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Iowa Code § 9I.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9I / Section 9I.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter:

(1) “Agricultural land” means land suitable for use in farming.

(2) “Farming” means the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the raising of poultry, the production of eggs, the production of milk, the production of fruit or other horticultural crops, grazing or the production of livestock. Farming includes the production of timber, forest products, nursery products, or sod. Farming does not include a contract where a processor or distributor of farm products or supplies provides spraying, harvesting or other farm services.

(3) “Foreign business” means a corporation incorporated under the laws of a foreign country, or a business entity whether or not incorporated, in which a majority interest is owned directly or indirectly by nonresident aliens. Legal entities, including but not limited to trusts, holding companies, multiple corporations and other business arrangements, do not affect the determination of ownership or control of a foreign business.

(4) “Foreign government” means a government other than the government of the United States, its states, territories or possessions.

(5) “Interest” means any estate, remainder, or reversion, or portion of the estate, remainder, or reversion, or an option pursuant to which one party has a right to cause legal or equitable title to agricultural land to be transferred.

(6) “Intermediary” means any person, including a bank, broker, or dealer, that makes business or financial arrangements between companies or organizations that do not deal with each other directly.

(7) “Nonresident alien” means an individual who is not any of the following:

(7) (a) A citizen of the United States.

(7) (b) A person lawfully admitted into the United States for permanent residence by the United States immigration and naturalization service. An individual is lawfully admitted for permanent residence regardless of whether the individual’s lawful permanent resident status is conditional.

(8) “Parent” means any corporation which directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls more than fifty percent of the voting stock of another corporation.

[C79, §567.10; C81, §567.1]2002 Acts, ch 1066, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1095, §10C2003, §9I.12024 Acts, ch 1007, §1
Iowa Code § 504.853 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.853
Mandatory indemnification.
Status: in_force

A corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director is or was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §103, 192
Iowa Code § 364.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 364 / Section 364.9
Flood control — railway tracks.
Status: in_force

A city may require a railway company to provide necessary structures, temporary and permanent, to carry its tracks during and after construction of a diverted channel for flood control purposes, subject to the following:

(1) The city shall give notice to the railway company, served in the same manner as an original notice, stating:

(1) (a) The nature of the flood control project.

(1) (b) The place where the diverted channel will cross the company’s right-of-way.

(1) (c) The specifications for construction of the diverted channel across the company’s right-of-way.

(1) (d) Details of the city’s requirement for the company to provide the necessary structures where the diverted channel crosses the right-of-way, including a designated period of time for construction, and a requirement that the construction be in a manner which does not interfere with the construction of the diverted channel or the free flow of water.

(2) If the company does not comply with the requirement, the city may provide the necessary structures, and the railway is liable for the cost of the construction, in addition to its liability for assessment for special benefits as other property is assessed. The cost of the construction may be collected by the city from the company by court action.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6093 – 6095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §395.15 – 395.17; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.9]
Iowa Code § 511.33 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 511 / Section 511.33
Application for insurance — duty to attach to policy.
Status: in_force

All life insurance companies or associations organized or doing business in this state under the provisions of the preceding chapters shall, upon the issue of any policy, attach to such policy, or endorse thereon, a true copy of any application or representation of the assured which by the terms of such policy are made a part thereof, or of the contract of insurance, or referred to therein, or which may in any manner affect the validity of such policy, or, upon reinstatement of a lapsed policy, shall attach to the renewal receipt a true copy of all representations made by the assured upon which the renewal or reinstatement is made.

[C97, §1819; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8772; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §511.33]
Iowa Code § 541.73 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.73
Section 541.73
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 491.21 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.21
Signing and acknowledging of amendments.
Status: in_force

Such amendments need only be signed and acknowledged by such officers of the corporation as may be designated by the stockholders to perform such act.

[C97, §1615; S13, §1615; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8361; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.21]
Iowa Code § 321.28 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.28
Failure to register.
Status: in_force

If the owner of a vehicle fails to register the vehicle under the provisions of this chapter, the treasurer shall withhold the registration of the vehicle for any period or periods for which it appears that registration should have been made, until the fee for the period or periods is paid.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §4870; C39, §5001.12; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.28]2023 Acts, ch 66, §69
Iowa Code § 514J.119 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514J / Section 514J.119
Penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter is subject to the penalties provided under chapter 507B.

2011 Acts, ch 101, §19
Iowa Code § 321.25 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.25
Application for registration and title — cards attached.
Status: in_force

(1) A vehicle may be operated upon the highways of this state without registration plates for a period of forty-five days after the date of delivery of the vehicle to the purchaser from a dealer if a card bearing the words “registration applied for” is attached on the rear of the vehicle. The card shall have plainly stamped or stenciled the registration number of the dealer from whom the vehicle was purchased and the date of delivery of the vehicle. In addition, a dealer licensed to sell new motor vehicles may attach the card to a new motor vehicle delivered by the dealer to the purchaser even if the vehicle was purchased from an out-of-state dealer and the card shall bear the registration number of the dealer that delivered the vehicle. A dealer shall not issue a card to a person known to the dealer to be in possession of registration plates which may be attached to the vehicle. A dealer shall not issue a card unless an application for initial registration and certificate of title has been made by the purchaser and a receipt issued to the purchaser of the vehicle showing the fee paid by the person making the application. Dealers’ records shall indicate the agency to which the fee is sent and the date the fee is sent. The dealer shall forward the application by the purchaser to the county treasurer or state office within thirty calendar days from the date of delivery of the vehicle. However, if the vehicle is subject to a security interest and has been offered for sale pursuant to section 321.48, subsection 1, the dealer shall forward the application by the purchaser to the county treasurer or state office within thirty calendar days from the date of the delivery of the vehicle to the purchaser.

(2) The department shall, upon request by any dealer, furnish “registration applied for” cards free of charge. Only cards furnished by the department shall be used. Only one card shall be issued in accordance with this subsection for each vehicle purchased.

[S13, §1571-m10; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4880; C39, §5001.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §321.25; C77, §321.25 – 321.27; C79, 81, §321.25]83 Acts, ch 82, §1; 93 Acts, ch 47, §1; 97 Acts, ch 108, §4; 99 Acts, ch 13, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1016, §32024 Acts, ch 1145, §6, 26
Iowa Code § 15A.9 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15A / Section 15A.9
Quality jobs enterprise zone — state assistance.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1110, §16.
Iowa Code § 384.72 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.72
Reassessment and relevy.
Status: in_force

When by reason of nonconformity to any law or resolution, or by reason of any omission, informality, or irregularity, any special tax or assessment levied is determined by the council to be invalid or is adjudged illegal, the council may correct the levy by resolution, and may reassess and relevy with the same force and effect as if done at the proper time and in the manner provided by law or by the resolution.

[C97, §836, 980; S13, §840-a; SS15, §836, 840-r; C24, 27, §6059, 6920; C31, 35, §6059, 6610-c58, 6920; C39, §6059, 6610.68, 6920; C46, §391.84, 417.62, 420.273; C50, §391.84, 391A.33, 417.62, 420.273; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391.84, 391A.36, 417.62, 420.273; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.72]
Iowa Code § 20.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 20 / Section 20.4
Exclusions.
Status: in_force

The following public employees shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter:

(1) Elected officials and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices, and members of any board or commission.

(2) Representatives of a public employer, including the administrative officer, director or chief executive officer of a public employer or major division thereof as well as the officer’s or director’s deputy, first assistant, and any supervisory employees. “Supervisory employee” means any individual having authority in the interest of the public employer to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline other public employees, or the responsibility to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if, in connection with the foregoing, exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment. All school superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals and assistant principals shall be deemed to be supervisory employees.

(3) Confidential employees.

(4) Students working as part-time public employees twenty hours per week or less, except graduate or other postgraduate students in preparation for a profession who are engaged in academically related employment as a teaching, research, or service assistant.

(5) Temporary public employees employed for a period of four months or less.

(6) Commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Iowa national guard.

(7) Judicial officers, and confidential, professional, or supervisory employees of the judicial branch.

(8) Patients and inmates employed, sentenced or committed to any state or local institution.

(9) Persons employed by the state department of justice.

(10) Persons employed by the credit union division of the department of insurance and financial services.

(11) Persons employed by the banking division of the department of insurance and financial services.

(12) The appointee serving as the coordinator of the office of renewable fuels and coproducts, as provided in section 159A.3.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.4]83 Acts, ch 186, §10012, 10201; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §230; 86 Acts, ch 1246, §612; 89 Acts, ch 158, §3; 89 Acts, ch 296, §5; 91 Acts, ch 254, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §9; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §12; 2007 Acts, ch 88, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2053, 2073, 2714
Iowa Code § 533C.605 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.605
Bank Secrecy Act reports.
Status: in_force

A licensee and an authorized delegate shall file all reports required by federal currency reporting, record keeping, and suspicious activity reporting requirements pursuant to the federal Bank Secrecy Act and other federal and state laws pertaining to money laundering. The timely filing of a complete and accurate report required under this section with the appropriate federal agency is deemed compliant with the requirements of this section.

2023 Acts, ch 83, §25
Iowa Code § 169.11 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 169 / Section 169.11
Temporary permit.
Status: in_force

The board may issue without examination a temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine in this state:

(1) To a qualified applicant for license pending examination and the temporary permit shall expire the day after the notice of results of the first examination given after the permit is issued. The temporary permit holder should keep the secretary continually advised of the permit holder’s current address.

(2) To a nonresident veterinarian validly licensed in another state, territory, or district of the United States or a foreign country who pays the fee established and published by the board. Such temporary permit shall be issued for a period of no more than one hundred eighty days and no more than one permit shall be issued to a person during each calendar year.

[C79, 81, §169.11]
Iowa Code § 714F.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714F / Section 714F.6
Waiver.
Status: in_force

A waiver of the provisions of this chapter is void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy, except a consumer may waive the three-day right to cancel provided in section 714F.4 if the property is subject to a foreclosure sale, tax sale, or contract forfeiture within the three business days and the shortened cancellation period was not caused by the foreclosure purchaser or an agent of the foreclosure purchaser. A waiver of a foreclosed homeowner’s right to cancel shall be in a handwritten statement signed by all parties holding title to the foreclosed property.

2008 Acts, ch 1125, §15, 19; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §182
Iowa Code § 633A.2204 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.2204
Modification of administrative provisions by court for change of circumstances.
Status: in_force

On petition by a trustee or beneficiary, the court may modify the administrative provisions of the trust, if, owing to circumstances not known to the settlor and not anticipated by the settlor, the continuation of the trust under its terms would defeat or substantially impair the accomplishment of the purposes of the trust. If necessary to carry out the purposes of the trust, the court may order the trustee to do acts that are not authorized or are forbidden by the trust instrument.

2000 Acts, ch 1150, §11C2001, §633.22042005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.2204
Iowa Code § 16.63 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.63
Agreements.
Status: in_force

The authority may enter into agreements with the United States secretary of agriculture pursuant to Pub. L. No. 81-499 §2(f) (1950) upon terms and conditions and for periods of time as mutually agreeable, authorizing the authority to accept, administer, expend, and use in the state of Iowa all or any part of the trust assets or other funds in the state of Iowa which have been appropriated for use in carrying out the purposes of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and to do any and all things necessary to effectuate and carry out the purposes of such agreements.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §52, 78
Iowa Code § 7.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 7.10
Emergency highway peace officers.
Status: in_force

Whenever the governor is satisfied that a state of emergency exists, or is likely to exist, on the public streets or highways of this state, because of violations of chapter 321, the governor shall designate any employee or employees of this state as peace officers pursuant to section 801.4, subsection 11, paragraph “j”, until such time as the governor is satisfied the state of emergency is ended.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §7.10]
Iowa Code § 498.35 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 498 / Section 498.35
Personal liability.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a director, officer, employee, or member of the association is not liable on the association’s debts or obligations and a director, officer, member, or other volunteer is not personally liable in that capacity, for a claim based upon any action taken, or any failure to take action in the discharge of the person’s duties, except for the amount of a financial benefit received by the person to which the person is not entitled, an intentional infliction of harm on the association or its members, or an intentional violation of criminal law.

87 Acts, ch 212, §7; 2003 Acts, ch 66, §12
Iowa Code § 199.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 199 / Section 199.9
Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Sections 199.3 and 199.8 do not apply to:

(1) (a) Seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes.

(1) (b) Seed in storage in, or consigned to, or for sale to, a seed cleaning or conditioning establishment for cleaning or conditioning; provided that any labeling or other representation which is made with respect to the unclean or unconditioned seed is subject to this chapter.

(1) (c) A carrier in respect to seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier provided that the carrier is not engaged in producing, conditioning, or marketing seed, and subject to this chapter.

(2) A person is not subject to the penalties of this chapter for having sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state any agricultural seeds which were incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, species, variety, or origin when those seeds cannot be identified by examination, unless the person has failed to obtain an invoice or genuine grower’s declaration or other labeling information and to take other precautions as reasonable to ensure the identity. A genuine grower’s declaration of variety shall affirm that the grower holds records of proof concerning parent seed such as invoices and labels.

[S13, §5077-a20; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3136; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §199.9; 82 Acts, ch 1191, §8]
Iowa Code § 554.13522 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13522
Lessee’s right to goods on lessor’s insolvency.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsection 2 and even though the goods have not been shipped, a lessee who has paid a part or all of the rent and security for goods identified to a lease contract (section 554.13217) on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid portion of the rent and security due under the lease contract may recover the goods identified from the lessor if the lessor becomes insolvent within ten days after receipt of the first installment of rent and security.

(2) A lessee acquires the right to recover goods identified to a lease contract only if they conform to the lease contract.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §74
Iowa Code § 476B.4 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476B / Section 476B.4
Limitation.
Status: in_force

The wind energy production tax credit shall not be allowed for any kilowatt-hour of electricity that is sold to a related person. For purposes of this section, persons shall be treated as related to each other if such persons would be treated as a single employer under the regulations prescribed under section 52(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. In the case of a corporation that is a member of an affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated return, such corporation shall be treated as selling electricity to an unrelated person if such electricity is sold to such a person by another member of such group.

2004 Acts, ch 1175, §412, 418; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §165; 2009 Acts, ch 80, §2, 7, 9
Iowa Code § 554.3109 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3109
Payable to bearer or to order.
Status: in_force

(1) A promise or order is payable to bearer if it:

(1) (a) states that it is payable to bearer or to the order of bearer or otherwise indicates that the person in possession of the promise or order is entitled to payment;

(1) (b) does not state a payee; or

(1) (c) states that it is payable to or to the order of cash or otherwise indicates that it is not payable to an identified person.

(2) A promise or order that is not payable to bearer is payable to order if it is payable to the order of an identified person or to an identified person or order. A promise or order that is payable to order is payable to the identified person.

(3) An instrument payable to bearer may become payable to an identified person if it is specially endorsed pursuant to section 554.3205, subsection 1. An instrument payable to an identified person may become payable to bearer if it is endorsed in blank pursuant to section 554.3205, subsection 2.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §18, 121, 122; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 35B.14 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35B / Section 35B.14
County appropriation burial expenses audit.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of each county may appropriate moneys for training an executive director or administrator as provided in section 35B.6, and for the expenses for food, clothing, shelter, utilities, medical benefits, and a funeral for indigent veterans, as defined in section 35.1, as well as for their indigent spouses, surviving spouses, and minor children not over eighteen years of age, who legally reside in the county.

(2) The appropriation shall be expended by the joint action and control of the board of supervisors and the county commission of veteran affairs.

(3) The commission is responsible for the interment in a suitable cemetery of the body of any veteran, as defined in section 35.1, or the spouse, surviving spouse, or child of the person, if the person has died without leaving sufficient means to defray the funeral expenses. The commission may pay the expenses in a sum not exceeding an amount established by the board of supervisors.

(4) Burial expenses shall be paid by the county in which the person resided. The county board of supervisors shall audit and pay the account from the funds provided for in this chapter in the manner as other claims are audited and paid.

83 Acts, ch 123, §99, 209CS83, §250.1485 Acts, ch 67, §28; 88 Acts, ch 1082, §3; 91 Acts, ch 1, §1; 91 Acts, ch 199, §3C93, §35B.1499 Acts, ch 180, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1130, §7, 10; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §189; 2014 Acts, ch 1116, §46; 2024 Acts, ch 1047, §10