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Iowa Code § 321I.17 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321I / Section 321I.17
Special events.
Status: in_force

The department may authorize the holding of organized special events as defined in this chapter within this state. The department shall adopt rules relating to the conduct of special events held under department permits and designating the equipment and facilities necessary for the safe operation of all-terrain vehicles, off-road motorcycles, and off-road utility vehicles and for the safety of operators, participants, and observers in the special events. A special event may require an entrance fee set by the organizer of the special event. The department may require that part of the entrance fee be credited to pay costs of all-terrain vehicle programs authorized pursuant to section 321I.8. At least thirty days before the scheduled date of a special event in this state, an application shall be filed with the department for authorization to conduct the special event. The application shall set forth the date, time, and location of the proposed special event and any other information the department requires. The special event shall not be conducted without written authorization of the department.

2004 Acts, ch 1132, §60; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §45
Iowa Code § 535D.22 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535D / Section 535D.22
Compliance with federal law.
Status: in_force

If the United States department of housing and urban development determines in writing that any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is invalid under Tit. V of the federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-289, the superintendent is authorized to adopt rules which waive or modify, in whole or in part, requirements of this chapter as necessary to achieve a determination by the United States department of housing and urban development that this state is in compliance with the federal law.

2009 Acts, ch 61, §23, 25
Iowa Code § 29B.11 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.11
Reports and receiving of prisoners.
Status: in_force

Every commander of a guard, master-at-arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or of any other jail, penitentiary, or prison, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after that commitment or as soon as relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against the prisoner, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.

[C54, 58, 62, §29.68; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.11]
Iowa Code § 49.123 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.123
Courthouse open on election day.
Status: in_force

The courthouse of each county shall remain open on election day.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §49.123]
Iowa Code § 597.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 597 / Section 597.5
Attorney in fact.
Status: in_force

A husband or wife may constitute the other spouse as the husband’s or wife’s attorney in fact, to control and dispose of the husband’s or wife’s property, including the relinquishment of homestead rights and surviving spouse’s statutory share in the homestead, as provided in section 561.13, for their mutual benefit, and may revoke the appointment, the same as other persons.

[C73, §2210; C97, §3161; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10450; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §597.5]91 Acts, ch 106, §2
Iowa Code § 29A.21 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.21
Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in this chapter all officers of the national guard shall have the same powers and perform like military duties as officers of similar rank and position in the armed forces of the United States insofar as may be authorized by law. Officers are authorized to administer oaths in all matters connected with the service.

[C35, §467-f16; C39, §467.16; C46, 50, §29.16; C54, 58, 62, §29.21; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29A.21]
Iowa Code § 233.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 233 / Section 233.4
Rights of parents.
Status: in_force

Either parent of a newborn infant whose custody was released in accordance with section 233.2 may intervene in the child in need of assistance or termination of parental rights proceedings held regarding the newborn infant and request that the juvenile court grant custody of the newborn infant to the parent. The requester must show by clear and convincing evidence including but not limited to by the use of DNA profiling as defined in section 81.1 that the requester is the parent of the newborn infant. If the court determines that the requester is the parent of the newborn infant and that granting custody of the newborn infant to the parent is in the newborn infant’s best interest, the court shall issue an order granting custody of the newborn infant to the parent. In addition to such order, the court may order services for the newborn infant and the parent as are in the best interest of the newborn infant.

2001 Acts, ch 67, §4, 13; 2023 Acts, ch 136, §3
Iowa Code § 714E.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714E / Section 714E.5
Waiver not allowed.
Status: in_force

A waiver by an owner of the provisions of this chapter is void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy. An attempt by a foreclosure consultant to induce an owner to waive the owner’s rights is a violation of this chapter.

2008 Acts, ch 1125, §5, 19
Iowa Code § 445.55 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 445 / Section 445.55
Fees collectible.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer collecting taxes so certified into another county shall, in addition to the interest, fees, and costs on delinquent taxes, assess a collection fee of twenty percent on the whole amount of the taxes, inclusive of the interest, fees, and costs on the taxes.

[C73, §863; C97, §1411; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7230; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §445.55]91 Acts, ch 191, §51
Iowa Code § 453A.18 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.18
Forms for records and reports.
Status: in_force

The department shall make available in electronic form, without charge, to holders of the various permits, forms to enable permit holders to make the reports required to be made under this subchapter. The permit holders shall furnish at their own expense the books, records, and invoices, required to be used and kept, but the books, records, and invoices shall be in exact conformity to the forms prescribed for that purpose by the director, and shall be kept and used in the manner prescribed by the director. However, the director may, by express order in certain cases, authorize permit holders to keep their records in a manner and upon forms other than those prescribed. The authorization may be revoked at any time. A report, book, record, invoice, and any other document required to be submitted to the department under this subchapter shall be submitted electronically.

[C39, §1556.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §98.18]C93, §453A.182007 Acts, ch 186, §38; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2025 Acts, ch 132, §14
Iowa Code § 135B.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135B / Section 135B.4
Application for license.
Status: in_force

Licenses shall be obtained from the department. Applications shall be upon forms and shall contain information as the department may reasonably require, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with reasonable standards and rules prescribed under this chapter. Each application for license shall be accompanied by the license fee, which shall be refunded to the applicant if the license is denied and which shall be deposited into the state treasury and credited to the general fund if the license is issued. Hospitals and rural emergency hospitals having fifty beds or less shall pay an initial license fee of fifteen dollars; hospitals of more than fifty beds and not more than one hundred beds shall pay an initial license fee of twenty-five dollars; all other hospitals shall pay an initial license fee of fifty dollars.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.4]90 Acts, ch 1204, §32023 Acts, ch 16, §5, 20, 21
Iowa Code § 29B.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.6
Imposition of restraint.
Status: in_force

(1) “Arrest” is the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing the person to remain within certain specified limits. “Confinement” is the physical restraint of a person.

(2) An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by any commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or through other persons subject to this code or through any person authorized by this code to apprehend persons.

(3) A commanding officer may authorize warrant officers or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of the officer’s command or subject to the officer’s authority into arrest or confinement.

(4) A commissioned officer or a warrant officer may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority the commissioned or warrant officer is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order such persons apprehended or into arrest or confinement may not be delegated.

(5) This section does not limit the authority of persons authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an alleged offender until the proper authority is notified.

[C54, 58, 62, §29.66; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.6, 29B.7; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §3]2016 Acts, ch 1011, §7
Iowa Code § 99.28 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99 / Section 99.28
Certification and payment of mulct tax.
Status: in_force

The clerk of said court shall make and certify a return of the imposition of the mulct tax forthwith to the county auditor, who shall enter the same as a tax upon the property, and against the persons upon which or whom the lien was imposed, as and when the other taxes are entered, and the same shall be and remain a lien on the land upon which such lien was imposed until fully paid. Any such lien imposed while the tax books are in the hands of the auditor shall be immediately entered in the tax books. The payment of the mulct tax shall not relieve the persons or property from any other penalties provided by law.

[SS15, §4944-h8; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1614; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §99.28]2016 Acts, ch 1073, §24
Iowa Code § 535B.23 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535B / Section 535B.23
Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) This subchapter shall apply to covered institutions. For entities within a holding company or an affiliated group of companies, this subchapter shall apply at the covered institution level.

(2) This subchapter shall not apply to persons exempt from licensing under section 535B.2.

2024 Acts, ch 1038, §9
Iowa Code § 239B.3 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 239B / Section 239B.3
Cash assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Within available funding, the department shall provide an ongoing cash assistance grant under the family investment program to a family eligible under section 239B.2.

(1) (b) For an eligibility decision involving an applicant family with a specified relative, within thirty days of the date of an application, the department shall authorize issuance of notice of the department’s decision to the specified relative.

(2) For an applicant or participant family, the department shall calculate and pay the cash assistance grant on a monthly basis, taking into consideration all of the following:

(2) (a) The income and resources of the family.

(2) (b) Whether the family has entered into a limited benefit plan.

(2) (c) The size of the family.

(2) (d) Available funding.

(3) The department may pay cash assistance and other cash benefits paid under this chapter by warrant, through a direct deposit to a financial institution of a participant, or through an electronic benefits transfer.

(4) The department may pay, from funds appropriated for this purpose, a maximum of four hundred dollars toward funeral expenses on the death of a child who is a participant or has been authorized to participate in the family investment program, provided both of the following conditions apply:

(4) (a) The decedent does not leave an estate which may be probated with sufficient proceeds to allow for payment of the funeral expenses.

(4) (b) Payments which are due the decedent’s estate or beneficiary by reason of the liability of a life insurance, death or funeral benefit company, association, or society, or in the form of United States social security, railroad retirement, or veterans’ benefits upon the death of the decedent, are deducted from the department’s payment under this section.

97 Acts, ch 41, §4, 34; 99 Acts, ch 100, §2
Iowa Code § 535A.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535A / Section 535A.7
Criminal penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly engages in a practice which violates the provisions of section 535A.2 or 535A.9 is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

[C79, 81, §535A.7]85 Acts, ch 238, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1114, §4
Iowa Code § 455C.7 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455C / Section 455C.7
Unapproved redemption centers.
Status: in_force

Any person may establish a redemption center which has not been approved by the department, at which a consumer may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund value of the beverage containers. The establishment of an unapproved redemption center shall not relieve any dealer from the responsibility of redeeming any empty beverage containers of the kind and brand sold by the dealer.

[C79, 81, §455C.7]
Iowa Code § 283A.9 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 283A / Section 283A.9
Building for school meal facility.
Status: in_force

School districts may purchase, erect, or otherwise acquire a building for use as a school meal facility, and equip a building for that use, and pay for the acquisition or equipping from funds available in the physical plant and equipment levy fund, subject to the terms of section 298.2.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.9]89 Acts, ch 135, §91; 94 Acts, ch 1029, §20; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §30
Iowa Code § 169.12 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 169 / Section 169.12
License renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) All licenses shall expire in multiyear intervals as determined by the board but may be renewed by registration with the board and payment of the registration renewal fee established and published by the board. Prior to expiration the secretary shall mail a notice to each licensed veterinarian that the license will expire and provide the licensee with a form for registration.

(2) Any person who shall practice veterinary medicine after license expiration is practicing in violation of this chapter. However, a person may renew an expired license within five years of the date of its expiration by making written application for renewal and paying the current renewal fee plus all delinquent renewal fees. After five years have elapsed since the date of expiration, a license may not be renewed, and the holder must make application for a new license and take the license examination.

(3) The board may by rule waive the payment of the registration renewal fee of a licensed veterinarian during the period when the veterinarian is on active duty with any branch of the armed services of the United States.

(4) Any licensee who is desirous of changing residence to another state or territory shall, upon application to the department and payment of the legal fee, receive a certified statement that the licensee is a duly licensed practitioner in this state.

[S13, §2538-j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2769, 2769.1, 2798; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §169.6, 169.35; C79, 81, §169.12]2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 510B.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510B / Section 510B.3
Enforcement — rules.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1113, §15, 16, 23; . See §510B.10 and 510B.11.
Iowa Code § 533C.1003 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.1003
Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to the provision of money transmission on or after October 1, 2003.

2024 Acts, ch 1030, §13, 14, 15
Iowa Code § 702.23 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 702 / Section 702.23
Strip search.
Status: in_force

“Strip search” means having a person remove or arrange some or all of the person’s clothing so as to permit an inspection of the genitalia, buttocks, anus, female breasts or undergarments of that person or a physical probe of any body cavity.

[C81, §702.23]
Iowa Code § 155A.16 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155A / Section 155A.16
Procedure.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided, any disciplinary action taken by the board under section 155A.12 or 155A.15 is governed by chapter 17A and the rules of practice and procedure before the board.

87 Acts, ch 215, §16
Iowa Code § 327D.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(2) “Joint tariffs” embraces joint rates, tolls, contracts, classifications and charges.

(3) “Railroad” means the terminal facilities necessary in the transportation of persons and property and includes bridges, railroad right-of-way, trackage, switches and other appurtenances necessary for the operation of a railroad, whether owned, leased or operated under some other contractual agreement.

(4) “Railroad corporation” means a railway corporation as defined in subsection 6.

(5) “Railway” means a railroad as defined in subsection 3.

(6) “Railway corporation” means all corporations, companies, or persons owning or operating any railroad or carrier in whole or in part within the state.

(7) “Rates” means fares, tariffs, tolls, charges, and all classifications, contracts, practices and rules of common carriers relating to such rates.

(8) “Switching service” means the shifting of a car between two points, both of which are within the industrial vicinity of an industry, a group of industries, a station, or a city, as such industrial vicinity may be defined by the department.

(9) “Transportation” means all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage as well as services in connection with the actual transport.

[C97, §2122; SS15, §2125; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8037, 8082; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.2, 479.48; C77, 79, 81, §327D.2; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1960
Iowa Code § 177A.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 177A / Section 177A.14
Right of access.
Status: in_force

The state entomologist and the entomologist’s authorized inspectors, employees, and agents shall have free access within reasonable hours to any farm, field, orchard, nursery, greenhouse, garden, elevator, seedhouse, warehouse, building, cellar, freight or express office or car, freight yard, truck, automobile, aircraft, wagon, vehicle, carrier, vessel, boat, container or any place which it may be necessary or desirable for such authorized agents to enter in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. It shall be unlawful to deny such access to such authorized agents or to hinder, thwart, or defeat such inspection or entrance by misrepresentation or concealment of facts or conditions, or otherwise.

[S13, §2575-a48; C24, §4049; C27, 31, 35, §4062-b14; C39, §4062.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §267.14; C75, 77, 79, 81, §177A.14]
Iowa Code § 583.2 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 583 / Section 583.2
Nature of hotelkeeper’s lien.
Status: in_force

A hotelkeeper shall have a lien upon the baggage of any guest, which may be in that hotel, for:

(1) The accommodations and keep of said guest.

(2) The money paid for or advanced to said guest.

(3) The extras and other things furnished said guest.

[C97, §3138; S13, §3138; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10349; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §583.2]
Iowa Code § 458A.23 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 458A / Section 458A.23
Action to obtain release — damages, costs, and attorney fees — attachment.
Status: in_force

Should the owner of such lease neglect or refuse to execute a release as provided by this chapter, or contend lease is in full force and effect, then the owner of the leased premises may sue in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such release, and may also recover in such action the sum of one hundred dollars as damages, and all costs, together with a reasonable attorney fee for preparing and prosecuting the suit, and may also recover any additional damages that the evidence in the case will warrant. In all such actions, writs of attachment may issue as in other cases.

[C39, §1360.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §84.7; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §84.23]C93, §458A.23
Iowa Code § 52.31 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 52 / Section 52.31
Procedure where votes cast on optical scan ballots.
Status: in_force

Preparations for voting and voting at any election in a precinct where votes are to be received on optical scan ballots shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 49 governing voting upon conventional paper ballots with the following exceptions:

(1) Before entering the voting booth each voter shall be cautioned to mark the ballot only with a ballot marking device provided in the booth or by the precinct election officials.

(2) In each precinct where portable automatic tabulating equipment is used, the voter may personally insert the ballot into the tabulating device.

[C77, 79, 81, §52.31]86 Acts, ch 1224, §24; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §38
Iowa Code § 820.17 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 820 / Section 820.17
Discharge or recommitment.
Status: in_force

If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant or bond, a judge or magistrate may discharge or recommit the accused for a further period not to exceed sixty days, or a judge or magistrate may again take bail for the accused’s appearance and surrender, as provided in section 820.16, but within a period not to exceed sixty days after the date of such new bond.

[C51, §3288; R60, §4527; C73, §4180; C97, §5177; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13507; C46, §759.11; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.17; C79, 81, §820.17]
Iowa Code § 602.1607 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.1607
Court employees shall not practice law.
Status: in_force

A full-time court employee shall not practice as an attorney or counselor of law.

83 Acts, ch 186, §1607, 10201
Iowa Code § 455B.132 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.132
Executive agency.
Status: in_force

The department shall be the agency of the state to prevent, abate, or control air pollution.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455B.11]C83, §455B.132
Iowa Code § 331.210 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.210
Plan “three”.
Status: in_force

If plan “three” is selected pursuant to section 331.206 or 331.207, the supervisor districts shall be drawn and supervisors shall be elected as provided in section 331.209, except the boundaries of supervisor districts shall follow voting precinct lines and each member of the board and each candidate for the office shall be elected or nominated at the primary and general elections by only the electors of the district which that candidate seeks to represent.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §331.27; S81, §331.210; 81 Acts, ch 117, §209]