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Iowa Code § 468.279 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.279
Appraisers.
Status: in_force

If the said boards shall adopt a tentative plan for the district, the board of each county shall select an appraiser and the several boards by joint action shall employ an engineer, and the said appraisers and engineer shall constitute the appraisers to appraise the damages and value of all right-of-way required for open ditches and of all lands required for settling basins.

[S13, §1989-a31; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7608; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §457.10]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.279
Iowa Code § 256.190 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.190
Application for grants.
Status: in_force

Each applicant, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the commission, shall:

(1) Complete and file an application for a tuition grant.

(2) Be responsible for the submission of the parents’ confidential statement for processing, the processed information to be returned both to the commission and to the college in which the applicant is enrolling.

(3) Report promptly to the commission any information requested.

(4) File a new application and parents’ confidential statement annually on the basis of which the applicant’s eligibility for a renewed tuition grant will be evaluated and determined.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §261.16]2023 Acts, ch 19, §2641C2024, §256.190
Iowa Code § 554E.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554E / Section 554E.3
Legal effect of distributed ledger technology and smart contract.
Status: in_force

(1) A record, signature, or contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is created, generated, sent, signed, adopted, communicated, received, recorded, or stored by means of distributed ledger technology or a smart contract.

(2) A contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because of any of the following:

(2) (a) The contract contains a smart contract term.

(2) (b) An electronic record, distributed ledger technology, or a smart contract was used in the formation of the contract.

(3) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person using distributed ledger technology in the course of engaging in or affecting intrastate commerce, interstate commerce, or foreign commerce to secure information that the person owns or has the right to use retains the same rights of ownership or use with respect to such information as before the person secured the information using distributed ledger technology. This subsection does not apply to the use of distributed ledger technology to secure information in connection with a transaction to the extent that the terms of the transaction expressly provide for the transfer of rights of ownership or use with respect to such information.

2022 Acts, ch 1116, §6
Iowa Code § 673A.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 673A / Section 673A.5
Limitation on liability affirmative defense.
Status: in_force

(1) In any claim alleging an act or omission causing injury, loss, or death suffered by an agricultural tourist on an agricultural tourism farm, it is an affirmative defense that an agricultural tourism farmer, an agricultural tourism professional, or a person engaged in farming the agricultural tourism farm is not liable pursuant to section 673A.4.

(2) The affirmative defense described in subsection 1 is in addition to any other limitation of legal liability otherwise provided by law, including as provided in chapters 461C and 673.

2021 Acts, ch 104, §7
Iowa Code § 173.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 173 / Section 173.5
Duties of the convention.
Status: in_force

(1) The convention shall establish staggered terms of office for the elected directors. Notwithstanding section 173.6, the convention may establish terms of office for initial elected directors for more or less than two years.

(2) Each year, the convention shall elect a successor to one of the two district directors whose term expires following the adjournment of the convention, as provided in section 173.4.

(3) The Iowa state fair board shall present a financial report to the convention. The report is not required to include an audit, but shall provide an estimate of the accounts under the authority of the board.

[R60, §1700; C73, §1104; C97, §1654; S13, §1657-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2877; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §173.5]91 Acts, ch 248, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1028, §2; 98 Acts, ch 1114, §4; 2001 Acts, ch 29, §5
Iowa Code § 15E.147 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.147
Section 15E.147
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 126, §114.
Iowa Code § 554.9707 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9707
Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1052, §34, 37.
Iowa Code § 709.18 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 709 / Section 709.18
Sexual abuse of a corpse.
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits sexual abuse of a human corpse if the person knowingly and intentionally engages in a sex act, as defined in section 702.17, with a human corpse.

(2) A person who violates this section commits a class “D” felony.

96 Acts, ch 1006, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 91, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1074, §4
Iowa Code § 125.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.7
Duties of the council.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §135, 137.
Iowa Code § 321.289 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.289
Speed signs — duty to install.
Status: in_force

The department shall furnish and place on primary roads or on extensions of primary roads within any city suitable standard signs showing the points at which the rate of speed changes and the maximum rate of speed in the district which the vehicle is entering. On all other main highways the city shall furnish and erect suitable signs giving similar information to traffic on such highways.

[S13, §1571-m20; C24, §5030; C27, 31, 35, §5030-b2; C39, §5023.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.289]
Iowa Code § 309.97 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 309 / Section 309.97
Construction of law.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subchapter shall contravene or affect the provisions of chapter 24.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.97]2019 Acts, ch 24, §41
Iowa Code § 611.10 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 611 / Section 611.10
Equitable issues.
Status: in_force

Where the action has been properly commenced by ordinary proceedings, either party shall have the right, by motion, to have any issue heretofore exclusively cognizable in equity tried in the manner hereinafter prescribed in cases of equitable proceedings; and if all the issues were such, though none were exclusively so, the defendant shall be entitled to have them all tried as in cases of equitable proceedings.

[R60, §2617; C73, §2517; C97, §3435; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10947; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.10]
Iowa Code § 684A.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 684A / Section 684A.9
Procedure on certifying.
Status: in_force

The procedures for certification from this state to the receiving state are those provided in the laws of the receiving state.

[C81, §684A.9]
Iowa Code § 515F.33 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515F / Section 515F.33
FAIR plan established.
Status: in_force

The FAIR plan to assure fair access to insurance requirements is established. The plan shall operate subject to the provisions and conditions of this subchapter.

2003 Acts, ch 119, §4, 11; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 554.13506 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.13506
Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) An action for default under a lease contract, including breach of warranty or indemnity, must be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued. By the original lease contract the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one year.

(2) A cause of action for default accrues when the act or omission on which the default or breach of warranty is based is or should have been discovered by the aggrieved party, or when the default occurs, whichever is later. A cause of action for indemnity accrues when the act or omission on which the claim for indemnity is based is or should have been discovered by the indemnified party, whichever is later.

(3) If an action commenced within the time limited by subsection 1 is so terminated as to leave available a remedy by another action for the same default or breach of warranty or indemnity, the other action may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and within six months after the termination of the first action unless the termination resulted from voluntary discontinuance or from dismissal for failure or neglect to prosecute.

(4) This section does not alter the law on tolling of the statute of limitations nor does it apply to causes of action that have accrued before this Article becomes effective.

94 Acts, ch 1052, §58
Iowa Code § 554.12101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.12101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known and may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code — Funds Transfers.

92 Acts, ch 1146, §1
Iowa Code § 421.38 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 421 / Section 421.38
Section 421.38
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 145, §291.See §8A.502, 8A.506 – 8A.519.
Iowa Code § 231D.10 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231D / Section 231D.10
Disclosure of findings.
Status: in_force

Upon completion of a monitoring evaluation or complaint investigation of an adult day services program by the department pursuant to this chapter, the department’s final findings with respect to compliance by the adult day services program with requirements for certification shall be made available to the public in a readily available form and place. Other information relating to an adult day services program that is obtained by the department which does not constitute the department’s final findings from a monitoring evaluation or complaint investigation of the adult day services program shall not be made available to the public except in proceedings involving the assessment of a civil penalty pursuant to section 231D.11 or the denial, suspension, or revocation of a certificate under this chapter.

2003 Acts, ch 165, §10; 2005 Acts, ch 61, §10, 17; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §197; 2008 Acts, ch 1048, §3, 4; 2014 Acts, ch 1040, §26, 28; 2015 Acts, ch 80, §14
Iowa Code § 544A.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 544A / Section 544A.8
Qualification for licensure.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person may apply for a license or may apply to take an examination for licensure under this chapter. The board shall not require that the application contain a photograph of the applicant.

(2) The board shall adopt rules governing practical training and education and may adopt as its rules criteria published by a national certification body recognized by the board. The board may accept the accreditation decisions of a national accreditation body recognized by the board.

(3) A person applying for licensure by examination, upon complying with the other requirements, shall satisfactorily pass an examination in technical and professional subjects prescribed by the board. The board may adopt the uniform standardized examination and grading procedures of a national certification body recognized by the board. The examination may be conducted by representatives of the board. The identity of the person taking the examination shall be concealed until after the examination has been graded. The board shall adopt rules regarding reexamination. An applicant who has failed the examination may request in writing information from the board concerning the applicant’s examination grade and subject areas or questions which the applicant failed to answer correctly, except that if the board administers a uniform, standardized examination, the board shall only be required to provide the examination grade and the other information concerning the applicant’s examination results which is available to the board.

(4) In lieu of examination, the board may grant licensure by reciprocity. A person applying to the board for licensure by reciprocity shall furnish satisfactory evidence that the person holds qualifications determined by the board to be substantially equivalent to the requirements for initial licensure in accordance with section 10A.506, subsection 8.

[C27, 31, 35, §1905-b8; C39, §1905.65; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §118.8]87 Acts, ch 92, §3C93, §544A.82008 Acts, ch 1059, §6, 7; 2017 Acts, ch 131, §7; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §43, 51; 2021 Acts, ch 69, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 35.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35 / Section 35.12
Veterans counseling program.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1059, §13.
Iowa Code § 9I.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9I / Section 9I.10
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) If the secretary of state finds that a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or other fiduciary thereof, has acquired or holds title to or interest in agricultural land in this state in violation of this chapter or has failed to timely register as required under section 9I.7 or has failed to timely report as required under section 10B.4, the secretary shall report the violation to the attorney general.

(2) Upon receipt of the report from the secretary of state, the attorney general shall initiate an action in the district court of any county in which the land is located.

(3) The attorney general shall file a notice of the pendency of the action with the recorder of deeds of each county in which any of the land is located. If the court finds that the land in question has been acquired or held in violation of this chapter or the required registration has not been timely filed, it shall enter an order so declaring and shall file a copy of the order with the recorder of deeds of each county in which any portion of the land is located.

(4) The attorney general may conduct an inquiry or investigation regarding a violation of this chapter or section 10B.4. As part of that inquiry or investigation, and in accordance with the Iowa rules of civil procedure, the attorney general may issue a subpoena for the production of records, including but not limited to books, accounts, papers, correspondence, memoranda, purchase agreements, files, or other documents in a print or electronic format. If a person refuses compliance, the attorney general may seek enforcement by the district court.

[C97, §2891; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10218; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §567.5; C81, §567.9]2002 Acts, ch 1095, §10C2003, §9I.102024 Acts, ch 1007, §3, 4
Iowa Code § 904.112 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.112
Institutional receipts.
Status: in_force

Institutional receipts of the department of corrections shall be deposited in the general fund of the state except as follows:

(1) Reimbursement for services provided to another institution or state agency, rentals charged to employees or other persons for room, apartment, or housing, and charges for meals.

(2) Receipts which are specifically required to be otherwise expended or deposited under this chapter.

84 Acts, ch 1184, §3C85, §217A.1185 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.112C93, §904.11297 Acts, ch 190, §4
Iowa Code § 6B.30 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6B / Section 6B.30
Additional deposit.
Status: in_force

If, on the trial of the appeal, the damages awarded by the commissioners are increased, the condemner shall, if the condemner is already in possession of the property, make such additional deposit with the sheriff, as will, with the deposit already made, equal the entire damages allowed. If the condemner be not already in possession, the condemner shall deposit with the sheriff the entire damages awarded, before entering on, using, or controlling the premises.

[C73, §1258; C97, §2012; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7849; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §472.30]C93, §6B.30
Iowa Code § 328.13 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 328 / Section 328.13
Commercial air service retention and expansion committee.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §368.
Iowa Code § 15.482 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.482
Iowa cultural trust grant account.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2025 Acts, ch 147, §37.
Iowa Code § 97.12 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97 / Section 97.12
Section 97.12
Status: repealed

Repealed by 53 Acts, ch 71, §1, except as indicated herein.
Iowa Code § 462A.54 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.54
Disposal of writing fees.
Status: in_force

The writing fees collected by the county recorder shall be paid to the county treasurer by the county recorder as other such fees are paid to the county treasurer by the county recorder.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §106.54]C93, §462A.54
Iowa Code § 99D.8 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99D / Section 99D.8
Horse or dog racing licenses — applications.
Status: in_force

(1) A qualifying organization, as defined in section 513(d)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 422.3, exempt from federal income taxation under sections 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code or a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this state, whether or not it is exempt from federal income taxation, which is organized to distribute funds for educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses, as defined in section 99B.1, or which regularly conducts an agricultural and educational fair or exposition for the promotion of the horse, dog, or other livestock breeding industries of the state, or an agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state, may apply to the commission for a license to conduct horse or dog racing. The application shall be filed with the administrator of the commission at least sixty days before the first day of the horse race or dog race meeting which the organization proposes to conduct, shall specify the day or days when and the exact location where it proposes to conduct racing, and shall be in a form and contain information as the commission prescribes.

(2) If any part of the net income of a licensee is determined to be unrelated business taxable income as defined in sections 511 through 514 of the Internal Revenue Code, or is otherwise taxable, the licensee shall be required to distribute such amount to political subdivisions in the state and organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in the county in which the licensee operates.

(3) An organization which meets the requirements of this section, as amended, on or before July 1, 1988, shall be considered to have met the requirements of this section on the date that its initial application was originally filed.

83 Acts, ch 187, §8; 88 Acts, ch 1243, §1; 95 Acts, ch 176, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §50; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 602.6607 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.6607
Control of records — vacancies.
Status: in_force

Whenever a magistrate, or a district associate judge or district judge acting as a magistrate, leaves office, all funds, dockets, and records relating to the vacated office shall be delivered by the judicial officer to the clerk who issued the docket.

83 Acts, ch 186, §7607, 10201
Iowa Code § 52.38 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 52 / Section 52.38
Testing portable tabulating devices.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13.See §52.35.
Iowa Code § 512A.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 512A / Section 512A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

When used in this chapter:

(1) A “benevolent association” shall mean any person, firm, company, partnership, association or corporation, organized to enroll persons as members of a group for the purpose of providing an agency by which persons so enrolled may in the event of the death of any other member of the group make voluntary contributions to be distributed in whole or in part by the benevolent association to the beneficiary of the deceased member, or to members as contribution towards expense incurred by accident or sickness.

(2) A “member” shall be any person who participates in a plan or agreement to make voluntary contribution through a benevolent association.

(3) “Commissioner” when used in this chapter shall mean the commissioner of insurance.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §512A.1]
Iowa Code § 252F.7 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252F / Section 252F.7
Report to state registrar of vital statistics.
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of an order with the district court pursuant to this chapter, the clerk of the district court shall report the information from the order to the state registrar of vital statistics in the manner provided in section 600B.36.

93 Acts, ch 79, §20; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §412023 Acts, ch 19, §910
Iowa Code § 12.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12 / Section 12.6
Report to and account with director of the department of administrative services.
Status: in_force

Once in each week the treasurer shall certify to the director of the department of administrative services the number, date, amount, and payee of each warrant taken up by the treasurer, with the date when taken up, and the amount of interest allowed; and on the first Monday of January, and the first day of April, July, and October, annually, the treasurer is directed to account with the director of the department of administrative services and deposit with the department of administrative services all such warrants received at the treasury, and take the director’s receipt therefor.

[C51, §67; R60, §88; C73, §80; C97, §106; S13, §106; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §137; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §12.6]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 23.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 23 / Section 23.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Board” means the Iowa public information board created in section 23.3.

(2) “Complainant” means a person who files a complaint with the board.

(3) “Complaint” means a written and signed document filed with the board alleging a violation of chapter 21 or 22.

(4) “Custodian” means a government body, government official, or government employee designated as the lawful custodian of a government record pursuant to section 22.1.

(5) “Government body” means the same as defined in section 22.1.

(6) “Governmental body” means the same as defined in section 21.2.

(7) “Person” means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, trustee, receiver, custodian, government body, or official, employee, agency, or political subdivision of this state.

(8) “Respondent” means any agency or other unit of state or local government, custodian, government official, or government employee who is the subject of a complaint.

2012 Acts, ch 1115, §5, 17