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Iowa Code § 44.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 44 / Section 44.1
Nonparty political organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) Any convention or caucus of eligible electors representing a political organization which is not a political party as defined by law, may, for the state, or for any division or municipality thereof, or for any county, or for any subdivision thereof, for which such convention or caucus is held, make one nomination of a candidate for each office to be filled therein at the general election. However, in order to qualify for any nomination made for a statewide elective office by such a political organization there shall be in attendance at the convention or caucus where the nomination is made a minimum of five hundred eligible electors including at least one eligible elector from each of twenty-five counties. In order to qualify for any nomination to the office of United States representative there shall be in attendance at the convention or caucus where the nomination is made a minimum of two hundred eligible electors who are residents of the congressional district including at least one eligible elector from each of at least one-half of the counties of the congressional district. In order to qualify for any nomination to an office to be filled by the voters of a county or of a city there shall be in attendance at the convention or caucus where the nomination is made a minimum of twenty eligible electors who are residents of the county or city, as the case may be, including at least one eligible elector from at least one-half of the voting precincts in that county or city. In order to qualify for any nomination made for the general assembly there shall be in attendance at the convention or caucus where the nomination is made a minimum of twenty-five eligible electors who are residents of the representative district or fifty eligible electors who are residents of the senatorial district, as the case may be, with at least one eligible elector from one-half of the voting precincts in the district in each case. The names of all delegates in attendance at such convention or caucus and such fact shall be certified to the state commissioner together with the other certification requirements of this chapter.

(2) A candidate who has been nominated under a political party under chapter 43 shall not be eligible for nomination under this chapter for the same office in the same election year.

[C97, §1098; C24, §649; C27, 31, 35, §655-a1; C39, §655.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §44.1]2021 Acts, ch 12, §15, 73, 74
Iowa Code § 518C.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.14
Recognition of assessments in rates.
Status: in_force

The rates and premiums charged for insurance policies to which this chapter applies shall include amounts sufficient to recoup a sum equal to the amounts paid to the association by the member insurer less any amounts returned to the member insurer by the association. Such rates and premiums shall not be deemed excessive as a result of including such recoupment allowances.

2000 Acts, ch 1035, §14
Iowa Code § 322A.16 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322A / Section 322A.16
Additional guidelines.
Status: in_force

In determining whether good cause has been established for entering into an additional franchise for the same line-make, the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall take into consideration the existing circumstances, including, but not limited to:

(1) Amount of business transacted by other franchisees of the same line-make in that community.

(2) Investment necessarily made and obligations incurred by other franchisees of the same line-make, in that community, in the performance of their part of their franchises.

(3) Permanency of the investment.

(4) Effect on the retail motor vehicle business as a whole in that community.

(5) Whether it is injurious to the public welfare for an additional franchise to be established.

(6) Whether the franchisees of the same line-make in that community are providing adequate consumer care for the motor vehicles of the line-make which shall include the adequacy of motor vehicle service facilities, equipment, supply of parts and qualified service personnel.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322A.16; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]2023 Acts, ch 19, §1980
Iowa Code § 239.5 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 239 / Section 239.5
Verification and authentication systems public assistance programs.
Status: in_force

(1) No later than July 1, 2025, the department shall redesign an existing system; establish a new computerized income, asset, and identity eligibility verification system; or contract with a third-party vendor to provide for identity verification, identity authentication, asset verification, and dual enrollment prevention in order to deter waste, fraud, and abuse in each public assistance program administered by the department.

(2) The department may contract with a third-party vendor to develop or provide a service for a real-time eligibility system that allows the department to verify or authenticate income, assets, and identity eligibility of applicants and recipients to prevent fraud, misrepresentation, and inadequate documentation when determining eligibility for public assistance programs. The system shall be accessed prior to determining eligibility, periodically between eligibility redeterminations, and during eligibility redeterminations and reviews. The department may also contract with a third-party vendor to provide information to facilitate reviews of recipient eligibility conducted by the department. Specifically, the department may contract with a third-party consumer reporting agency, as defined by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681a, for the purpose of obtaining real-time employment and income information.

(3) A contract entered into under this section shall provide, at a minimum, for all of the following:

(3) (a) The establishment of the annual savings amount from utilization of the system or service, and a provision that the contract may be terminated contingent upon the savings not exceeding the total yearly cost to the state for utilization of the system or service.

(3) (b) That the contract shall not preclude the department from continuing to conduct additional eligibility verification or authentication processes, to receive, review, or verify additional information related to the eligibility of an individual, or from contracting with a third-party vendor to provide additional eligibility authentication or verification information.

(4) The department shall seek federal approval as necessary to implement and administer this section.

2023 Acts, ch 104, §5
Iowa Code § 124.209 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124 / Section 124.209
Substances listed in schedule IV — criteria.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall recommend to the general assembly that the general assembly place a substance in schedule IV if the substance is not already included therein and the board finds that:

(1) (a) The substance has a low potential for abuse when compared with the substances listed in schedule III;

(1) (b) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and

(1) (c) Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence when compared with the substances listed in schedule III.

(2) If the board finds that any substance included in schedule IV does not meet these criteria, the board shall recommend that the general assembly place the substance in a different schedule or remove the substance from the list of controlled substances, as appropriate.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §204.209]C93, §124.2092009 Acts, ch 41, §37
Iowa Code § 633.348 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.348
Right to retain existing property.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 633A, subchapter IV, part 3, of this chapter, any personal representative may continue to hold any investment or property originally received by the personal representative and also any increase thereof.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.348]99 Acts, ch 125, §106, 109; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §55
Iowa Code § 214A.34 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 214A / Section 214A.34
Waiver of E-15 access standard by order issued by secretary of agriculture E-15 unavailability.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary of agriculture may issue an administrative order that temporarily waives the requirement in section 214A.32 that a retail dealer comply with the E-15 access standard at a retail motor fuel site owned or operated by the retail dealer based on E-15 gasoline availability.

(2) A retail dealer may apply for an E-15 unavailability waiver order as described in subsection 1 by submitting an application to the department in a manner and according to procedures required by the department.

(2) (a) The application must be supported by credible evidence that the retail dealer has not been able to reasonably obtain E-15 gasoline to be advertised for sale and sold at the retail dealer’s retail motor fuel site.

(2) (b) The retail dealer must sign the application which shall include a statement that the retail dealer swears and affirms that all information in the application completed by the retail dealer is true and correct.

(3) The department shall publish a copy of the E-15 unavailability waiver order on the department’s internet site within ten days after the order’s issuance.

(4) The E-15 unavailability waiver order shall take effect on its date of publication on the department’s internet site, unless the order specifies a later date. The order shall expire six months from its effective date unless a shorter period is stated in the order. The early expiration of the order may also occur based on circumstances described in the order.

2022 Acts, ch 1067, §4
Iowa Code § 306.11 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306 / Section 306.11
Hearing — place — date.
Status: in_force

In proceeding to the vacation and closing of a road, part thereof, or railroad crossing, the agency in control of the road, or road system, shall fix a date for a hearing on the vacation and closing in the county where the road, or part thereof, or crossing, is located, and if located in more than one county, then in a county in which any part of the road or crossing is located. If the road to be vacated or changed is a secondary road located in more than one county, the boards of supervisors of the counties, acting jointly, shall fix a date for a hearing on the vacation or change in either or any of the counties where the road, or part thereof, is located. If the proposed vacation is of part of a road right-of-way held by easement and will not change the existing traveled portion of the road or deny access to the road by adjoining landowners, a hearing is not required.

[C31, 35, §4755-d2, 4755-d3; C39, §4755.37, 4755.38; C46, 50, §313.46, 313.47; C54, 58, 62, 66, §306.5; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306.11]2000 Acts, ch 1074, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §65
Iowa Code § 496B.1 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496B / Section 496B.1
Title of Act.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Economic Development Act”.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §496B.1]
Iowa Code § 189A.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189A / Section 189A.3
License fee.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A person shall not operate an establishment without first obtaining a license from the department.

(1) (b) Paragraph “a” does not apply to any of the following:

(1) (b) A food establishment as defined in section 137F.1.

(1) (b) A home food processing establishment as defined in section 137D.1.

(1) (b) A person who slaughters, processes, or prepares livestock or poultry of the person’s own raising, exclusively for the person’s household, nonpaying guests, or nonpaying employees.

(2) (a) The license fee for each establishment shall be as follows:

(2) (a) For all meat and poultry slaughtered or otherwise prepared not exceeding twenty thousand pounds per year for sale, resale, or custom, fifty dollars.

(2) (a) For all meat and poultry slaughtered or otherwise prepared in excess of twenty thousand pounds per year for sale, resale, or custom, one hundred dollars.

(2) (b) A license fee collected by the department shall be retained by the department as appropriated receipts for administration of this chapter.

(3) (a) A license shall expire on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(3) (b) An application for a license shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the department.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.3]98 Acts, ch 1162, §26, 30; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2022 Acts, ch 1016, §1; 2025 Acts, ch 134, §41
Iowa Code § 651.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 651 / Section 651.4
Petition for partition of property.
Status: in_force

A petition for partition of property shall describe the property and the plaintiff’s interest in the property. The petition shall name all indispensable parties pursuant to section 651.5 and state the nature and extent of each interest or lien as far as each interest or lien is known by the plaintiff.

2018 Acts, ch 1108, §4
Iowa Code § 2C.17 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2C / Section 2C.17
Publication of conclusions.
Status: in_force

(1) The ombudsman may publish the conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions and transmit them to the governor or the general assembly or any of its committees. When publishing an opinion adverse to an agency or official the ombudsman shall, unless excused by the agency or official affected, include with the opinion any unedited reply made by the agency.

(2) Any conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions so published may at the same time be made available to the news media or others who may be concerned.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §601G.17]C93, §2C.172005 Acts, ch 19, §6; 2013 Acts, ch 10, §19
Iowa Code § 147.151 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.151
Section 147.151
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §79.See §154F.1, 154F.2.
Iowa Code § 562.7 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 562 / Section 562.7
Notice — how and when served.
Status: in_force

Written notice shall be served upon either party or a successor of the party by using one of the following methods:

(1) By delivery of the notice, on or before September 1, with acceptance of service to be signed by the party to the lease or a successor of the party, receiving the notice.

(2) By serving the notice, on or before September 1, personally, or if personal service has been tried and cannot be achieved, by publication, on the same conditions, and in the same manner as is provided for the service of original notices, except that when the notice is served by publication no affidavit is required. Service by publication is completed on the day of the last publication.

(3) By mailing the notice before September 1 by certified mail. Notice served by certified mail is made and completed when the notice is enclosed in a sealed envelope, with the proper postage on the envelope, addressed to the party or a successor of the party at the last known mailing address and deposited in a mail receptacle provided by the United States postal service.

[C73, §2016; C97, §2991; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10162; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §562.7]83 Acts, ch 132, §4
Iowa Code § 189.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189 / Section 189.2
Duties.
Status: in_force

The department shall do all of the following:

(1) Execute and enforce this subtitle.

(2) Adopt all necessary rules, not inconsistent with law, for enforcing the provisions of this subtitle.

(3) Provide educational measures and exhibits, and conduct educational campaigns as are deemed advisable in fostering and promoting the production and sale of the articles dealt with in this subtitle, in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to this subtitle.

(4) Issue from time to time, bulletins showing the results of inspections, analyses, and prosecutions under this subtitle. These bulletins shall be posted on the department’s internet site.

1.[C97, §2515; S13, §2510-g, -t, -v4, 2528-f2, 3009-a, 4999-a31b, 5077-a22; SS15, §2515; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3030; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.2]2.[S13, §4999-a18, 5077-a22; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3030; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.2]3.[C97, §2515; SS15, §2515; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3030; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.2]4.[S13, §2510-g, -t, -v4, 2528-f2, 3009-s, 4999-a26, -a37, 5077-a11; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3030; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.2]83 Acts, ch 101, §33; 85 Acts, ch 67, §20; 89 Acts, ch 197, §25; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §18; 98 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1164, §40; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §26; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §204; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §64
Iowa Code § 266.48 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.48
Cost-share program for livestock odor mitigation research efforts.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Iowa state university, in cooperation with the department of agriculture and land stewardship and the department of natural resources, shall establish a cost-share program for the livestock odor mitigation research efforts as established in sections 266.43 through 266.45 that maximizes participation in the livestock odor mitigation research efforts so as to accomplish the purposes in section 266.42, subsection 1.

(1) (b) The cost-share program shall allow for monetary contributions from livestock producers and other persons with an interest in livestock production. In addition, a livestock producer participating in a livestock odor mitigation research effort as provided in sections 266.43 through 266.45 shall provide in-kind contributions to participate in a research effort which may include but are not limited to furnishing the livestock producer’s own labor, construction equipment, electricity and other utility costs, insurance, real property tax payments, and basic construction materials that may be reused or continued to be used by the livestock producer after the completion of the research effort.

(2) This section does not apply to a livestock producer who is required to contribute one hundred percent of the total costs of conducting a research project.

2008 Acts, ch 1174, §9, 13; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §64
Iowa Code § 331.657 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.657
Standard uniforms.
Status: in_force

(1) The sheriff and the full-time deputy sheriffs shall wear the standard uniform and display a standard badge of office when on duty except:

(1) (a) The sheriff may designate other apparel to be worn when the sheriff or a deputy sheriff is engaged in assignments involving special investigation, civil process, court duties, jail duties, and the handling of persons with mental illness.

(1) (b) A district court judge, district associate judge, or judicial magistrate may direct that deputy sheriffs who act as bailiffs dress in wearing apparel other than the standard uniform while the court is in session.

(1) (c) Special deputy sheriffs appointed by the sheriff are excluded from the requirements of this subsection.

(2) The standard uniforms and accessories required by the sheriff for the proper outfitting of the sheriff and the sheriff’s full-time deputies under this section shall be provided by the county. The uniforms and accessories issued to the sheriff and the sheriff’s deputies remain the property of the county.

(3) The colors and design of the standard uniform for the sheriffs and deputy sheriffs shall be designated by rule of the commissioner of public safety after consideration of the recommendations of the Iowa state association of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs. The uniform shall include standard shirts, shoulder patches, badges, nameplates, hats, trousers, neckties, jackets, socks, shoes and boots, and leather goods. The uniforms shall be readily distinguishable from the uniforms of other law enforcement agencies of the state. The rules shall allow for appropriate individual county designations on the uniforms. The rules shall be adopted and may be amended in compliance with chapter 17A.

[C66, 71, 73, §332.10; C75, 77, 79, §332.10, 337A.1, 337A.2, 337A.4, 337A.6; C81, §337A.1, 337A.2, 337A.4, 337A.6; S81, §331.657; 81 Acts, ch 117, §656]96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 98 Acts, ch 1137, §1
Iowa Code § 521D.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521D / Section 521D.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Disclosure of Material Transactions Act”.

94 Acts, ch 1176, §16
Iowa Code § 489.1024 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1024
Amendment or abandonment of plan of merger.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan of merger may be amended only with the consent of each party to the plan, except as otherwise provided in the plan.

(2) A domestic merging limited liability company may approve an amendment of a plan of merger according to any of the following:

(2) (a) In the same manner as the plan was approved, if the plan does not provide for the manner in which it may be amended.

(2) (b) By its managers or members in the manner provided in the plan, but a member that was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the merger is entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that will change any of the following:

(2) (b) The amount or kind of interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities, or any combination of the foregoing, to be received by the interest holders of any party to the plan.

(2) (b) The public organic record, if any, or private organic rules of the surviving entity that will be in effect immediately after the merger becomes effective, except for changes that do not require approval of the interest holders of the surviving entity under its organic law or organic rules.

(2) (b) Any other terms or conditions of the plan, if the change would adversely affect the member in any material respect.

(3) After a plan of merger has been approved and before a statement of merger becomes effective, the plan may be abandoned as provided in the plan. Unless prohibited by the plan, a domestic merging limited liability company may abandon the plan in the same manner as the plan was approved.

(4) If a plan of merger is abandoned after a statement of merger has been delivered to the secretary of state for filing and before the statement becomes effective, a statement of abandonment, signed by a party to the plan, must be delivered to the secretary of state for filing before the statement of merger becomes effective. The statement of abandonment takes effect on filing, and the merger is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of abandonment must contain all of the following:

(4) (a) The name of each party to the plan of merger.

(4) (b) The date on which the statement of merger was filed by the secretary of state.

(4) (c) A statement that the merger has been abandoned in accordance with this section.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §90, 161