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Iowa Code § 170.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 170 / Section 170.5
Requirements for releasing whitetail — property interests.
Status: in_force

A person shall not release whitetail kept as farm deer onto land unless the landowner complies with all of the following:

(1) The landowner must notify the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture and land stewardship at least thirty days prior to first releasing the whitetail on the land. The notice shall be provided in a manner required by the departments. The notice must at least provide all of the following:

(1) (a) A statement verifying that the fence which encloses the land is certified by the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to section 170.4.

(1) (b) The landowner’s name.

(1) (c) The location of the land enclosed by the fence.

(2) The landowner shall cooperate with the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture and land stewardship to remove any whitetail from the enclosed land. However, after the thirtieth day following receipt of the notice, the state shall relinquish its property interest in any remaining whitetail that the landowner and the cooperating departments were unable to remove from the enclosed land. Any remaining whitetail existing at that time on the enclosed land, and any progeny of the whitetail, shall become property of the landowner.

2003 Acts, ch 149, §8, 23
Iowa Code § 524.608 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.608
Auditing procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any examination made by the banking division or other supervisory agency, the board of directors shall review the adequacy of the state bank’s internal controls and cause to be made no less frequently than once each calendar year additional auditing procedures that the board deems to be appropriate. The board shall determine the state bank’s audit needs and record in the board’s minutes the extent to which audit procedures are to be employed.

(2) The superintendent may require that more comprehensive auditing procedures be applied to a state bank’s account records when deemed necessary. These auditing procedures may range from limited scope agreed-upon procedures to an unqualified audit opinion.

[C97, §1871; S13, §1871; C24, 27, §9224, 9225; C31, 35, §9224-c1, 9225, 9226; C39, §9224.1, 9225, 9226; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §528.17, 528.19, 528.20; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.608]95 Acts, ch 148, §66; 96 Acts, ch 1056, §8; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §67
Iowa Code § 28D.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28D / Section 28D.4
Status of employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in section 28D.3 may be considered during such participation to be:

(1) (a) On detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency, or

(1) (b) In a status of leave of absence from their positions in the sending agency.

(2) Employees who are on detail shall be entitled to the same salary and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled and shall remain employees of the sending agency for all other purposes except that the supervision of their duties during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.

(3) Employees who are in a leave of absence status as provided herein shall be carried on leave without pay; except they may be granted annual leave or other time off with pay to the extent authorized by law and may be granted authorized sick leave in circumstances considered by the sending agency to justify such leave. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, employees who are in a leave of absence status shall have the same rights, benefits, and obligations as employees generally who are in such leave status but notwithstanding any other provision of law such employees may be entitled to credit the period of such assignment toward benefits as employees of the sending agency.

(4) Any employee who participates in an exchange under the terms of this section who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of an exchange, or sustained in performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated, for the purposes of the sending agency’s employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such compensation program, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that compensation program for any period for which the employee is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits under the receiving agency’s employee compensation program.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.4]2013 Acts, ch 90, §17
Iowa Code § 554.13507 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13507
Proof of market rent — time and place.
Status: in_force

(1) Damages based on market rent (section 554.13519 or 554.13528) are determined according to the rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times specified in sections 554.13519 and 554.13528.

(2) If evidence of rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times or places described in this Article is not readily available, the rent prevailing within any reasonable time before or after the time described or at any other place or for a different lease term which in commercial judgment or under usage of trade would serve as a reasonable substitute for the one described may be used, making any proper allowance for the difference, including the cost of transporting the goods to or from the other place.

(3) Evidence of a relevant rent prevailing at a time or place or for a lease term other than the one described in this Article offered by one party is not admissible unless and until the party has given the other party notice the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise.

(4) If the prevailing rent or value of any goods regularly leased in any established market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of that market are admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of the report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §59
Iowa Code § 646.17 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 646 / Section 646.17
General verdict.
Status: in_force

A general verdict in favor of the plaintiff, without such specifications, entitles the plaintiff to the quantity of interest or estate in the premises as set forth and described in the petition.

[R60, §3595; C73, §3259; C97, §4196; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12246; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.17]
Iowa Code § 455I.10 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455I / Section 455I.10
Amendment or termination by consent.
Status: in_force

(1) An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by all of the following:

(1) (a) The agency.

(1) (b) The current owner in fee simple of the real property subject to the environmental covenant.

(1) (c) Each person that originally signed the environmental covenant or an assignee of an original signatory, unless the person waived in a recorded document the right to consent or the agency finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence.

(1) (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, paragraph “b”, the holder.

(2) If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the interest is not affected by an amendment to the environmental covenant unless the current owner of the interest consents to the amendment or has waived in a recorded document the right to consent to amendments.

(3) Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder is an amendment.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in an environmental covenant, all of the following apply:

(4) (a) A holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties as provided in subsection 1.

(4) (b) A holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection 1.

(4) (c) A court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.

2005 Acts, ch 102, §14
Iowa Code § 508D.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508D / Section 508D.2
Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the formation of an entity by one or more state life and health insurance guaranty associations for the purpose of administering and disposing of the business of impaired or insolvent insurance companies assumed by or assigned to the entity by its member guaranty associations, or by impaired or insolvent insurers through the impaired or insolvent insurer’s duly appointed receiver, liquidator, or rehabilitator, and to establish the conditions under which such an entity shall do business.

94 Acts, ch 1011, §2
Iowa Code § 501A.712 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.712
Standard of conduct.
Status: in_force

(1) A director shall discharge the duties of the position of director in good faith, in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the cooperative, and with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances. A person who so performs those duties is not liable by reason of being or having been a director of the cooperative.

(2) (a) A director is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by any of the following:

(2) (a) One or more officers or employees of the cooperative whom the director reasonably believes to be liable and competent in the matters presented.

(2) (a) Counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters that the director reasonably believes are within the person’s professional or expert competence.

(2) (a) A committee of the board upon which the director does not serve, duly established by the board, as to matters within its designated authority, if the director reasonably believes the committee to merit confidence.

(2) (b) Paragraph “a” does not apply to a director who has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes the reliance otherwise permitted by paragraph “a” unwarranted.

(3) A director who is present at a meeting of the board when an action is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present is presumed to have assented to the action approved, unless any of the following applies:

(3) (a) The director objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and does not participate in the meeting after the objection, in which case the director is not considered to be present at the meeting for any purpose of this chapter.

(3) (b) The director votes against the action at the meeting.

(3) (c) The director is prohibited by a conflict of interest from voting on the action.

(4) In discharging the duties of the position of director, a director may, in considering the best interests of the cooperative, consider the interests of the cooperative’s employees, customers, suppliers, and creditors, the economy of the state, and long-term as well as short-term interests of the cooperative and its patron members, including the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the cooperative.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §46
Iowa Code § 554.7303 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.7303
Diversion — reconsignment — change of instructions.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, a carrier may deliver the goods to a person or destination other than that stated in the bill or may otherwise dispose of the goods, without liability for misdelivery, on instructions from:

(1) (a) the holder of a negotiable bill;

(1) (b) the consignor on a nonnegotiable bill, even if the consignee has given contrary instructions;

(1) (c) the consignee on a nonnegotiable bill in the absence of contrary instructions from the consignor, if the goods have arrived at the billed destination or if the consignee is in possession of the tangible bill or in control of the electronic bill; or

(1) (d) the consignee on a nonnegotiable bill if the consignee is entitled as against the consignor to dispose of the goods.

(2) Unless instructions described in subsection 1 are included in a negotiable bill of lading, a person to which the bill is duly negotiated may hold the bailee according to the original terms.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.7303]2007 Acts, ch 30, §19, 45, 46
Iowa Code § 655.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 655 / Section 655.3
Penalty for failure to discharge.
Status: in_force

If a mortgagee, or a mortgagee’s personal representative or assignee, upon full performance of the conditions of the mortgage, fails to discharge such mortgage as set forth in section 655.1, the mortgagee is liable to the mortgagor and the mortgagor’s heirs or assigns, for all actual damages caused by such failure and a penalty of five hundred dollars, plus reasonable attorney fees. A claim for such damages may be asserted in an action for discharge of the mortgage.

99 Acts, ch 54, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1036, §3
Iowa Code § 554.9306A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9306A
Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in chattel paper.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 4, if chattel paper is evidenced only by an authoritative electronic copy of the chattel paper or is evidenced by an authoritative electronic copy and an authoritative tangible copy, the local law of the chattel paper’s jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in the chattel paper, even if the transaction does not bear any relation to the chattel paper’s jurisdiction.

(2) The following rules determine the chattel paper’s jurisdiction under this section:

(2) (a) If the authoritative electronic copy of the record evidencing chattel paper, or a record attached to or logically associated with the electronic copy and readily available for review, expressly provides that a particular jurisdiction is the chattel paper’s jurisdiction for purposes of this section, this part, this Article, or this chapter, that jurisdiction is the chattel paper’s jurisdiction.

(2) (b) If paragraph “a” does not apply and the rules of the system in which the authoritative electronic copy is recorded are readily available for review and expressly provide that a particular jurisdiction is the chattel paper’s jurisdiction for purposes of this section, this part, this Article, or this chapter that jurisdiction is the chattel paper’s jurisdiction.

(2) (c) If paragraphs “a” and “b” do not apply and the authoritative electronic copy, or a record attached to or logically associated with the electronic copy and readily available for review, expressly provides that the chattel paper is governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the chattel paper’s jurisdiction.

(2) (d) If paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c” do not apply and the rules of the system in which the authoritative electronic copy is recorded are readily available for review and expressly provide that the chattel paper or the system is governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the chattel paper’s jurisdiction.

(2) (e) If paragraphs “a” through “d” do not apply, the chattel paper’s jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located.

(3) If an authoritative tangible copy of a record evidences chattel paper and the chattel paper is not evidenced by an authoritative electronic copy, while the authoritative tangible copy of the record evidencing chattel paper is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs:

(3) (a) perfection of a security interest in the chattel paper by possession under section 554.9314A; and

(3) (b) the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in the chattel paper.

(4) The local law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located governs perfection of a security interest in chattel paper by filing.

2022 Acts, ch 1117, §24; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §57
Iowa Code § 142C.14A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142C / Section 142C.14A
Electronic signatures.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in §103(b) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. §7003(b).

2007 Acts, ch 44, §19
Iowa Code § 524.1304 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1304
Voluntary dissolution — approval.
Status: in_force

(1) Within ninety days after acceptance of the application for processing, the superintendent shall approve or disapprove the application for voluntary dissolution on the basis of the superintendent’s investigation. As a condition of receiving the decision of the superintendent with respect to the application, the applying state bank shall reimburse the superintendent for all expenses incurred by the superintendent in connection with the application. The superintendent shall give to the applying state bank written notice of the superintendent’s decision. The decision of the superintendent shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 17A.

(2) Upon approval of the plan of voluntary dissolution by the superintendent, the superintendent shall file with the secretary of state articles of dissolution prepared by the applicant in conformance with section 524.1304A. Upon filing of the articles of dissolution with the secretary of state, the state bank shall cease to accept deposits or carry on its business, except insofar as may be necessary for the proper winding up of the business of the state bank in accordance with the approved plan of dissolution. Upon request, the superintendent shall expressly revoke the authorization to do business of any state bank that has voluntarily dissolved pursuant to this section and shall return the physical copy of such state bank’s authorization to do business in a manner clearly indicating that the authorization has been revoked.

(3) If applicable state or federal laws require approval by an appropriate state or federal agency, the superintendent may withhold delivery of the approved articles of dissolution until the superintendent receives notice of the decision of such agency. If the final approval of the agency is not given within six months of the superintendent’s approval, then the superintendent shall notify the applying state bank that the approval of the superintendent has been rescinded for that reason.

[C97, §1857; S13, §1857; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9277; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §528.76; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.1304]95 Acts, ch 148, §98; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §105
Iowa Code § 147.161 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.161
Mental health professionals limitations on competition prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(1) (a) “Employer” means a person, as defined in chapter 4, who in this state employs for wages an employee.

(1) (b) “Mental health professional” means the same as defined in section 228.1, and includes all of the following:

(1) (b) Individuals who are completing their supervisory requirement under a temporary license.

(1) (b) Licensed master social workers with a current and active supervision plan on file with the board of behavioral health professionals.

(2) An employer shall not enter into an agreement with a licensed mental health professional that limits the location at which the licensee may practice, prohibits the licensee from contacting for professional services a person previously treated by the licensee, or imposes a time restriction on the practice of the licensee.

(3) A provision of an agreement entered into between an employer and a licensed mental health professional prior to, on, or after June 1, 2023, that is contrary to this section shall be void and unenforceable.

2023 Acts, ch 120, §1, 2; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §491
Iowa Code § 124B.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124B / Section 124B.8
Missing quantity — reporting.
Status: in_force

A person who is required to report to the board pursuant to this chapter or a person listed as an exception under section 124B.6 shall report to the board either of the following occurrences within seven days of knowledge of the loss or occurrence:

(1) Loss or theft of a precursor substance.

(2) A difference between the amount of a precursor substance shipped and the amount of a precursor substance received. If applicable, the report shall include the name of the person who transported the precursor substance and the date of shipment.

90 Acts, ch 1251, §17C91, §204B.8C93, §124B.8
Iowa Code § 16.35 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.35
State housing credit ceiling allocation.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority is designated the housing credit agency for the allowance of low-income housing credits under the state housing credit ceiling.

(2) The authority shall adopt a qualified allocation plan that satisfies the requirements of section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. The authority may revise the qualified allocation plan provided the revision satisfies the requirements of section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. When adopting the qualified allocation plan, the authority shall specify the selection criteria, the application procedure, and the allocation of low-income housing credits under the state housing credit ceiling. The selection criteria described in the qualified allocation plan shall include all of the following:

(2) (a) The selection criteria described in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) (b) The statutory preferences described in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) (c) The economic feasibility of the proposed project.

(2) (d) The ability of the applicant to complete the project in a timely manner.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §36, 78; 2024 Acts, ch 1022, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 10A.206 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.206
Labor commissioner rules.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the purpose of administering chapters under the commissioner’s jurisdiction as provided in section 10A.202, subsection 1.

89 Acts, ch 26, §1CS89, §91.62023 Acts, ch 19, §1451, 1459C2024, §10A.206
Iowa Code § 622.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.11
Public officers.
Status: in_force

A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to the public officer in official confidence, when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.

[C51, §2395; R60, §3987; C73, §3644; C97, §4609; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11264; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.11]
Iowa Code § 147.103 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.103
Investigators for physician assistants.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §79.
Iowa Code § 514B.25A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514B / Section 514B.25A
Impairment and insolvency protection.
Status: in_force

The provisions of chapter 508C shall apply to health maintenance organizations.

2000 Acts, ch 1023, §26; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §61; 2019 Acts, ch 12, §34, 35, 36