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Iowa Code § 455D.10 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455D / Section 455D.10
Land disposal of lead acid batteries — prohibited — collection for recycling.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning July 1, 1990, land disposal of lead acid batteries is prohibited.

(2) A person offering for sale or selling lead acid batteries at retail in the state shall do all of the following:

(2) (a) Accept used lead acid batteries from customers who purchase new lead acid batteries, at the point of sale.

(2) (b) Post written notice that land disposal of lead acid batteries is prohibited and that state law requires the retailer to accept lead acid batteries for recycling when new lead acid batteries are purchased.

(3) A person offering for sale or selling lead acid batteries at wholesale shall accept used lead acid batteries from retailers who purchase new lead acid batteries for resale to consumers, or from wholesale customers.

89 Acts, ch 272, §10
Iowa Code § 453A.33 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.33
Seizure not to affect criminal prosecution.
Status: in_force

The seizure, forfeiture, and sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and other property under the terms and conditions set out in section 453A.32, shall not constitute any defense to the person owning or having control or possession of the property from criminal prosecution for any act or omission made or offense committed under this chapter or from liability to pay penalties provided by this chapter.

[C39, §1556.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §98.33]C93, §453A.332020 Acts, ch 1063, §238
Iowa Code § 554.8107 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8107
Whether indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is effective.
Status: in_force

(1) “Appropriate person” means:

(1) (a) with respect to an indorsement, the person specified by a security certificate or by an effective special indorsement to be entitled to the security;

(1) (b) with respect to an instruction, the registered owner of an uncertificated security;

(1) (c) with respect to an entitlement order, the entitlement holder;

(1) (d) if the person designated in paragraph “a”, “b”, or “c” is deceased, the designated person’s successor taking under other law or the designated person’s personal representative acting for the estate of the decedent; or

(1) (e) if the person designated in paragraph “a”, “b”, or “c” lacks capacity, the designated person’s guardian, conservator, or other similar representative who has power under other law to transfer the security or financial asset.

(2) An indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is effective if:

(2) (a) it is made by the appropriate person;

(2) (b) it is made by a person who has power under the law of agency to transfer the security or financial asset on behalf of the appropriate person, including, in the case of an instruction or entitlement order, a person who has control under section 554.8106, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, or subsection 4, paragraph “b”; or

(2) (c) the appropriate person has ratified it or is otherwise precluded from asserting its ineffectiveness.

(3) An indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order made by a representative is effective even if:

(3) (a) the representative has failed to comply with a controlling instrument or with the law of the state having jurisdiction of the representative relationship, including any law requiring the representative to obtain court approval of the transaction; or

(3) (b) the representative’s action in making the indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order or using the proceeds of the transaction is otherwise a breach of duty.

(4) If a security is registered in the name of or specially indorsed to a person described as a representative, or if a securities account is maintained in the name of a person described as a representative, an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order made by the person is effective even though the person is no longer serving in the described capacity.

(5) Effectiveness of an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is determined as of the date the indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is made, and an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order does not become ineffective by reason of any later change of circumstances.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.8107]89 Acts, ch 113, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1138, §15, 84
Iowa Code § 602.7201 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.7201
Administration and supervision.
Status: in_force

(1) Probation and other juvenile court services within a judicial district shall be administered and supervised by the chief juvenile court officer.

(2) The juvenile court officers and other personnel employed in juvenile court service offices are subject to the supervision of the chief juvenile court officer. The chief juvenile court officer is subject to the supervision and direction of the director of juvenile court services.

(3) The chief juvenile court officer may employ, shall supervise, and may remove for cause with due process secretarial, clerical, and other staff within juvenile court service offices as authorized by the director of juvenile court services.

83 Acts, ch 186, §8201, 102012025 Acts, ch 86, §44
Iowa Code § 161A.46 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.46
Conduct of hearing.
Status: in_force

At the hearing, the commissioners or their designees shall explain, in reasonable detail, the reasons why adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulations is deemed necessary or advisable. Any landowner, or any occupant of land who would be affected by the regulations, shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard for or against the proposed regulations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the commissioners shall announce and enter of record their decision whether to adopt or modify the proposed regulations. Any modification must be approved by the division, which may at its discretion order the commissioners to republish the regulations and hold another hearing in the manner prescribed by this chapter.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.46]86 Acts, ch 1245, §659; 89 Acts, ch 106, §7C93, §161A.462024 Acts, ch 1170, §18
Iowa Code § 468.608 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.608
Appeal — notice.
Status: in_force

Either party may appeal to the district court from any such decision by causing to be served, within ten days from the time it was filed with the auditor, a notice in writing upon the opposite party of the taking of such appeal, which notice shall be served in the same manner as is provided for the service of original notices. If the appellant is the party petitioning for the drain, the appellant shall also file a bond, conditioned to pay all costs of appeal that may be assessed against the appellant, which bond, if good and sufficient, shall be approved by the auditor.

[C73, §1223; C97, §1957; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7723; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §465.9]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.608
Iowa Code § 624.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.3
Evidence in equitable actions.
Status: in_force

In actions cognizable in equity, wherein issues of fact are joined, the court may order the evidence or any part thereof to be taken in the form of depositions, or either party may take depositions as authorized by law, and may in the discretion of the court be granted a continuance for that purpose.

[R60, §2999; C73, §2742; C97, §3652; S13, §3652; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11432; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.3]
Iowa Code § 85.42 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.42
Conclusively presumed dependent.
Status: in_force

The following shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent upon the deceased employee:

(1) The surviving spouse, with the following exceptions:

(1) (a) When it is shown that at the time of the injury the surviving spouse had willfully deserted the deceased without fault of the deceased, then the surviving spouse shall not be considered as dependent in any degree.

(1) (b) When the surviving spouse was not married to the deceased at the time of the injury.

(2) A child or children under eighteen years of age, and over said age if physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, whether actually dependent for support or not upon the parent at the time of the parent’s death. An adopted child or children shall be regarded the same as issue of the body. The terms “child” or “children”, as used in this subsection, shall also include any child or children conceived but not born at the time of the employee’s injury, and any compensation payable on account of any such child or children shall be paid from the date of their birth. A stepchild or stepchildren shall be regarded the same as issue of the body only when the stepparent has actually provided the principal support for such child or children.

[S13, §2477-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1402; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.42]2020 Acts, ch 1062, §21; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §43; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §15
Iowa Code § 453A.52A — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.52A
Vapor products requirements.
Status: in_force

Beginning October 1, 2024, or on the date the director first makes the vapor products directory available for public inspection on the department’s internet site, whichever is later, all of the following shall apply to vapor products in this state:

(1) A person shall not sell or offer for sale a vapor product in this state that is not included in the vapor products directory, and a vapor products manufacturer shall not sell, either directly or through a distributor, wholesaler, retailer, or similar intermediary or intermediaries, a vapor product in this state that is not included in the vapor products directory.

(2) A retailer shall purchase vapor products for resale to consumers only from a distributor or subjobber with a valid license issued pursuant to this chapter.

2024 Acts, ch 1180, §5
Iowa Code § 218.29 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.29
Scope of investigation.
Status: in_force

The director or the director’s designee shall, during such investigation and as far as possible, see every resident of each institution, especially those admitted since the director’s or the director’s designee’s preceding visit, and shall give such residents suitable opportunity to converse with the director or the director’s designee apart from the officers and attendants.

[S13, §2727-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3312; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.29]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 1592023 Acts, ch 19, §375
Iowa Code § 15.448 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.448
Referendum.
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after the receipt of the list of owners of property and residents within the suggested historical preservation district, the authority shall fix a date not more than forty-five days from the receipt of the petition seeking a referendum on the question of establishment of a historical preservation district. The authority, after consultation with the county commissioner of elections, shall specify the polling place within the suggested district that will best serve the convenience of the voters and shall appoint three judges and two clerks of election from residents of the proposed district.

[C77, 79, 81, §303.23; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §17]2023 Acts, ch 19, §2097, 2125C2024, §15.448
Iowa Code § 297.31 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 297 / Section 297.31
Improvements.
Status: in_force

If there are improvements on a school site, the improvements may at the request of either party be appraised and sold separately.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.31]2019 Acts, ch 59, §83
Iowa Code § 476A.1 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476A / Section 476A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Agency” means an agency as defined in section 17A.2, subsection 1.

(2) “Certificate” means a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity issued pursuant to section 476A.6.

(3) “Commence to construct” means significant alteration of a site to install permanent equipment or structures but does not include activities incident to preliminary engineering, environmental studies or acquisition of a site for a facility.

(4) “Commission” means the utilities commission.

(5) “Facility” means any electric power generating plant, electric storage unit, or a combination of plants or units at a single site, owned by any person, with a total capacity of twenty-five or more megawatts of electricity for plants or twenty-five or more megawatt hours of electricity for electric storage units, and those associated transmission lines connecting the generating plant or electric storage unit to either a power transmission system or an interconnected primary transmission system or both. Transmission lines subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall not require a franchise under chapter 478.

(6) “Regulatory agency” means an agency which issues licenses or permits required for the construction, operation or maintenance of a facility pursuant to statutes or rules in effect on the date on which an application for a certificate is accepted by the utilities commission.

[C77, 79, 81, §476A.1]90 Acts, ch 1252, §41; 2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §35, 362023 Acts, ch 19, §2681; 2024 Acts, ch 1108, §4; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 76.3 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 76 / Section 76.3
Tax limitations.
Status: in_force

Tax limitations in any law or proposition for the issuance of bonds or obligations, including any law or proposition for the issuance of bonds or obligations in anticipation of levies or collections of taxes or both, shall be based on the latest equalized actual valuation then existing and shall only restrict the amount of bonds or obligations which may be issued. For the sole purpose of computing the amount of bonds which may be issued as a result of the application of a tax limitation, all interest on the bonds or obligations in excess of that accruing in the first twelve months may be excluded from the first annual levy of taxes, so that the need for including more than one year’s interest in the first annual levy of taxes to pay the bonds or obligations and interest does not operate to further restrict the amount of bonds or obligations which may be issued, and in certifying the annual levies to the county auditor or auditors the first annual levy of taxes shall be sufficient to pay all principal of and interest on the bonds or obligations becoming due prior to the next succeeding annual levy and the full amount of the first annual levy shall be entered for collection by the auditor or auditors, as provided in this chapter.

[C31, 35, §1179-c1; C39, §1179.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §76.3]83 Acts, ch 90, §7
Iowa Code § 724.14 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 724 / Section 724.14
Nonprofessional permit change of residence to another county.
Status: in_force

If a permit holder of a nonprofessional permit to carry weapons changes residences from one county to another county after the issuance of the permit, the department of public safety shall by rule specify the procedure to transfer the regulation of the holder’s permit to another sheriff for the purposes of issuing a renewal or duplicate permit, or complying with section 724.13.

2017 Acts, ch 69, §15
Iowa Code § 519A.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.3
Temporary joint underwriting association.
Status: in_force

(1) A temporary joint underwriting association is created, consisting of all insurers authorized to write and engaged in writing on a direct basis within this state liability insurance, including insurers covering such peril in multiple peril policies. Every such insurer shall be a member of the association and shall remain a member as a condition of its authority to continue to write liability insurance in this state.

(2) The purpose of the association shall be to provide, for a period not exceeding two years, a market for medical malpractice insurance on a self-supporting basis without subsidy from its members.

(3) (a) The association shall not commence underwriting operations for health care providers until the commissioner, after notice and opportunity for hearing, has determined that medical malpractice insurance is not available at a reasonable cost for a specific type of licensed health care provider in the voluntary market. Upon such determination the association shall be authorized to issue policies of medical malpractice insurance for such specific type of health care provider but need not be the exclusive agency through which such insurance may be written on a primary basis in this state.

(3) (b) If the commissioner determines at any time that medical malpractice insurance can be made available in the voluntary market at a reasonable price for any specific type of licensed health care provider, the association shall thereby cease underwriting medical malpractice insurance for that type of licensed health care provider.

(4) The association shall, subject to the terms and conditions of section 519A.2, this section, and sections 519A.4 through 519A.13, have and exercise the following powers on behalf of its members:

(4) (a) To issue, or to cause to be issued, policies of insurance to applicants, including incidental coverages and subject to limits as specified in the plan of operation but not to exceed one million dollars for each claimant under one policy and three million dollars for all claimants under one policy in any one year.

(4) (b) To underwrite such insurance and to adjust and pay losses with respect thereto, or to appoint service companies to perform those functions.

(4) (c) To assume reinsurance from its members.

(4) (d) To cede reinsurance.

[C77, 79, 81, §519A.3]2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §152
Iowa Code § 524.1008 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1008
Succession of fiduciary accounts to an independent bank.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §145; . See §524.1007.
Iowa Code § 543B.20 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543B / Section 543B.20
Examination.
Status: in_force

Examinations for a license shall be given as often as deemed necessary by the real estate commission, but no less than one time per year. Each applicant for a license must pass an examination authorized by the commission and administered by the commission or persons designated by the commission. The examination shall be of scope and wording sufficient in the judgment of the commission to establish the competency of the applicant to act as a real estate broker or salesperson in a manner to protect the interests of the public. An examination for a real estate broker shall be of a more exacting nature than that for a real estate salesperson and require higher standards of knowledge of real estate. The identity of the persons taking the examinations shall be concealed until after the examination has been graded. A person who fails to pass either examination once may immediately apply to take the next available examination. Thereafter, the applicant may take the examination at the discretion of the commission. An applicant who has failed either examination may request in writing information from the commission concerning the applicant’s examination grade and subject areas or questions which the applicant failed to answer correctly, except that if the commission administers a uniform, standardized examination, the commission is only required to provide the examination grade and other information concerning the applicant’s examination results which is available to the commission.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §117.20; 81 Acts, ch 54, §9]C93, §543B.202013 Acts, ch 5, §23; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §120
Iowa Code § 331.204 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.204
Membership reduced — vote — new members.
Status: in_force

(1) In a county having a five-member board, the board may by resolution, or shall upon petition of the number of eligible electors of the county as specified in section 331.306, submit to the registered voters of the county at a general election a proposition to reduce the number of supervisors to three.

(2) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the reduction to three members, the membership of the board shall remain at five until the first day in January which is not a Sunday or holiday following the next general election, at which time the terms of the five members shall expire.

(3) At the next general election following the one at which the proposition to reduce the membership of the board to three is approved, the membership of the board shall be elected according to the supervisor representation plan in effect in the county. If the supervisor representation plan includes equal-population districts, the districts shall be designated by December 15 of the year preceding the year of the next general election by the temporary county redistricting commission. The districts shall be drawn in the manner provided under sections 331.209 and 331.210. One member of the board shall be elected to a two-year term and the remaining two members shall be elected to four-year terms. The length of the term for which a person is a candidate and the date when the term begins shall be indicated on the ballot.

[C73, §299; C97, §410; SS15, §410; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5108 – 5110; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §331.3, 331.6, 331.7; S81, §331.204; 81 Acts, ch 117, §203; 82 Acts, ch 1091, §3, ch 1104, §30]88 Acts, ch 1119, §36; 94 Acts, ch 1179, §20; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53
Iowa Code § 489.408 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.408
Reimbursement, indemnification, advancement, and insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited liability company shall reimburse a member of a member-managed limited liability company or the manager of a manager-managed limited liability company for any payment made by the member or manager in the course of the member’s or manager’s activities on behalf of the company, if the member or manager complied with sections 489.405, 489.407, and 489.409 in making the payment.

(2) A limited liability company shall indemnify and hold harmless a person with respect to any claim or demand against the person and any debt, obligation, or other liability incurred by the person by reason of the person’s former or present capacity as a member or manager, if the claim, demand, debt, obligation, or other liability does not arise from the person’s breach of section 489.405, 489.407, or 489.409.

(3) In the ordinary course of its activities and affairs, a limited liability company may advance reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs, incurred by a person in connection with a claim or demand against the person by reason of the person’s former or present capacity as a member or manager, if the person promises to repay the company if the person ultimately is determined not to be entitled to be indemnified under subsection 2.

(4) A limited liability company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a member or manager against liability asserted against or incurred by the member or manager in that capacity or arising from that status even if, under section 489.105, subsection 3, paragraph “g”, the operating agreement could not eliminate or limit the person’s liability to the company for the conduct giving rise to the liability.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §38, 155; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §43, 161
Iowa Code § 420.137 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 420 / Section 420.137
Applicable laws.
Status: in_force

All laws governing political parties and the nomination of candidates in elections shall, as far as applicable, govern the political parties and nomination and election of candidates in cities acting under a special charter in 1973 and having a population of fifty thousand or more, except where such a city by election chooses to conduct city elections under chapter 44, 45, or 376.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.137; 82 Acts, ch 1097, §3]