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Iowa Code § 321M.1 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321M / Section 321M.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Commercial driver’s license” means a driver’s license valid for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, including a commercial learner’s permit, as regulated by chapter 321.

(2) “County issuance” means the system or process of issuing driver’s licenses, nonoperator’s identification cards, and persons with disabilities identification devices, including all related testing, to the same extent that such items are issued by the department.

(3) “Department” means the state department of transportation.

(4) “Digitized photolicensing equipment” means the machines and related materials, obtained pursuant to contract, the use of which results in the on-site production of driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards.

(5) “Driver’s license” means any license or permit issued to a person to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this state, including but not limited to a driver’s, commercial driver’s, temporary restricted, or temporary license and an instruction, chauffeur’s instruction, commercial learner’s, or temporary permit.

(6) “Issuing county” means a county that is participating in county issuance.

(7) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle which is self-propelled, including but not limited to automobiles, cars, motor trucks, semitrailers, motorcycles, and similar vehicles regulated under chapter 321.

(8) “Nonoperator’s identification card” means the card issued pursuant to section 321.190 that contains information pertaining to the personal characteristics of the applicant but does not convey to the person issued the card any operating privileges for any motor vehicle.

(9) “Persons with disabilities identification devices” means those devices issued pursuant to chapter 321L.

98 Acts, ch 1073, §12; 98 Acts, ch 1143, §1, 26; 2001 Acts, ch 132, §17; 2002 Acts, ch 1032, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 123, §74; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §107
Iowa Code § 541.17 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.17
Section 541.17
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 706B.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 706B / Section 706B.3
Uniformity of construction and application.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial purposes. Civil remedies under this chapter shall be supplemental and not mutually exclusive. The civil remedies do not preclude and are not precluded by other provisions of law.

(2) The provisions of this chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting the law.

(3) The attorney general may enter into reciprocal agreements with the attorney general or chief prosecuting attorney of any state to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

96 Acts, ch 1133, §33
Iowa Code § 666.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 666 / Section 666.6
Annual report of outstanding fines, penalties, forfeitures, and recognizances.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the district court shall make an annual report in writing to the state court administrator no later than August 15 of the fines, penalties, forfeitures, and recognizances which have not been paid, remitted, canceled, or otherwise satisfied during the previous fiscal year.

[C73, §3974; C97, §1302; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12557; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §666.6; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1239]83 Acts, ch 185, §59, 62; 83 Acts, ch 186, §10127, 10201; 85 Acts, ch 197, §39; 91 Acts, ch 185, §1; 95 Acts, ch 169, §9
Iowa Code § 904.316 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.316
Payment for improvements.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of administrative services shall not authorize payment for construction purposes until satisfactory proof has been furnished to the director of the department of administrative services by the proper officer or supervising architect, that the contract has been complied with by the parties. Payments shall be made in a manner similar to that in which the current expenses of the institutions are paid.

83 Acts, ch 96, §43, 159CS83, §217A.5985 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.31686 Acts, ch 1245, §318C93, §904.3162003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 359.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.5
Divisions where city included.
Status: in_force

When any township has within its limits a city with a population exceeding fifteen hundred, the eligible electors of such township residing without the limits of such city may, at any regular session of the board of supervisors of the county, petition to have such township divided into two townships; the one to embrace the territory without, and the other the territory within such corporate limits.

[C73, §382; C97, §554; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5531; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.5]
Iowa Code § 600B.38 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600B / Section 600B.38
Recipients of public assistance — assignment of support payments.
Status: in_force

(1) If public assistance is provided by the department of health and human services to or on behalf of a dependent child or a dependent child’s caretaker, there is an assignment by operation of law to the department of any and all rights in, title to, and interest in any support obligation, payment, and arrearages owed to or on behalf of the child or caretaker, not to exceed the amount of public assistance paid for or on behalf of the child or caretaker as follows:

(1) (a) For family investment program assistance, section 239B.6 shall apply.

(1) (b) For foster care services, section 234.39 shall apply.

(1) (c) For medical assistance, section 252E.11 shall apply.

(2) The department shall immediately notify the clerk of court by mail when such a child or caretaker has been determined to be eligible for public assistance. Upon notification by the department, the clerk of court shall make a notation of the automatic assignment in the judgment docket and lien index. The notation constitutes constructive notice of the assignment. For public assistance approved and provided on or after July 1, 1997, if the applicant for public assistance is a person other than a parent of the child, the department shall send notice by regular mail to the last known addresses of the obligee and obligor. The clerk of court shall forward support payments received pursuant to section 600B.25, to which the department is entitled, to the department, which may secure support payments in default through other proceedings.

(3) The clerk shall furnish the department with copies of all orders or decrees and temporary or domestic abuse orders addressing support when the parties are receiving public assistance or services are otherwise provided by child support services. Unless otherwise specified in the order, an equal and proportionate share of any child support awarded shall be presumed to be payable on behalf of each child subject to the order or judgment for purposes of an assignment under this section.

[C77, 79, 81, §675.38; 82 Acts, ch 1237, §5]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159C93, §600B.3897 Acts, ch 175, §209; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §6, 72023 Acts, ch 19, §1260
Iowa Code § 28H.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28H / Section 28H.4
Membership — liability of members.
Status: in_force

(1) Membership, appointments, and terms of office shall be governed by bylaws adopted by each council of governments.

(2) A director, officer, employee, member, trustee, or volunteer of a council of governments is not liable for the debts or obligations of the council of governments. A director, officer, employee, member, trustee, or volunteer is not personally liable for a claim based upon an act or omission of the person performed in the discharge of the person’s duties, except for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or for a transaction for which the person derives an improper personal benefit.

90 Acts, ch 1157, §4
Iowa Code § 414.31 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.31
Elder group homes.
Status: in_force

A city council or city zoning commission shall consider an elder group home a family home, as defined in section 414.22, for purposes of zoning, in accordance with section 231B.4, and may establish limitations regarding the proximity of one proposed elder group home to another.

93 Acts, ch 72, §8; 2005 Acts, ch 62, §23
Iowa Code § 554.2607 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2607
Effect of acceptance — notice of breach — burden of establishing breach after acceptance — notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over.
Status: in_force

(1) The buyer must pay at the contract rate for any goods accepted.

(2) Acceptance of goods by the buyer precludes rejection of the goods accepted and if made with knowledge of a nonconformity cannot be revoked because of it unless the acceptance was on the reasonable assumption that the nonconformity would be seasonably cured but acceptance does not of itself impair any other remedy provided by this Article for nonconformity.

(3) Where a tender has been accepted.

(3) (a) the buyer must within a reasonable time after the buyer discovers or should have discovered any breach notify the seller of breach or be barred from any remedy; and

(3) (b) if the claim is one for infringement or the like (section 554.2312, subsection 3) and the buyer is sued as a result of such a breach the buyer must so notify the seller within a reasonable time after the buyer receives notice of the litigation or be barred from any remedy over for liability established by the litigation.

(4) The burden is on the buyer to establish any breach with respect to the goods accepted.

(5) Where the buyer is sued for breach of a warranty or other obligation for which the buyer’s seller is answerable over

(5) (a) the buyer may give the buyer’s seller written notice of the litigation. If the notice states that the seller may come in and defend and that if the seller does not do so the seller will be bound in any action against the seller by the seller’s buyer by any determination of fact common to the two litigations, then unless the seller after seasonable receipt of the notice does come in and defend the seller is so bound.

(5) (b) if the claim is one for infringement or the like (section 554.2312, subsection 3) the original seller may demand in writing that the seller’s buyer turn over to the seller control of the litigation including settlement or else be barred from any remedy over and if the seller also agrees to bear all expense and to satisfy any adverse judgment, then unless the buyer after seasonable receipt of the demand does turn over control the buyer is so barred.

(6) The provisions of subsections 3, 4 and 5 apply to any obligation of a buyer to hold the seller harmless against infringement or the like (section 554.2312, subsection 3).

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9970, 9978, 9998; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.42, 554.50, 554.70; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2607]2015 Acts, ch 29, §95 – 97
Iowa Code § 907.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 907 / Section 907.4
Deferred judgment docket.
Status: in_force

(1) A deferment of judgment under section 907.3 shall be entered promptly by the clerk of the district court, or the clerk’s designee, into the deferred judgment database of the state, which shall serve as the deferred judgment docket. The deferred judgment docket shall be maintained by the state court administrator and shall not be destroyed. The docket shall contain a permanent record of the deferred judgment including the name and date of birth of the defendant, the district court docket number, the nature of the offense, and the date of the deferred judgment. Before granting deferred judgment in any case, the court shall search the deferred judgment docket and shall consider any prior record of a deferred judgment against the defendant.

(2) The permanent record provided for in this section is a confidential record exempted from public access under section 22.7 and shall be available only to justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, district judges, district associate judges, judicial magistrates, clerks of the district court, judicial district departments of correctional services, county attorneys, the department of public safety, and the department of corrections requesting information pursuant to this section, or the designee of a justice, judge, magistrate, clerk, judicial district department of correctional services, or county attorney, or departments.

[C75, 77, §789A.1; C79, 81, §907.4]84 Acts, ch 1292, §20; 85 Acts, ch 197, §44; 88 Acts, ch 1168, §5; 97 Acts, ch 128, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §61; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §60, 2092011 Acts, ch 95, §10; 2012 Acts, ch 1054, §2, 4
Iowa Code § 511.40 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 511 / Section 511.40
Employer — insurable interest in employees.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “employees” includes officers, managers, and directors of an employer, and the shareholders, partners, members, proprietors, or other owners of the employer.

(2) An employer and a trust established by the employer for the benefit of the employer or for the benefit of the employer’s active or retired employees has an insurable interest in each of the lives of the employer’s active or retired employees and may insure their lives on an individual or group basis.

(3) The amount of coverage on the lives of nonmanagement or nonkey employees shall be reasonably related to the benefit provided to the employees.

(4) On and after July 1, 2003, an employer or trust shall obtain the written consent of each employee being insured by an employer and trust pursuant to this section before insuring the employee’s life. The consent shall include an acknowledgment by the employee that the employer or trust may maintain the life insurance after the employee is no longer employed by the employer. An employer shall not retaliate in any manner against an employee who refuses to consent.

(5) (a) The gross amount of premiums received by a life insurance company or association for an employer-owned life insurance contract which has not been allocated to another state shall be allocated to this state for purposes of section 432.1, subsection 1, if either of the following is applicable:

(5) (a) The contract is issued or delivered in this state.

(5) (a) The company or association is domiciled in this state.

(5) (b) To the extent that premiums are allocated to this state pursuant to paragraph “a”, the provisions of section 505.14 are not applicable to those premiums.

(5) (c) As used in this subsection, “employer-owned life insurance contract” means a policy which provides coverage on a life for which the employer has an insurable interest under this section or a similar provision of the laws of another state and the policy is owned by either the employer or a trust established by the employer for the benefit of the employer or the employer’s active or retired employees.

2003 Acts, ch 91, §22; 2013 Acts, ch 124, §15
Iowa Code § 542B.25 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 542B / Section 542B.25
Violations.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates such permanent injunction or presents or attempts to file as the person’s own the certificate of licensure of another, or who shall give false or forged evidence of any kind to the board, or to any member thereof, in obtaining a certificate of licensure, or who shall falsely impersonate another practitioner of like or different name, or who shall use or attempt to use a revoked certificate of licensure, shall be deemed guilty of a fraudulent practice.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §1875; C39, §1875.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.25]C93, §542B.2596 Acts, ch 1055, §6
Iowa Code § 309.24 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 309 / Section 309.24
Uniform and unified plan required.
Status: in_force

The secondary road construction program or project shall be planned on the basis of one general, uniform, and unified plan for the complete and permanent construction of the roads embraced in the program or project as to bridge, culvert, tile, and grading or other improvements.

[C31, 35, §4644-c26; C39, §4644.24; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.24]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §135
Iowa Code § 321A.32 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.32
Other violations — penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person whose license or registration or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended, denied, or revoked under this chapter or continues to remain suspended or revoked under this chapter, and who, during such suspension, denial, or revocation, or during such continuing suspension or continuing revocation, drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by such person to be operated by another upon any highway, except as permitted under this chapter, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. In addition to any other penalties, the punishment imposed for a violation of this subsection shall include assessment of a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars.

(2) Any person willfully failing to return license or registration as required in section 321A.31 shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(3) A person who forges or, without authority, signs a notice provided for under section 321A.5 that a policy or bond is in effect, or any evidence of financial responsibility, or any evidence of financial liability coverage as defined in section 321.1, or who files or offers for filing any such notice or evidence knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

(4) Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

[C31, 35, §5079-c7; C39, §5021.05; C46, §321.279; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.32]84 Acts, ch 1142, §2; 97 Acts, ch 139, §10, 17, 18; 98 Acts, ch 1121, §8; 99 Acts, ch 153, §5
Iowa Code § 455B.393 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.393
Liability of state employees or persons providing assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) A person employed by the state is not liable for damages incurred as a result of actions taken by the person when acting in the person’s official capacity pursuant to this part, rules adopted pursuant to this part and the hazardous condition contingency plan.

(2) A person who provides assistance at the request of the department or by previous agreement with the department in the event of a hazardous condition is not liable in a civil action for damages as a result of that person’s acts or omissions in rendering the assistance. This section does not relieve a person from civil damages in any of the following circumstances:

(2) (a) If the person providing assistance is also the person having control over the hazardous substance which created the hazardous condition.

(2) (b) If the person rendered assistance for payment beyond reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses or with the expectation of such payment.

(2) (c) For acts or omissions which result from intentional wrongdoing or gross negligence.

84 Acts, ch 1108, §5
Iowa Code § 147.6 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.6
Certificate presumptive evidence.
Status: in_force

Every license issued under this subtitle shall be presumptive evidence of the right of the holder to practice in this state the profession therein specified.

[C97, §2576; S13, §2575-a30, -a38, 2576, 2583-k, 2600-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2443; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.6]94 Acts, ch 1132, §12; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §7; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §5
Iowa Code § 262.46 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.46
Title in name of state.
Status: in_force

The title to all real estate acquired under this subchapter and the improvements erected on that real estate shall be taken and held in the name of the state.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.46]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §116
Iowa Code § 222.79 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.79
Certification statement presumed correct.
Status: in_force

In actions to enforce the liability imposed by section 222.78, the superintendent shall submit a certification statement stating the sums charged, and the certification statement shall be considered presumptively correct.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §222.79]2001 Acts, ch 155, §20; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §89, 130; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §47, 137
Iowa Code § 680.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 680 / Section 680.11
Contempt.
Status: in_force

If, on being served with the order of the court requiring the person to do so, any person fails to appear in accordance therewith, or if, having appeared, the person refuses to answer any questions which the court thinks proper to be put to the person in the course of such examination, or if the person fails to comply with the order of the court requiring the person to deliver any such property or effects to the receiver, the person may be committed to the jail of the county until the person does.

[C27, 31, 35, §12719-b2; C39, §12719.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §680.11]
Iowa Code § 256.131 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.131
Reimbursement from federal and state moneys.
Status: in_force

(1) An approved regional career and technical education planning partnership is eligible to receive state funds for purposes allowed under section 256.136, subsection 6.

(2) Federal funds received as a reimbursement for allowable expenditures shall be received pursuant to the multiyear state plan adopted pursuant to section 256.129, subsection 1.

(3) The director may use federal funds to reimburse approved practitioner preparation schools, departments, or classes for the training of teachers of agriculture, food, and natural resources; arts, communications, and information systems; applied sciences, technology, engineering, and manufacturing; health sciences; human services; and business, finance, marketing, and management. The director may also use such funds to reimburse approved practitioner preparation schools, departments, or classes for the training of guidance counselors.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3841, 3844; C46, 50, §258.5, 258.8; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §258.5]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1428; 89 Acts, ch 265, §32; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §40; 2018 Acts, ch 1130, §2, 4; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2535C2024, §256.131
Iowa Code § 717F.13 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 717F / Section 717F.13
Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who intentionally causes a dangerous wild animal to escape in violation of this chapter is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

2007 Acts, ch 195, §13
Iowa Code § 476.4A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.4A
Exemption from tariff filings for telephone utilities.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §19.
Iowa Code § 537.6101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.6101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Consumer Credit Code — Administration”.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.6101]
Iowa Code § 712.7 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 712 / Section 712.7
False reports.
Status: in_force

A person who, knowing the information to be false, conveys or causes to be conveyed to any person any false information concerning the placement of any incendiary or explosive device or material or other destructive substance or device in any place where persons or property would be endangered commits a class “D” felony.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, §697.6; C79, 81, §712.7]