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Iowa Code § 135P.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135P / Section 135P.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Adverse health care incident” means an objective and definable outcome arising from or related to patient care that results in the death or physical injury of a patient.

(2) “Health care provider” means a physician or osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 148, a physician assistant licensed under chapter 148C, a podiatrist licensed under chapter 149, a chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, a licensed practical nurse, a registered nurse, or an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 152 or 152E, a dentist licensed under chapter 153, an optometrist licensed under chapter 154, a pharmacist licensed under chapter 155A, or any other person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or in the practice of a profession.

(3) “Health facility” means an institutional health facility as defined in section 135.61, a birth center as defined in section 135.131, a hospice licensed under chapter 135J, a home health agency as defined in section 144D.1, an assisted living program certified under chapter 231C, a clinic, a community health center, or the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, and includes any corporation, professional corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other entity comprised of such health facilities.

(4) “Open discussion” means all communications that are made under section 135P.3, and includes all memoranda, work products, documents, and other materials that are prepared for or submitted in the course of or in connection with communications under section 135P.3.

(5) “Patient” means a person who receives medical care from a health care provider, or if the person is a minor, deceased, or incapacitated, the person’s legal representative.

2015 Acts, ch 33, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 107, §1, 5; 2020 Acts, ch 1045, §7; 2023 Acts, ch 73, §3; 2025 Acts, ch 43, §5; 2025 Acts, ch 120, §69
Iowa Code § 252K.306 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252K / Section 252K.306
Inappropriate tribunal.
Status: in_force

If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the movant where and when the pleading was sent.

97 Acts, ch 175, §139; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §22
Iowa Code § 475A.2 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 475A / Section 475A.2
Duties.
Status: in_force

The consumer advocate shall:

(1) Investigate the legality of all rates, charges, rules, regulations, and practices of all persons under the jurisdiction of the utilities commission, and institute civil proceedings before the commission or any court to correct any illegality on the part of any such person. In any such investigation, the person acting for the office of the consumer advocate shall have the power to ask the commission to issue subpoenas, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, and documents, at the discretion of the commission.

(2) Represent the interests of all consumers generally and the public generally in all proceedings before the utilities commission.

(3) Institute as a party judicial review of any decision of the utilities commission, if the consumer advocate deems judicial review to be in the public interest.

(4) Appear for all consumers generally and the public generally in all actions instituted in any state or federal court which involve the validity of a rule, regulation, or order of the utilities commission.

(5) Represent the interests of all consumers generally and the public generally in proceedings before federal and state agencies and related judicial review proceedings and appeals, at the discretion of the consumer advocate.

(6) Appear and participate as a party in the name of the office of consumer advocate in the performance of the duties of the office.

83 Acts, ch 127, §92023 Acts, ch 19, §2070, 2073; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 499.10 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.10
Cooperative agreements.
Status: in_force

Any association may make any agreement or arrangement with any other association or cooperative organization for the cooperative or more economical carrying on of any of its business. Any number of such associations or organizations may unite to employ or use, or may separately employ or use, the same methods, means or agencies for conducting their respective businesses.

[C35, §8512-g10; C39, §8512.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.10]
Iowa Code § 490.723 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.723
Shares held by intermediaries and nominees.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation’s board of directors may establish a procedure under which a person on whose behalf shares are registered in the name of an intermediary or nominee may elect to be treated by the corporation as the record shareholder by filing with the corporation a beneficial ownership certificate. The terms, conditions, and limitations of this treatment shall be specified in the procedure. To the extent such person is treated under such procedure as having rights or privileges that the record shareholder otherwise would have, the record shareholder shall not have those rights or privileges.

(2) The procedure must specify all of the following:

(2) (a) The types of intermediaries or nominees to which it applies.

(2) (b) The rights or privileges that the corporation recognizes in a person with respect to whom a beneficial ownership certificate is filed.

(2) (c) The manner in which the procedure is selected which must include that the beneficial ownership certificate be signed or assented to by or on behalf of the record shareholder and the person on whose behalf the shares are held.

(2) (d) The information that must be provided when the procedure is selected.

(2) (e) The period for which selection of the procedure is effective.

(2) (f) Requirements for notice to the corporation with respect to the arrangement.

(2) (g) The form and contents of the beneficial ownership certificate.

(3) The procedure may specify any other aspects of the rights and duties created by the filing of a beneficial ownership certificate.

89 Acts, ch 288, §63; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §70, 230
Iowa Code § 709.23 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 709 / Section 709.23
Continuous sexual abuse of a child.
Status: in_force

(1) A person eighteen years of age or older commits continuous sexual abuse of a child when the person engages in any combination of three or more acts of sexual abuse with the same child, and at least thirty days have elapsed between the first and last acts of sexual abuse.

(2) A person who commits continuous sexual abuse of a child is, upon conviction, guilty of a class “B” felony. Notwithstanding section 902.9, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, a person convicted of a violation of this section shall be confined for no more than fifty years.

(3) If a jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury must unanimously agree that three or more acts of sexual abuse were committed with the same child and at least thirty days have elapsed between the first and last acts of sexual abuse. The jury does not need to unanimously agree which specific acts were committed or the exact date when those acts were committed.

(4) Any other sexual abuse offense involving the same child shall not be charged in the same proceeding as a charge under this section unless the other sexual abuse offense occurred outside of the time period charged under this section or the other sexual abuse offense is charged in the alternative.

(5) A person shall be charged with only one count under this section unless more than one child is involved in the offense. If more than one child is involved, a separate count may be charged for each child.

(6) Each act of sexual abuse committed under section 709.3 shall be considered a lesser included offense to the crime of continuous sexual abuse of a child under this section.

2020 Acts, ch 1115, §4; 2020 Acts, ch 1121, §67, 70; 2023 Acts, ch 32, §1
Iowa Code § 437A.20 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437A / Section 437A.20
Tax exemptions.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 437A.16, all property tax exemptions in the Code do not apply to property subject to the statewide property tax unless such exemptions expressly refer to the statewide property tax, except that if property was exempt from property tax on January 1, 1999, such exemption shall continue until the exemption expires, is phased out, or is repealed. The property of a taxpayer who does not owe any replacement tax is exempt from the statewide property tax for the coinciding assessment year.

98 Acts, ch 1194, §21, 40
Iowa Code § 537.3611 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3611
Prohibited charges.
Status: in_force

A lessor shall not make a charge for any of the following:

(1) Any insurance whether in connection with the transaction or otherwise, except that a charge may be made for property insurance on the leased property if the charge is clearly disclosed as optional and all other requirements of section 537.2501, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, are met.

(2) A penalty for early termination of a consumer rental purchase agreement or for the return of an item at any point, except for those charges authorized by sections 537.3612 and 537.3613.

(3) Payment by a cosigner of the consumer rental purchase agreement of any fees or charges which could not be imposed upon the lessee as part of the consumer rental purchase agreement.

87 Acts, ch 80, §11
Iowa Code § 249M.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249M / Section 249M.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Hospital Health Care Access Assessment Program”.

2010 Acts, ch 1135, §2, 9
Iowa Code § 515E.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515E / Section 515E.3
Risk retention groups organized in this state.
Status: in_force

(1) To be organized as a risk retention group in this state, the group must be organized and licensed as a liability insurance company authorized by the insurance laws of this state. Except as provided elsewhere in this chapter, a risk retention group organized in this state must comply with all of the laws, rules, and requirements applicable to a liability insurer organized in this state. Additionally, a risk retention group organized in this state must comply with section 515E.4. These requirements do not exempt a risk retention group from a duty imposed by any other law or rule of the state. Before it may offer insurance in any state, a risk retention group shall also submit for approval to the commissioner of insurance of this state a plan of operation or a feasibility study, and revisions of the plan or study within ten days of any change. The name under which a risk retention group may be chartered and licensed shall be a brief description of its membership followed by the phrase “risk retention group” and, unless its membership consists solely of insurers, shall not include the terms “insurance”, “mutual”, “reciprocal”, or any similar term. A risk retention group chartered in this state shall file with the division and the national association of insurance commissioners an annual statement blank prepared in accordance with instructions prescribed by the commissioner. All financial information reflected in the annual statement shall be kept and prepared in accordance with accounting practices and procedures prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt by reference the annual statement handbook and the accounting practices and procedures manual of the national association of insurance commissioners.

(2) A risk retention group organized in this state shall file in the office of the commissioner a power of attorney and an agreement in writing that service of process in any action or proceeding against the society may be made on the commissioner and shall be of the same legal force and validity as if made upon the society, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this state. Copies of the power of attorney, certified by the commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence of the appointment and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original. Service of process made on the commissioner as the attorney for service of process shall be made as provided in section 505.30.

88 Acts, ch 1111, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1162, §43; 2003 Acts, ch 91, §46; 2018 Acts, ch 1018, §9
Iowa Code § 327C.23 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327C / Section 327C.23
Application to surface transportation board.
Status: in_force

When any common carrier has put in force any rates, rules, or practices in relation to interstate freight business, in violation of the laws of the United States regulating commerce, or of the orders, rules, or regulations of the surface transportation board, or shall unjustly discriminate against any of the citizens, industries, interests, or localities of the state, the department shall present the material facts involved in such violations or discrimination to the surface transportation board and seek relief therefrom, and, if deemed necessary or expedient, the department shall prosecute any charge growing out of such violation or discrimination, at the expense of the state, before the surface transportation board.

[S13, §2120-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7891; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §474.32; C77, 79, 81, §327C.23]2003 Acts, ch 108, §60
Iowa Code § 8E.104 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8E / Section 8E.104
Administration.
Status: in_force

The department shall oversee the administration of this chapter and shall adopt rules, guidance, and guidelines as necessary in order to administer this chapter. However, the state board of regents shall oversee and implement the provisions of this chapter for institutions governed under chapter 262. For purposes of this chapter, where records and data are specifically required to support enterprise-wide initiatives, planning or policy development, cross-agency collaboration, or performance or risk assessments, each agency shall share records or data with the department notwithstanding any other provision of law restricting or limiting such sharing. To the extent records obtained by the department pursuant to this chapter are otherwise confidential under law, the department shall maintain the confidentiality of the records and shall only release statistical information derived from the records, and shall be subject to the same penalties as the lawful custodian of the information, records, or data for unlawful dissemination of the information, records, or data.

2001 Acts, ch 169, §11; 2024 Acts, ch 1082, §5
Iowa Code § 97A.4 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.4
Service creditable.
Status: in_force

(1) Service for fewer than six months of a year is not creditable as service. Service of six months or more of a year is equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year, nor shall the board of trustees allow credit as service for any period of more than one month duration during which the member was absent without pay.

(2) Any member of the system who has been employed continuously prior to the passage of this chapter in the division of state patrol or the division of criminal investigation in the department of public safety, or as a member of the state patrol, or as a peace officer or a member of the uniformed force in any department or division whose functions were transferred to, merged, or consolidated in the department of public safety at the time such department was created, shall receive credit for such service in determining retirement and disability benefits provided for in this chapter. Arson investigators who have contributed to this system prior to July 1, 1978, shall receive credit for such service in determining retirement and disability benefits.

(3) The board of trustees shall credit as service for a member of the system a previous period of service for which the member had withdrawn the member’s accumulated contributions, as defined in section 97A.15.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97A.4]90 Acts, ch 1240, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1232, §506; 98 Acts, ch 1074, §12; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §31; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
Iowa Code § 144.14 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144 / Section 144.14
Foundlings.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who assumes the custody of a living infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in the manner prescribed by the state registrar within five days to the county registrar of the county in which the child was found, the following information:

(1) (a) The date and place the child was found.

(1) (b) The sex, color or race, and approximate age of the child.

(1) (c) The name and address of the person or institution which has assumed custody of the child.

(1) (d) The name given to the child by the custodian.

(1) (e) Other data required by the state registrar.

(2) The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation. A report registered under this section shall constitute the certificate of birth for the infant.

(3) If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, any report registered under this section shall be sealed and filed and may be opened only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by regulation.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.14]88 Acts, ch 1158, §38; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §44
Iowa Code § 731.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 731 / Section 731.8
Exception.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to employers or employees covered by the federal Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §151 et seq.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §736A.8; C79, 81, §731.8]2011 Acts, ch 34, §149
Iowa Code § 306.12 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306 / Section 306.12
Notice — service.
Status: in_force

Notice of the hearing under section 306.11 shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties where the road is located, not less than four nor more than twenty days prior to the date of hearing. The agency which is holding the hearing shall notify all adjoining property owners, all utility companies whose facilities adjoin the road right-of-way or are on the road right-of-way, and the department, boards of supervisors, or agency in control of affected state lands, of the time and place of the hearing, by certified mail.

[SS15, §1527-r7; C24, 27, §4621; C31, 35, §4621, 4755-d4; C39, §4621, 4755.39; C46, 50, §306.62, 313.48; C54, 58, 62, 66, §306.6; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306.12]92 Acts, ch 1049, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1013, §1; 95 Acts, ch 54, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1074, §2
Iowa Code § 15E.302 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.302
Purpose.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2025 Acts, ch 136, §97 – 99.
Iowa Code § 126.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 126 / Section 126.8
Minor violations.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not require the board to report minor violations for prosecution, or for the institution of proceedings under this chapter, if the board believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.

89 Acts, ch 197, §8CS89, §203B.8C93, §126.8
Iowa Code § 229.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229 / Section 229.9
Respondent’s attorney informed.
Status: in_force

The court shall direct the clerk to furnish at once to the respondent’s attorney copies of the application filed pursuant to section 229.6 and the supporting documentation, and of the court’s order issued pursuant to section 229.8, subsection 3. If the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.11, the attorney shall also be advised of that fact. The respondent’s attorney shall represent the respondent at all stages of the proceedings, and shall attend the hospitalization hearing.

[C77, 79, 81, §229.9]2013 Acts, ch 130, §48
Iowa Code § 510.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510 / Section 510.3
Liability of managing general agents.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any obligation of a director or officer of an insolvent insurer to the liquidator of the insolvent insurer, a managing general agent of a domestic insurer against whom an order of liquidation has been entered is liable for fees paid to the managing general agent prior to the entry of the order of liquidation upon a finding that the rendering of services, or failure to render services contracted for, substantially caused or contributed to the insolvency of the domestic insurer, and was pursuant to a contract which had not been submitted to the commissioner, or which had been submitted to the commissioner and disapproved, or the services did not meet accepted standards for such services.

89 Acts, ch 227, §3
Iowa Code § 423F.1 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423F / Section 423F.1
Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the general assembly that the increase in the state sales, services, and use taxes under chapter 423, subchapters II and III, from five percent to six percent on July 1, 2008, shall be used solely for purposes of providing revenues to local school districts under this chapter to be used solely for school infrastructure purposes or school district property tax relief.

2008 Acts, ch 1134, §27
Iowa Code § 657A.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 657A / Section 657A.10
Compensation and liability of receiver.
Status: in_force

(1) A receiver appointed under this chapter is entitled to receive fees and commissions in the same manner and to the same extent as receivers appointed in actions to foreclose mortgages.

(2) The receiver appointed under this chapter is not civilly or criminally liable for actions pursuant to this chapter taken in good faith.

85 Acts, ch 222, §10; 86 Acts, ch 1238, §27
Iowa Code § 518.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518 / Section 518.3
Certificate — recording.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner of insurance approves the articles of incorporation, the commissioner shall so certify and the articles with the certificates of approval shall then be recorded and certified by the secretary of state.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §518.3]
Iowa Code § 331.557A — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.557A
Duties relating to issuance of driver’s licenses.
Status: in_force

The treasurer of any county participating in county issuance of driver’s licenses under chapter 321M shall:

(1) Issue, renew, and replace lost or damaged nonoperator’s identification cards and driver’s licenses, including commercial driver’s licenses, according to the provisions of chapter 321M.

(2) Issue persons with disabilities parking permits under chapter 321L.

(3) Collect fees associated with nonoperator’s identification cards and driver’s licenses, including commercial driver’s licenses, and pay to the state amounts in excess of the amount the treasurer is permitted to retain for deposit in the county general fund for license issuance.

(4) Accept payment of the civil penalty assessed pursuant to section 321J.17 and remit the penalty to the state department of transportation.

(5) Participate in voter registration according to the terms of chapter 48A, and submit completed voter registration forms to the state registrar of voters.

(6) Attend initial training as required by chapter 321M, and participate in continuing education as offered by the state department of transportation.

(7) Comply with the terms of any applicable agreements created pursuant to chapter 28E, and state department of transportation operating standards for license issuance.

98 Acts, ch 1073, §12; 98 Acts, ch 1143, §21, 26; 2005 Acts, ch 54, §10, 12; 2008 Acts, ch 1018, §29, 31; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §112; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §53, 93