While performing official duties, each reserve peace officer shall be considered an employee of the governing body which the officer represents and shall be paid a minimum of one dollar per year. The governing body of a city, a county, or the state may provide additional monetary assistance for the purchase and maintenance of uniforms and equipment used by reserve peace officers.

[C81, §80D.11]83 Acts, ch 101, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 104, §62023 Acts, ch 19, §2774; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §47
Iowa Code § 260F.10 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260F / Section 260F.10
Reporting.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 126, §115.
Iowa Code § 426A.15 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 426A / Section 426A.15
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person making a false affidavit for the purpose of obtaining the exemption provided for in sections 426A.11 through 426A.14 or who knowingly receives such exemption without being legally entitled thereto, or who makes claim for exemption in more than one county in the state shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §427.7]99 Acts, ch 151, §88, 89CS99, §426A.152021 Acts, ch 80, §266
Iowa Code § 633.236 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.236
Right of elective share of surviving spouse.
Status: in_force

When a married person domiciled in Iowa at the time of death dies, the surviving spouse shall have the right to take an elective share under the provisions of sections 633.237 through 633.246. If the surviving spouse has a conservator, the court may authorize or direct the conservator to elect the share as the court deems appropriate under the circumstances.

[C51, §1407; R60, §2435; C73, §2452; C97, §3376; S13, §3376; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12006, 12010; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.21, 636.25; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.236]88 Acts, ch 1064, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §12
Iowa Code § 144.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144 / Section 144.3
Rules adopted.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, in accordance with chapter 17A.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.3]
Iowa Code § 727.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 727 / Section 727.8
Electronic and mechanical eavesdropping.
Status: in_force

(1) “Monitoring device” means a digital video or audio streaming or recording device that records, listens to, or otherwise intercepts video or audio communications in order to provide proof of or prevent criminal activity that is placed outside of a person’s dwelling or other structure that is not in a shared hallway and is on real property owned or leased by the person.

(2) Any person, having no right or authority to do so, who taps into or connects a listening or recording device to any telephone or other communication wire, or who by any electronic or mechanical means listens to, records, or otherwise intercepts a conversation or communication of any kind, commits a serious misdemeanor.

(3) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(3) (a) The recording by a sender or recipient of a message or one who is openly present and participating in or listening to a communication from recording such message or communication.

(3) (b) The use of any radio or television receiver to receive any communication transmitted by radio or wireless signal.

(3) (c) The use of a monitoring device.

[C97, §4816; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13121; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §716.8; C79, 81, §727.8]2018 Acts, ch 1102, §1
Iowa Code § 20.24 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 20 / Section 20.24
Notice and service electronic filing system.
Status: in_force

The board shall by rule establish an electronic filing system for the filing or service of any notice or other document required or permitted by law to be filed with or served on or filed or served by the board. Unless otherwise provided by law, the board may by rule require the filing or service of such notice or other document through the system, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 17A concerning service or filing by mail. Any notice or other document not required by rule to be filed or served through the system shall be filed or served in accordance with chapter 17A. Unless otherwise provided by law, prescribed time periods shall commence from the date of filing or service through the system.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.24]2010 Acts, ch 1165, §30; 2014 Acts, ch 1004, §1
Iowa Code § 267A.4 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 267A / Section 267A.4
Local food and farm program coordinator.
Status: in_force

The position of local food and farm program coordinator is created within Iowa state university as part of its cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics. The coordinator shall be the primary state official charged with carrying out the purposes and goals of this chapter.

2011 Acts, ch 128, §30, 60
Iowa Code § 483A.24B — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.24B
Special deer hunts.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission may establish a special season deer hunt for antlerless deer in those counties where paid antlerless only deer hunting licenses remain available for issuance.

(2) Antlerless deer may be taken by shotgun, muzzleloading rifle, muzzleloading pistol, handgun, or bow during the special season as provided by the commission by rule.

(3) Prior to December 15, a resident may obtain up to three paid antlerless only deer hunting licenses for the special season regardless of how many paid or free gun or bow deer hunting licenses the person may have already obtained. Beginning December 15, a resident or nonresident may purchase an unlimited number of antlerless only deer hunting licenses for the special season.

(4) All antlerless deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to this section shall be included in the quotas established by the commission by rule for each county and shall be available in each county only until the quota established by the commission for that county is filled.

(5) The daily bag and possession limit during the special season is one deer per license. The tagging requirements are the same as for the regular gun season.

(6) A person who receives a license pursuant to this section shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall purchase a hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee.

(7) A person violating a provision of this section or a rule adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation as provided in section 483A.42.

2005 Acts, ch 139, §11; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §20, 23
Iowa Code § 497.30 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.30
Use of term “cooperative” restricted.
Status: in_force

No corporation or association organized after July 4, 1915, shall be entitled to use the term “cooperative” as part of its corporate or other business name or title, unless it has complied with the provisions of this chapter, and any corporation or association violating the provisions of this section may be enjoined from doing business under such name at the instance of any stockholder of any association legally organized under the provisions of this chapter.

[SS15, §1641-r17; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8482; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §497.30]
Iowa Code § 533C.602 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.602
Audited financials.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensee shall, within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, or within any extended time as the superintendent may prescribe, file with the superintendent an audited financial statement for the fiscal year prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles and any other information as the superintendent may reasonably require.

(2) The audited financial statements shall be prepared by an independent certified public accountant or independent public accountant who is satisfactory to the superintendent.

(3) The audited financial statements shall include or be accompanied by a certificate of opinion of the independent certified public accountant or independent public accountant that is satisfactory in form and content to the superintendent. If the certificate or opinion is qualified, the superintendent may order the licensee to take any action as the superintendent may find necessary to enable the independent or certified public accountant or independent public accountant to remove the qualification.

2003 Acts, ch 96, §24, 42; 2023 Acts, ch 83, §22
Iowa Code § 103A.30 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.30
Approved tiedown system — provided at sale — installation.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1090, §23, 26.See §103A.60.