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Iowa Code § 461.38 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461 / Section 461.38
Lake restoration account allocations.
Status: in_force

(1) A lake restoration account is created in the trust fund. Seven percent of the moneys credited to the trust fund shall be allocated to the account.

(2) The department of natural resources shall use moneys in the account to support public lake restoration initiatives as follows:

(2) (a) An initiative shall account for a lake’s recreational, environmental, aesthetic, ecological, and social value. It must improve water quality.

(2) (b) The department’s decision to prioritize an initiative may be based on the department’s lake restoration plan and report as provided in section 456A.33B.

2010 Acts, ch 1158, §16, 17; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §139
Iowa Code § 135C.37 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.37
Complaints alleging violations confidentiality.
Status: in_force

A person may request an inspection of a health care facility by filing with the department, certified volunteer long-term care ombudsman, or the office of long-term care ombudsman, a complaint of an alleged violation of applicable requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. A person alleging abuse or neglect of a resident with a developmental disability or with mental illness may also file a complaint with the protection and advocacy agency designated pursuant to section 135B.9 or section 135C.2. A copy of a complaint filed with a certified volunteer long-term care ombudsman or the office of long-term care ombudsman shall be forwarded to the department. The complaint shall state in a reasonably specific manner the basis of the complaint, and a statement of the nature of the complaint shall be delivered to the facility involved at the time of the inspection. The name of the person who files a complaint with the department, certified volunteer long-term care ombudsman, or the office of long-term care ombudsman shall be kept confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release to a person other than department employees involved in the investigation of the complaint.

[C77, 79, 81, §135C.37]84 Acts, ch 1227, §3; 85 Acts, ch 186, §2; 89 Acts, ch 241, §3; 89 Acts, ch 321, §28; 91 Acts, ch 107, §4; 99 Acts, ch 129, §6; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1062, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 18, §11
Iowa Code § 490.870 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.870
Business opportunities.
Status: in_force

(1) If a director or officer pursues or takes advantage of a business opportunity directly, or indirectly through or on behalf of another person, that action shall not be the subject of equitable relief, or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions against the director, officer, or other person, in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation on the ground that the opportunity should have first been offered to the corporation, if any of the following apply:

(1) (a) Before the director, officer, or other person becomes legally obligated respecting the opportunity, the director or officer brings it to the attention of the corporation and any of the following apply:

(1) (a) Action by qualified directors disclaiming the corporation’s interest in the opportunity is taken in compliance with the same procedures as are set forth in section 490.862.

(1) (a) Shareholders’ action disclaiming the corporation’s interest in the opportunity is taken in compliance with the procedures set forth in section 490.863, in either case as if the decision being made concerned a director’s conflicting interest transaction; except that, rather than making required disclosure as defined in section 490.860, the director or officer shall have made prior disclosure to those acting on behalf of the corporation of all material facts concerning the business opportunity known to the director or officer.

(1) (b) The duty to offer the corporation the business opportunity has been limited or eliminated pursuant to a provision of the articles of incorporation adopted, and where required, made effective by action of qualified directors, in accordance with section 490.202, subsection 2, paragraph “f”.

(2) In any proceeding seeking equitable relief or other remedies based upon an alleged improper pursuit or taking advantage of a business opportunity by a director or officer, directly, or indirectly through or on behalf of another person, the fact that the director or officer did not employ the procedure described in subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1) or (2), before pursuing or taking advantage of the opportunity shall not create an implication that the opportunity should have been first presented to the corporation or alter the burden of proof otherwise applicable to establish that the director or officer breached a duty to the corporation in the circumstances.

2008 Acts, ch 1015, §3; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §44, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §123, 230
Iowa Code § 427.8 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 427 / Section 427.8
Petition for suspension or abatement of taxes, assessments, and rates or charges, including interest, fees, and costs.
Status: in_force

If a person is unable to contribute to the public revenue, the person may file a petition, duly sworn to, with the board of supervisors, stating that fact and giving a statement of parcels, as defined in section 445.1, owned or possessed by the petitioner, and other information as the board may require. The board of supervisors may order the county treasurer to suspend the collection of the taxes, special assessments, and rates or charges, including interest, fees, and costs, which are assessed against the petitioner or the petitioner’s estate for the current year and those unpaid for prior years, or the board may abate the taxes, special assessments, and rates or charges, including interest, fees, and costs. The petition, when approved, shall be filed by March 1 of the current tax year with the treasurer.

[C51, §455; R60, §711; C73, §797; C97, §1304; SS15, §1304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6950; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §427.8]84 Acts, ch 1219, §33; 88 Acts, ch 1031, §1; 89 Acts, ch 296, §47; 91 Acts, ch 191, §20; 92 Acts, ch 1016, §14
Iowa Code § 553.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 553 / Section 553.8
Venue.
Status: in_force

A suit or proceeding brought under this chapter may be brought in the county where the cause of action arose, where any defendant resides or transacts business, or where an act in furtherance of the conduct prohibited by this chapter occurred.

[C77, 79, 81, §553.8]
Iowa Code § 262B.1 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262B / Section 262B.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Commercialization of Research for Iowa Act”.

88 Acts, ch 1268, §9; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1, §95, 133[2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1, §95, 133 amendment to section text rescinded pursuant to Rants v. Vilsack, 684 N.W.2d 193]2005 Acts, ch 150, §30
Iowa Code § 554.1305 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.1305
Remedies to be liberally administered.
Status: in_force

(1) The remedies provided by this chapter must be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or special damages nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in this chapter or by other rule of law.

(2) Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10001; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.73; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1106]2007 Acts, ch 41, §6, 46CS2007, §554.1305
Iowa Code § 499.42 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.42
Renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) An association may extend its duration perpetually, or for any definite time, by resolution adopted by a majority of all its members, or any different vote for which the articles may provide, at a meeting called for that purpose and held before its original expiration.

(2) Unless the association has meanwhile wound up, its duration may be extended in like manner within three years after its original expiration, with the same effect as if done prior thereto, by a vote of two-thirds of all its members.

(3) The resolution must state the name of the association, its original expiration date, and for how long thereafter its duration is extended, and must also adopt, and designate officers to execute, renewal articles of incorporation containing the things required in section 499.40.

(4) The renewal articles shall be executed and filed as required by section 499.41. Renewal shall not relieve the association from fees, charges, or penalties which may have accrued against it.

[C35, §8512-g42; C39, §8512.42; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.42]90 Acts, ch 1164, §4; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 312.12 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 312 / Section 312.12
Program submitted.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1080, §11.
Iowa Code § 144F.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144F / Section 144F.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Aftercare assistance” means any assistance provided by a lay caregiver to a patient following discharge of the patient that involves tasks directly related to the patient’s condition at the time of discharge, does not require a licensed professional, and is determined to be appropriate by the patient’s discharging physician or other licensed health care professional.

(2) “Discharge” means the exit or release of a patient from inpatient care in a hospital to the residence of the patient.

(3) “Facility” means a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1, an elder group home as defined in section 231B.1, or an assisted living program as defined in section 231C.2.

(4) “Hospital” means a licensed hospital as defined in section 135B.1.

(5) “Lay caregiver” means an individual, eighteen years of age or older, who is designated as a lay caregiver under this chapter by a patient or the patient’s legal representative, and who is willing and able to perform aftercare assistance for the patient at the patient’s residence following discharge.

(6) “Legal representative” means, in order of priority, an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care pursuant to chapter 144B or, if no durable power of attorney for health care has been executed pursuant to chapter 144B or if the attorney in fact is unavailable, a legal guardian appointed pursuant to chapter 232D or 633.

(7) “Patient” means an individual who is receiving or who has received inpatient medical care in a hospital.

(8) “Residence” means the dwelling that a patient considers to be the patient’s home. “Residence” does not include any rehabilitation facility, hospital, or facility.

2019 Acts, ch 18, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §25; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §62
Iowa Code § 713.33 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 713 / Section 713.33
Section 713.33
Status: repealed

Repealed by 76 Acts, ch 1245(4), §525.
Iowa Code § 637.501 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 637 / Section 637.501
Disbursements from income.
Status: in_force

A trustee shall make disbursements from income, to the extent that they are not disbursements to which section 637.201, subsection 2, paragraph “b” or “c”, applies, according to the following:

(1) One-half of the regular compensation of the trustee and of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee.

(2) One-half of all expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings, or other matters that involve both the income and remainder interests.

(3) All of the other ordinary expenses incurred in connection with the administration, management, or preservation of trust property and the distribution of income, including interest, ordinary repairs, regularly recurring taxes assessed against principal, and expenses of a proceeding or other matter that concerns primarily the income interest.

(4) Recurring premiums on insurance covering the loss of a principal asset or the loss of income from or use of the asset.

99 Acts, ch 124, §24
Iowa Code § 499.72 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.72
Registered office and registered agent.
Status: in_force

Each association must continuously maintain in this state both of the following:

(1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business.

(2) A registered agent, who may be any of the following:

(2) (a) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office.

(2) (b) A domestic corporation or not-for-profit domestic corporation whose business office is identical with the registered office.

(2) (c) A foreign corporation or not-for-profit foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.

93 Acts, ch 126, §19
Iowa Code § 478.33 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 478 / Section 478.33
Cancellation.
Status: in_force

A person seeking to acquire an easement or other property interest for the construction, maintenance, or operation of an electric transmission line shall:

(1) Allow the landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf to cancel any agreement granting an easement or other interest by certified mail with return requested to the company’s principal place of business if received by the company within seven days, excluding Saturday and Sunday, of the date of the contract and inform the landowner or such fiduciary in writing of the right to cancel prior to the signing of the agreement by the landowner or such fiduciary.

(2) Provide the landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf with a form in duplicate for the notice of cancellation.

(3) Not record any agreement until after the period for cancellation has expired.

(4) Not include in the agreement any waiver of the right to cancel in accordance with this section. The landowner or a person serving in a fiduciary capacity in the landowner’s behalf may exercise the right of cancellation only once for each transmission line project.

[C81, §478.33]
Iowa Code § 468.32 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.32
Division of improvement.
Status: in_force

After the damages as finally fixed, shall have been paid or secured, the board may divide said improvement into suitable sections, having regard to the kind of work to be done, numbering the same consecutively from outlets to the beginning, and prescribing the time within which the improvement shall be completed. A settling basin, if provided for, may be embraced in a section by itself.

[S13, §1989-a7; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7457; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.38]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.32
Iowa Code § 555A.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 555A / Section 555A.2
Contract.
Status: in_force

Every seller shall furnish the buyer with a fully completed receipt or copy of any contract pertaining to a door-to-door sale at the time of its execution, which is in the same language as that principally used in the oral sales presentation and which shows the date of the transaction and contains the name and address of the seller, and in immediate proximity to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the buyer or on the front page of the receipt if a contract is not used and in boldface type of a minimum size of ten points, a statement in substantially the following form:You, the buyer, may cancel this transaction at any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction. See the attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.

[C75, 77, §713B.2; C79, 81, §82.2]C93, §555A.2
Iowa Code § 9A.11 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9A / Section 9A.11
Section 9A.11
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 33, §20.
Iowa Code § 163.23 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 163 / Section 163.23
False certificates of veterinary inspection.
Status: in_force

A veterinarian shall not issue a certificate of veterinary inspection for an animal knowing that the animal described in the certificate was not the same animal from which tests were made as a basis for issuing the certificate. A veterinarian shall not otherwise falsify a certificate.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.23]2001 Acts, ch 136, §4; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §9
Iowa Code § 28K.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28K / Section 28K.2
Citation.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mid-America Port Commission Act”.

98 Acts, ch 1092, §2
Iowa Code § 726.28 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 726 / Section 726.28
Wanton neglect or nonsupport of a dependent adult.
Status: in_force

(1) A caretaker commits wanton neglect of a dependent adult if the caretaker knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental, or emotional welfare of a dependent adult. Wanton neglect of a dependent adult is a serious misdemeanor.

(2) A person who has legal responsibility either through contract or court order for support of a dependent adult and who fails or refuses to provide support commits nonsupport. Nonsupport is a class “D” felony.

(3) A person alleged to have committed wanton neglect or nonsupport of a dependent adult shall be charged with the respective offense unless a charge may be brought based upon a more serious offense, in which case the charge of the more serious offense shall supersede the less serious charge.

(4) For the purposes of this section, “dependent adult” means a dependent adult as defined in section 235B.2, subsection 4, and “caretaker” means a caretaker as defined in section 235B.2, subsection 1.

87 Acts, ch 182, §10CS87, §726.82022 Acts, ch 1132, §8C2023, §726.28
Iowa Code § 52.27 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 52 / Section 52.27
Commissioner to provide optical scan voting equipment.
Status: in_force

The commissioner having jurisdiction of any precinct for which the board of supervisors has adopted voting by means of an optical scan voting system shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, provide for use at each election held in the precinct optical scan ballots and ballot marking devices in appropriate numbers. The commissioner shall have custody of all equipment required for use of the optical scan voting system, and shall be responsible for maintaining it in good condition and for storing it between elections.

[C77, 79, 81, §52.27]2002 Acts, ch 1134, §54, 115; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §35; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §57
Iowa Code § 450.66 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.66
Investigation by director.
Status: in_force

The director of revenue may issue a citation to any person who the director may believe or has reason to believe has any knowledge or information concerning any property which the director believes or has reason to believe has been transferred by any person and as to which there is or may be a tax due to the state under the provisions of the inheritance tax laws of this state, and by such citation require such person to appear before the director or anyone designated by the director at the county seat of the county where said person resides and at a time to be designated in such citation, and testify under oath as to any fact or information within the person’s knowledge touching the quantity, value, and description of any such property and the disposition thereof which may have been made by any person, and to produce and submit to the inspection of the director of revenue, any books, records, accounts, or documents in the possession of or under the control of any person so cited.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7371; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.66]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 290.6 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 290 / Section 290.6
Money judgment.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to authorize the state board of education to render judgment for money; neither shall they be allowed any other compensation than is now allowed by law. All necessary postage must first be paid by the party aggrieved.

[R60, §2140; C73, §1836; C97, §2820; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4303; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §290.6]
Iowa Code § 331.385 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.385
Powers and duties relating to emergency services.
Status: in_force

(1) A county may, by resolution, assume the exercise of the powers and duties of township trustees relating to fire protection service and emergency medical service for any township located in the unincorporated area of the county.

(2) The board of supervisors shall publish notice of the proposed resolution, and of a public hearing to be held on the proposed resolution, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least ten days but no more than twenty days before the date of the public hearing. If, after notice and hearing, the resolution is adopted, the board of supervisors shall assume the exercise of the powers and duties of township trustees relating to fire protection service and emergency medical service as set forth in sections 359.42 through 359.45.

(3) All of the real and personal township property used to provide fire protection service or emergency medical service shall be transferred to the county. The county shall assume all of the outstanding obligations of the township relating to fire protection service or emergency medical service. If the township provides fire protection outside of the county’s boundaries, the county shall continue to provide fire protection to this area for at least ninety days after adoption of the resolution.

(4) Fire protection service and emergency medical service shall be paid from the emergency services fund of the county authorized in section 331.424C.

(5) (a) Notwithstanding subsection 1, if as of July 1, 2006, a township has in force an agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 28E for a city or another township to provide fire protection service or fire protection service and emergency medical service for the township, or if a township is otherwise contracting with a city or another township for provision to the township of fire protection service or fire protection service and emergency medical service, the county board of supervisors shall, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and subsequent fiscal years, negotiate for and enter into an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E providing for continued fire protection service, or fire protection service and emergency medical service, to the township, and shall certify taxes for levy in the township, pursuant to section 331.424C, in amounts sufficient to meet the financial obligations pertaining to the agreement.

(5) (b) This subsection applies to a county with a population in excess of three hundred thousand. This subsection does not prohibit a county with a population in excess of three hundred thousand from also assuming the powers and duties of township trustees in accordance with the provisions of subsections 1 through 4, for those townships in the county that are not subject to paragraph “a”.

2000 Acts, ch 1117, §18; 2004 Acts, ch 1146, §1, 2; 2005 Acts, ch 74, §1, 3, 4
Iowa Code § 2.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.1
Sessions — place.
Status: in_force

The sessions of the general assembly shall be held annually at the seat of government, unless the governor shall convene them at some other place in times of pestilence or public danger. Each annual session of the general assembly shall commence on the second Monday in January of each year. The general assembly may recess from time to time during each year in such manner as it may provide, subject to Article III, section 14 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.

[C51, §4; R60, §13; C73, §5; C97, §5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.1]2006 Acts, ch 1010, §1