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Iowa Code § 229.25 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229 / Section 229.25
Medical records to be confidential — exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The records maintained by a hospital or other facility relating to the examination, custody, care and treatment of any person in that hospital or facility pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential, except that the chief medical officer shall release appropriate information under any of the following circumstances:

(1) (a) The information is requested by a licensed physician or mental health professional, attorney, or advocate who provides the chief medical officer with a written waiver signed by the person about whom the information is sought.

(1) (a) The information is sought by a court order.

(1) (a) The person who is hospitalized or that person’s guardian, if the person is a minor or is not legally competent to do so, signs an informed consent to release information. Each signed consent shall designate specifically the person or agency to whom the information is to be sent, and the information may be sent only to that person or agency.

(1) (b) Such records may be released by the chief medical officer when requested for the purpose of research into the causes, incidence, nature and treatment of mental illness, however information shall not be provided in a way that discloses patients’ names or which otherwise discloses any patient’s identity.

(2) When the chief medical officer deems it to be in the best interest of the patient and the patient’s next of kin to do so, the chief medical officer may release appropriate information during a consultation which the hospital or facility shall arrange with the next of kin of a voluntary or involuntary patient, if requested by the patient’s next of kin.

[C77, 79, 81, §229.25; 82 Acts, ch 1135, §1]89 Acts, ch 275, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2017 Acts, ch 34, §18
Iowa Code § 573.15 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 573 / Section 573.15
Claim against retainage or bond.
Status: in_force

(1) A person, firm, or corporation that has performed labor for or furnished materials, service, or transportation to a subcontractor shall not be entitled to a claim against the retainage or bond under this chapter unless the person, firm, or corporation that performed the labor or furnished the materials, service, or transportation does all of the following:

(1) (a) Notifies the principal contractor in writing with a one-time notice containing the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the person, firm, or corporation that performed the labor or furnished the materials, service, or transportation, and the name of the subcontractor for whom the labor was performed or the materials, service, or transportation were furnished, within thirty days of first performing the labor or furnishing the materials, service, or transportation for which a claim may be made. Additional labor performed or materials, service, or transportation furnished by the same person, firm, or corporation to the same subcontractor for use in the same construction project shall be covered by this notice.

(1) (b) Supports the claim with a certified statement that the principal contractor received the notice described in paragraph “a”.

(2) This section shall not apply to highway, bridge, or culvert projects as referred to in section 573.28.

[C31, 35, §10312-d1; C39, §10312.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §573.15]2018 Acts, ch 1097, §4
Iowa Code § 633.663 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.663
Waiver of statute of limitations by conservator.
Status: in_force

It shall be within the discretion of the conservator to determine whether or not the applicable statute of limitation shall be invoked to bar a claim which the conservator believes to be just, and the conservator’s decision as to the invoking of such statute shall be final.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.663]
Iowa Code § 138.5 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 138 / Section 138.5
Revocation or suspension of permit.
Status: in_force

If the holder of any permit under the provisions of this chapter fails to maintain and operate a migrant labor camp in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the department relating thereto, the director shall revoke or suspend the permit for the operation and maintenance of such camp.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §138.5]
Iowa Code § 570A.10 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 570A / Section 570A.10
Section 570A.10
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 82, §8.
Iowa Code § 35.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35 / Section 35.2
Proof of veteran status for certain veterans.
Status: in_force

In order to fulfill any eligibility requirements under Iowa law pertaining to veteran status, a veteran described in section 35.1, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (6) or (7), shall submit the veteran’s retirement points accounting statement issued by the armed forces of the United States, the state adjutant general, or the adjutant general of any other state, to confirm that the person has completed twenty years of service with the reserve forces or the national guard.

2005 Acts, ch 115, §5, 40
Iowa Code § 308A.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 308A / Section 308A.2
Funds.
Status: in_force

The department of natural resources may accept in the name of the state funds contributed by the groups specified in section 308A.1 and the funds shall be used exclusively in the establishment of bikeways as provided in this chapter. Additional funds as may be necessary in purchasing signs and otherwise carrying out the provisions of this chapter may be expended by the department of natural resources if authorized by the general assembly pursuant to appropriations for such purposes. The department shall be authorized to accept and expend federal funds made available for the purposes of aiding in the implementation of this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §308A.2]2019 Acts, ch 59, §86
Iowa Code § 515J.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515J / Section 515J.2
Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the protection of lives and property from the peril of flood, and to encourage a robust private primary residential flood insurance market to provide consumer choices and alternatives to the existing national flood insurance program.

2021 Acts, ch 73, §2
Iowa Code § 327E.3 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327E / Section 327E.3
Motorbuses.
Status: in_force

Any person operating a railroad in this state may own and operate any other common carrier subject to applicable state laws. Any such person may purchase and own capital stock and securities of a corporation organized for or engaged in the business of a common carrier.

[C31, 35, §7945-c1; C39, §7945.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §476.27; C77, 79, 81, §327E.3]
Iowa Code § 639.19 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.19
Property attached.
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall in all cases attach the amount of property directed, if sufficient, not exempt from execution, is found in the sheriff’s county, giving that in which the defendant has a legal and unquestionable title a preference over that in which the defendant’s title is doubtful or only equitable.

[C51, §1857; R60, §3186; C73, §2964; C97, §3891; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.19]
Iowa Code § 499B.21 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499B / Section 499B.21
Effect of documents and instruments.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless amended or terminated by the following documents or instruments, all terms, conditions, covenants, and provisions contained in the following documents or instruments shall remain in full force and effect as long as the horizontal property regime remains in existence:

(1) (a) The declaration of the horizontal property regime and any amendments thereto.

(1) (b) The articles of incorporation of the horizontal property regime and any amendments thereto.

(1) (c) The bylaws of the horizontal property regime and any amendments thereto.

(1) (d) Any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the declaration of the horizontal property regime and the bylaws of the horizontal property regime.

(1) (e) Any property interests created by any documents or instruments specified in paragraph “a”, “b”, “c”, or “d”.

(2) A document or instrument specified in subsection 1, and any property interests created by such document or instrument, shall not be extinguished, limited, or impaired by application of section 558.68 or 614.24.

2014 Acts, ch 1095, §3, 6
Iowa Code § 290.5 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 290 / Section 290.5
Decision of state board rules for appeals.
Status: in_force

The decision of the state board shall be final. The state board may adopt rules of procedure for hearing appeals which shall include the power to delegate the actual hearing of the appeal to the director of the department of education or the director’s designee, and members of the director’s staff designated by the director. The record of appeal so heard shall be available to the state board, and, if required by section 256.7, subsection 6, the decision recommended by the director of the department of education or the designated administrative law judge shall be approved by the state board in the manner provided therein.

[R60, §2139; C73, §1835; C97, §2820; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4302; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §290.5]85 Acts, ch 212, §21 – 23; 89 Acts, ch 210, §122024 Acts, ch 1169, §31
Iowa Code § 16.17 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.17
Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority shall adopt pursuant to chapter 17A all rules necessary to administer this chapter.

(1) 2. The authority may adopt rules which establish further definitions applicable to this chapter and clarify the definitions in this chapter, as the authority deems convenient and necessary to carry out the public purposes of this chapter including all the following:

(1) (a) Any rules necessary to assure eligibility for funds available under federal housing laws, or to assure compliance with federal tax laws relating to the issuance of tax exempt bonds pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code or relating to the allowance of low-income credits under Internal Revenue Code §42.

(1) (b) Any rule necessary to assure eligibility for funds, insurance, or guaranties available under federal laws and to carry out the public purposes of subchapter VIII.

(1) (b) 3. The authority may adopt rules relating to the purchase and sale of residential mortgage loans and the sale of mortgage-backed securities.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §26, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §18
Iowa Code § 654A.14 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654A / Section 654A.14
Section 654A.14
Status: repealed

Repealed by 90 Acts, ch 1143, §30.
Iowa Code § 352.11 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 352 / Section 352.11
Incentives for agricultural land preservation — payment of costs and fees in nuisance actions.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A farm or farm operation located in an agricultural area shall not be found to be a nuisance regardless of the established date of operation or expansion of the agricultural activities of the farm or farm operation. This paragraph shall apply to a farm operation conducted within an agricultural area for six years following the exclusion of land within an agricultural area other than by withdrawal as provided in section 352.9.

(1) (b) Paragraph “a” does not apply to a nuisance which is the result of a farm operation determined to be in violation of a federal statute or regulation or state statute or rule. Paragraph “a” does not apply if the nuisance results from the negligent operation of the farm or farm operation. Paragraph “a” does not apply to actions or proceedings arising from injury or damage to a person or property caused by the farm or a farm operation before the creation of the agricultural area. Paragraph “a” does not affect or defeat the right of a person to recover damages for an injury or damage sustained by the person because of the pollution or change in condition of the waters of a stream, the overflowing of the person’s land, or excessive soil erosion onto another person’s land, unless the injury or damage is caused by an act of God.

(1) (c) A person shall not bring an action or proceeding based on a claim of nuisance arising from a farm operation unless the person proceeds with mediation as provided in chapter 654B.

(1) (d) If a defendant is a prevailing party in an action or proceeding based on a claim of nuisance and arising from a farm operation conducted on farmland within an agricultural area, the plaintiff shall pay court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the defendant, if the court determines that the claim is frivolous.

(2) In the application for a permit to divert, store, or withdraw water and in the allocation of available water resources under a water permit system, the department of natural resources shall give priority to the use of water resources by a farm or farm operation, exclusive of irrigation, located in an agricultural area over all other uses except the competing uses of water for ordinary household purposes.

[82 Acts, ch 1245, §12]C83, §93A.1183 Acts, ch 101, §7; 83 Acts, ch 137, §27C87, §176B.11C93, §352.1193 Acts, ch 146, §7
Iowa Code § 400.28 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 400 / Section 400.28
Employees number diminished.
Status: in_force

A city council may implement a diminution of employees in a classification or grade under civil service. Such a diminution shall be carried out in accordance with any procedures provided in a collective bargaining agreement to which a bargaining unit that has at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees as defined in section 20.3 is a party, if applicable.

[S13, §679-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5712; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.28; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.28]86 Acts, ch 1138, §10, 11; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §131; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §63, 64
Iowa Code § 537.7102 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.7102
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Administrator” means the person designated in section 537.6103.

(2) “Creditor”, for the purposes of this article, means the person to whom a debtor is obligated, either directly or indirectly, on a debt.

(3) “Debt” means an actual or alleged obligation arising out of a consumer credit transaction, consumer rental purchase agreement, or a transaction which would have been a consumer credit transaction either if a finance charge was made, if the obligation was not payable in installments, if a lease was for a term of four months or less, or if a lease was of an interest in land. A debt includes a check as defined in section 554.3104 given in a transaction in connection with a consumer rental purchase agreement, in a transaction which was a consumer credit sale or in a transaction which would have been a consumer credit sale if credit was granted and if a finance charge was made, or in a transaction regulated under chapter 533D.

(4) “Debt collection” means an action, conduct or practice in soliciting debts for collection or in the collection or attempted collection of a debt.

(5) “Debt collector” means a person engaging, directly or indirectly, in debt collection, whether for the person, the person’s employer, or others, and includes a person who sells, or offers to sell, forms represented to be a collection system, device, or scheme, intended to be used to collect debts.

(6) “Debtor”, for the purposes of this article, means the person obligated.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.7102]87 Acts, ch 137, §3; 89 Acts, ch 128, §4; 95 Acts, ch 139, §17
Iowa Code § 622.80 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.80
Pleading taken as true.
Status: in_force

If the delinquent party shows by the party’s own testimony, or otherwise, that the party could not have a full personal knowledge of the transaction, the court may order the party’s pleading to be taken as true; subject to be reconsidered by the court within a reasonable time thereafter, upon satisfactory reasons being shown for the delinquency.

[C51, §2422; R60, §4025; C73, §3684; C97, §4668; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11337; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.80]2019 Acts, ch 59, §203
Iowa Code § 256.18 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.18
Character education policy.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) It is the policy of the general assembly that Iowa’s schools be the best and safest possible. To that end, each school is encouraged to instill the highest character and academic excellence in each student, in close cooperation with the student’s parents, and with input from the community and educators.

(1) (b) Schools should make every effort, formally and informally, to stress character qualities that will maintain a safe and orderly learning environment, and that will ultimately equip students to be model citizens. These qualities may include caring, civic virtue and citizenship, justice and fairness, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, giving, honesty, self-discipline, respect for and obedience to the law, citizenship, courage, initiative, commitment, perseverance, kindness, compassion, service, loyalty, patience, the dignity and necessity of hard work, and any other qualities deemed appropriate by a school.

(2) The department of education shall assist schools in accessing financial and curricular resources to implement programs stressing these character qualities. Schools are encouraged to use their existing resources to implement programs stressing these qualities. Whenever possible, the department shall develop partnerships with schools, nonprofit organizations, or an institution of higher education, or with a consortium of two or more of those entities, to design and implement character education programs that may be integrated into classroom instruction and may be carried out with other educational reforms.

94 Acts, ch 1131, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1083, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 180, §6; 2009 Acts, ch 54, §3
Iowa Code § 615.1A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 615 / Section 615.1A
Execution on judgment claim for rent.
Status: in_force

After the expiration of a period of ten years from the date of entry of judgment of a court not of record, or twenty years from the date of entry of judgment of a court of record, in an action on a claim for rent, exclusive of any time during which execution on the judgment was stayed pending a bankruptcy action or order of court, such judgment shall be null and void, all liens shall be extinguished, and no execution shall be issued. However, in the event that the judgment or the right to collect thereon is sold or otherwise assigned for value to a third party other than a state or federally chartered bank or credit union, such judgment shall be null and void, all liens shall be extinguished, and no execution shall be issued after the expiration of two years from the date of entry of the judgment, exclusive of any time during which execution on the judgment was stayed pending a bankruptcy action or order of court.

2013 Acts, ch 95, §3; 2018 Acts, ch 1148, §2
Iowa Code § 232.133 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.133
Appeal.
Status: in_force

(1) An interested party aggrieved by an order or decree of the juvenile court may appeal from the court for review of questions of law or fact. However, an order adjudicating a child to have committed a delinquent act, entered pursuant to section 232.47, shall not be appealed until the court enters a corresponding dispositional order pursuant to section 232.52. An appeal that affects the custody of a child shall be heard at the earliest practicable time.

(2) Except for appeals from orders entered in child in need of assistance proceedings or orders entered pursuant to section 232.117, appellate procedures shall be governed by the same provisions applicable to appeals from the district court. The supreme court may prescribe rules to expedite the resolution of appeals from orders entered in child in need of assistance proceedings or orders entered pursuant to section 232.117.

(3) The pendency of an appeal or application therefor shall not suspend the order of the juvenile court regarding a child and shall not discharge the child from the custody of the court or the agency, association, facility, institution or person to whom the court has transferred legal custody unless the appellate court otherwise orders on application of an appellant.

(4) If the appellate court does not dismiss the proceedings and discharge the child, the appellate court shall affirm or modify the order of the juvenile court and remand the child to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for disposition not inconsistent with the appellate court’s finding on the appeal.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §232.58; C79, 81, §232.133]86 Acts, ch 1186, §12; 2001 Acts, ch 117, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 25, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1129, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §45
Iowa Code § 607A.32 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.32
Absence of commissioner.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 133, §25.
Iowa Code § 135.77 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.77
Civil penalty.
Status: in_force

Any hospital or health care facility which fails to file with the department the financial reports required by sections 135.73 through 135.76 is subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed five hundred dollars for each offense.

[C79, 81, §135.79]2021 Acts, ch 80, §67; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1443C2024, §10A.7282025 Acts, ch 120, §40, 64C2026, §135.77
Iowa Code § 260I.2 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260I / Section 260I.2
Gap tuition assistance program fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A gap tuition assistance program is established to provide funding to community colleges for need-based tuition assistance to applicants to enable completion of continuing education certificate training programs for in-demand occupations.

(2) (a) There is established for the community colleges a gap tuition assistance fund in the state treasury to be administered by the department of education. The funds in the gap tuition assistance fund are appropriated to the department of education for the gap tuition assistance program.

(2) (b) The aggregate total of grants awarded from the gap tuition assistance fund during a fiscal year shall not be more than two million dollars.

(2) (c) Except as provided in section 260I.10, subsection 4, moneys in the fund shall be allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose designated for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

2011 Acts, ch 132, §80, 106; 2012 Acts, ch 1132, §18; 2019 Acts, ch 135, §21