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Iowa Code § 29B.129 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.129
Authority to administer oaths.
Status: in_force

The following members of the state military forces may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration including military justice, and affidavits may be taken for those purposes before persons having the general powers of a notary public as provided in chapter 9B:

(1) All summary courts-martial.

(2) Adjutants, assistant adjutants, acting adjutants, and personnel adjutants.

(3) Commanding officers.

(4) Staff judge advocates and legal officers, and acting or assistant staff judge advocates and legal officers.

(5) The president, military judge, trial counsel, and assistant trial counsel for general and special courts-martial.

(6) The president and the counsel for the court of any court of inquiry.

(7) Officers designated to take a deposition.

(8) Persons detailed to conduct an investigation.

(9) Other persons designated by state law or by rules of the governor.

[82 Acts, ch 1042, §54]2002 Acts, ch 1117, §51, 52; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §33, 60
Iowa Code § 811.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 811 / Section 811.4
Undertaking of bail as liens on real estate.
Status: in_force

Undertakings of bail, immediately after such undertakings are filed with the clerk of the district court, shall be docketed as liens on real estate, entered upon the lien index as required for judgments in civil cases, and from the time of such entries, shall be liens upon real estate of the persons executing the same. Attested copies of such undertakings may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the real estate is situated, in the same manner and with like effect as attested copies of civil judgments, and shall be immediately docketed and indexed in the same manner.

[R60, §5000 – 5002; C73, §4606 – 4608; C97, §5513, 5514; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13625, 13626; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §764.1, 764.2; C79, 81, §811.4]
Iowa Code § 298A.4 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 298A / Section 298A.4
Physical plant and equipment levy fund.
Status: in_force

The physical plant and equipment levy fund is a capital project fund. A physical plant and equipment levy fund must be established in any school corporation which levies the tax authorized, whether regular or voter-approved, under section 298.2.

94 Acts, ch 1029, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §30
Iowa Code § 633A.4807 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4807
Powers of trust protector incorporated by reference in will or trust instrument.
Status: in_force

Any of the powers enumerated in section 633A.4805, as they exist at the time of the signing of a will by a testator or at the time of the signing of a trust instrument by a settlor, may be, by appropriate reference made thereto, incorporated in whole or in part in such will or trust instrument, by a clearly expressed intention of a testator of a will or settlor of a trust instrument.

2020 Acts, ch 1076, §13
Iowa Code § 222.17 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.17
Allegations verified.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 130, §34, 35.
Iowa Code § 10D.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10D / Section 10D.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Agricultural land” means land suitable for use in farming as defined in section 9H.1.

(2) “Baby chicks” means the same as defined in section 168.1.

(3) “Qualified enterprise” or “enterprise” means a limited liability company as defined in section 489.102, a domestic or foreign corporation subject to chapter 490, a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 504, a cooperative association as defined in section 10.1, or a foreign business as defined in section 9I.1.

2002 Acts, ch 1028, §3, 6; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §74; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §393; 2008 Acts, ch 1162, §132, 154, 155
Iowa Code § 20.8 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 20 / Section 20.8
Public employee rights.
Status: in_force

Public employees shall have the right to:

(1) Organize, or form, join, or assist any employee organization.

(2) Negotiate collectively through representatives of their own choosing.

(3) Engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection insofar as any such activity is not prohibited by this chapter or any other law of the state.

(4) Refuse to join or participate in the activities of employee organizations, including the payment of any dues, fees or assessments or service fees of any type.

(5) Exercise any right or seek any remedy provided by law, including but not limited to those rights and remedies available under sections 70A.28 and 70A.29, chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapters 216 and 400.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.8]2017 Acts, ch 2, §5, 26, 27
Iowa Code § 321F.6 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321F / Section 321F.6
Financial responsibility — lease.
Status: in_force

The lessee shall carry in the vehicle being leased, evidence of financial responsibility as required by this chapter and a copy of the lease, setting forth the name and address of the lessee, period of the lease, and other information as the director may require. The lease shall be shown to any peace officer upon request.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321F.6]92 Acts, ch 1175, §8; 95 Acts, ch 118, §29
Iowa Code § 28H.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28H / Section 28H.2
Work program — coordination.
Status: in_force

(1) Each council of governments shall adopt each year a work program to establish guidelines for delivery of services and activities to communities in the area. The work program shall include but is not limited to the following:

(1) (a) Cooperation in delivery of community development programs and services to units of local government.

(1) (b) Cooperation with the regional coordinating council in the development of plans and programs for community development.

(2) The councils of governments shall receive information and recommendations on issues of regional economic importance from the regional coordinating council for possible use in the regional community development plan.

90 Acts, ch 1157, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 82, §15
Iowa Code § 457A.2 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 457A / Section 457A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Conservation easement” means an easement in, servitude upon, restriction upon the use of, or other interest in land owned by another, created for any of the purposes set forth in section 457A.1. A conservation easement shall be transferable to any other public body authorized to acquire conservation easements. A conservation easement shall be perpetual unless expressly limited to a lesser term, or unless released by the holder, or unless a change of circumstances renders the easement no longer beneficial to the public. A comparative economic test shall not be used to determine whether a conservation easement is beneficial to the public. A conservation easement shall be enforceable during the term of the easement notwithstanding sections 614.24 through 614.38.

(2) “Natural and cultural resources” includes, but is not limited to, archaeological and historical resources.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111D.2]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1874C93, §457A.22002 Acts, ch 1012, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §70
Iowa Code § 453A.14 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.14
Bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) A state or manufacturer’s permit shall not be issued until the applicant files a bond, with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the director, which bond shall be in favor of the state and conditioned upon the payment of taxes, damages, fines, penalties, and costs adjudged against the permit holder for violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter. The bonds shall be on forms prescribed by the director and shall be filed electronically. A bond filed under this section shall be in one of the following amounts:

(1) (a) State permit, not less than five hundred dollars.

(1) (b) Manufacturer’s permit, not less than five thousand dollars.

(2) A person shall not engage in interstate business unless the person files a bond, with good and sufficient surety in an amount of not less than one thousand dollars. A bond required by this subsection shall be on forms prescribed by the director and shall be filed electronically. The amount of the bond required of the person shall be fixed by the director, subject to the minimum limitation provided in this section. The bond is subject to approval by the director and shall be payable to the state in Des Moines, Polk county, and conditioned upon the payment of taxes, damages, fines, penalties, and costs adjudged against the person for violation of any of the requirements of this subchapter affecting the person, on a form prescribed by the director.

(3) An additional bond or a new bond may be required by the director at any time an existing bond becomes insufficient or the surety thereon becomes unsatisfactory, which additional bond, or new bond, shall be supplied within ten days after demand. On failure to supply a new bond or additional bond within ten days after demand, the director may cancel any existing bond made and secured by and for the person. If the bond is canceled the person shall within forty-eight hours after receiving cigarettes or forty-eight hours after the cancellation, excluding a Sunday or a holiday, cause any cigarettes in the person’s possession to have the requisite amount of stamps affixed to represent the tax. As used in this section, “holiday” means the same as defined in section 421.9A.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §1561, 1562; C39, §1556.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §98.14]C93, §453A.142011 Acts, ch 25, §100; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2022 Acts, ch 1061, §68; 2025 Acts, ch 132, §9, 10
Iowa Code § 172A.6 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 172A / Section 172A.6
Low volume dealers exempt from license and bond.
Status: in_force

(1) The license and financial responsibility provisions of this chapter do not apply to a person who is licensed as provided in chapter 137F who purchases livestock for slaughter valued at less than an average daily value of two thousand five hundred dollars during any period of the preceding twelve months. A person licensed under that chapter is subject to other provisions of this chapter, including the regulatory and penal provisions of this chapter.

(2) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any other person who purchases livestock for slaughter valued at less than an average daily value of two thousand five hundred dollars based upon the preceding twelve months or such part thereof as the person was purchasing livestock.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §172A.6]98 Acts, ch 1032, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1162, §25, 30; 2000 Acts, ch 1100, §1
Iowa Code § 455G.5 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455G / Section 455G.5
Independent contractors to be retained by board.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.
Iowa Code § 820.27 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 820 / Section 820.27
Trial for other crimes.
Status: in_force

After a person has been brought back to this state by, or after waiver of extradition proceedings, the person may be tried in this state for other crimes which the person may be charged with having committed here as well as that specified in the requisition for the person’s extradition.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.27; C79, 81, §820.27]
Iowa Code § 29.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29 / Section 29.1
Department of public defense.
Status: in_force

The department of public defense is composed of the office of the adjutant general, the military forces of the state of Iowa, and the Iowa gold star military museum as established in section 29.4. The adjutant general is the director of the department of public defense and shall perform all functions, responsibilities, powers, and duties concerning the military forces of the state of Iowa and the Iowa gold star military museum as provided in the laws of the state.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29.1]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1701; 89 Acts, ch 204, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1139, §20; 92 Acts, ch 1140, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §157; 2013 Acts, ch 29, §9; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §53; 2016 Acts, ch 1116, §1
Iowa Code § 425.8 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 425 / Section 425.8
Forms rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The director of revenue shall prescribe the form for the making of a verified statement and designation of homestead, the form for the supporting affidavits required herein, and such other forms as may be necessary for the proper administration of this subchapter. Whenever necessary, the department of revenue shall forward to the county auditors of the several counties in the state the prescribed sample forms, and the county auditors shall furnish blank forms prepared in accordance therewith with the assessment rolls, books, and supplies delivered to the assessors. The department of revenue shall prescribe and the county auditors shall provide on the forms for claiming the homestead credit a statement to the effect that the owner realizes that the owner must give written notice to the assessor when the owner changes the use of the property.

(2) The director of revenue may prescribe rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, necessary to carry out and effectuate its purposes.

[C39, §6943.149; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §425.8; 82 Acts, ch 1246, §5, 11]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §52; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §230; 2021 Acts, ch 41, §6, 36
Iowa Code § 802.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 802 / Section 802.6
Periods excluded from limitation.
Status: in_force

(1) When a person leaves the state, the indictment or information may be found within the period of limitation prescribed in this chapter after the person’s coming into the state, and no period during which the party charged was not publicly resident within the state is a part of the limitation.

(2) The time within which an indictment or information must be found shall not include the time during which the defendant is a public officer or employee and the offense arises from misconduct relating to the duties and trust of that office or employment.

[C51, §2814; R60, §4516; C73, §4169; C97, §5167; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13446; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §752.5; C79, 81, §802.6]2002 Acts, ch 1116, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §379
Iowa Code § 135.105 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.105
Department duties.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(1) Coordinate the childhood lead poisoning prevention program with the department of natural resources, the university of Iowa poison control program, the mobile and regional child health specialty clinics, and any agency or program known for a direct interest in lead levels in the environment.

(2) Survey geographic areas not included in the grant program pursuant to section 135.103 periodically to determine prioritization of such areas for future grant programs.

87 Acts, ch 55, §6; 99 Acts, ch 141, §10; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §24
Iowa Code § 479.44 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479 / Section 479.44
Negotiated fee.
Status: in_force

In lieu of a one-time lump sum payment for an easement or other property interest allowing a pipeline to cross the property, a landowner and the pipeline company may negotiate an annual fee, to be paid over a fixed number of years. Unless the easement provides otherwise, the annual fee shall run with the land and shall be payable to the owner of record.

[81 Acts, ch 159, §2, 6]
Iowa Code § 144B.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144B / Section 144B.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Attorney in fact” means an individual who is designated by a durable power of attorney for health care as an agent to make health care decisions on behalf of a principal and has consented to act in that capacity.

(2) “Designee” means a person named in a declaration under chapter 144C.

(3) “Durable power of attorney for health care” means a document authorizing an attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal if the principal is unable, in the judgment of the attending physician or attending physician assistant, to make health care decisions.

(4) “Health care” means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat an individual’s physical or mental condition. “Health care” does not include the provision of nutrition or hydration except when they are required to be provided parenterally or through intubation.

(5) “Health care decision” means the consent, refusal of consent, or withdrawal of consent to health care.

(6) “Health care provider” means a 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.

(7) “Principal” means a person age eighteen or older who has executed a durable power of attorney for health care.

91 Acts, ch 140, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1051, §4, 22; 2017 Acts, ch 30, §1, 4; 2022 Acts, ch 1066, §16
Iowa Code § 4A.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 4A / Section 4A.12
Appointive boards political affiliation.
Status: in_force

(1) All appointive boards, commissions, and councils of the state established by the Code if not otherwise provided by law shall be bipartisan in their composition. A person shall not be appointed or reappointed to any board, commission, or council established by the Code, if the effect of that appointment or reappointment would cause the number of members of the board, commission, or council belonging to one political party to be greater than one-half the membership of the board, commission, or council plus one.

(2) In the case where the appointment of members of the general assembly is allowed, and the law does not otherwise provide, if an even number of legislators are appointed they shall be equally divided by political party affiliation; if an odd number of members of the general assembly are appointed, the number representing a certain political party shall not exceed the number of legislative members of the other political party who may be appointed by more than one.

(3) If there are multiple appointing authorities for a board, commission or council, the appointing authorities shall consult to avoid a violation of this section.

(4) This section shall not apply to any board, commission, or council established by the Code for which other restrictions regarding the political affiliations of members are provided by law.

[C77, 79, 81, §69.16]86 Acts, ch 1245, §2040; 87 Acts, ch 218, §7; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §19; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §32; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §38; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §54C2025, §4A.12
Iowa Code § 489.911 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.911
Administrative termination of registration.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary of state may terminate the registration of a registered foreign limited liability company in the manner provided in subsections 2 and 3, if any of the following applies:

(1) (a) The foreign limited liability company does not pay within sixty days after they are due any fees, taxes, interest, or penalties imposed by this chapter or other laws of this state.

(1) (b) The foreign limited liability company does not deliver its biennial report to the secretary of state within sixty days after it is due.

(1) (c) The foreign limited liability company is without a registered agent or its registered agent has no place of business in this state for sixty days or more.

(1) (d) The secretary of state has not been notified within sixty days that the foreign limited liability company’s registered agent or the registered agent’s place of business has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that the address of the registered agent has been discontinued.

(2) The secretary of state may terminate the registration of a registered foreign limited liability company by doing all of the following:

(2) (a) Filing a certificate of termination.

(2) (b) Delivering a copy of the certificate of termination to the foreign company’s registered agent or, if the foreign company does not have a registered agent, to the foreign company’s principal office.

(3) The certificate of termination must state all of the following:

(3) (a) The effective date of the termination, which must be not less than sixty days after the secretary of state delivers the copy of the certificate of termination as prescribed in subsection 2, paragraph “b”.

(3) (b) The grounds for termination under subsection 1.

(4) The registration of a registered foreign limited liability company to do business in this state ceases on the effective date of the termination as set forth in the certificate of termination, unless before that date the foreign company cures each ground for termination stated in the certificate of termination. If the foreign company cures each ground, the secretary of state shall file a statement that the certificate of termination is withdrawn.

(5) After the effective date of the termination as set forth in the certificate of termination, service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the entity was registered to do business in this state may be made as provided in section 489.119.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §76, 161; 2024 Acts, ch 1125, §18, 31
Iowa Code § 303.31 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.31
Action by commission.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.456; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 554H.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554H / Section 554H.3
Firearm registry or record.
Status: in_force

(1) Except for records kept during the regular course of a criminal investigation or criminal prosecution, or as otherwise required by law, a person, unit of government, or governmental organization shall not knowingly and willfully keep or cause to be kept a record or registry of privately owned firearms or of the owners of privately owned firearms.

(2) This section shall not be construed to prohibit an owner or an owner’s representative from maintaining a list of the owner’s privately owned firearms, or to prohibit a law enforcement agency from maintaining a list, registry, or record of firearms that have been stolen or reported stolen.

2024 Acts, ch 1078, §3
Iowa Code § 502.507 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.507
Qualified immunity.
Status: in_force

A broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser, or investment adviser representative is not liable to another broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser, or investment adviser representative for defamation relating to a statement that is contained in a record required by the administrator, or designee of the administrator, the securities and exchange commission, or a self-regulatory organization, unless the person knew, or should have known at the time that the statement was made, that it was false in a material respect or the person acted in reckless disregard of the statement’s truth or falsity.

[C77, 79, 81, §502.507]2004 Acts, ch 1161, §46, 68
Iowa Code § 455A.8 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455A / Section 455A.8
Section 455A.8
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1044, §3.
Iowa Code § 455B.282 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.282
County and city control of junkyards.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this part shall be construed as limiting the authority of a city or county to adopt an ordinance regulating a junkyard located within a five hundred year floodplain.

2009 Acts, ch 146, §4