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Iowa Code § 10A.305 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.305
Duties of deputies.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 17A, in the absence or disability of the workers’ compensation commissioner, or when written delegation of authority to perform specified functions is made by the commissioner, the deputies shall have any necessary specified powers to perform any necessary or specified duties of the workers’ compensation commissioner pertaining to the commissioner’s office. Notwithstanding the definitions and terms of chapter 17A, pertaining to the issuance of final decisions, when the above circumstances exist a deputy commissioner shall have the power to issue a final decision as if issued by the agency.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1425; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.3]98 Acts, ch 1061, §112023 Acts, ch 19, §1477C2024, §10A.305
Iowa Code § 633.254 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.254
Sale — division of proceeds.
Status: in_force

If it appears to the court, upon application of the personal representative, the surviving spouse, or the report of the referee, that the property, or any part of it, cannot be advantageously divided, the court may order the whole, or any part of such property, sold, and the share of the surviving spouse in the proceeds paid over to the surviving spouse.

[C51, §1404; R60, §2478; C73, §2451; C97, §3375; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12001; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.16; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.254]
Iowa Code § 638.16 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 638 / Section 638.16
Custodian compliance and immunity.
Status: in_force

(1) Not later than sixty days after receipt of the information required under sections 638.7 through 638.15, a custodian shall comply with a request under this chapter from a fiduciary or designated recipient to disclose digital assets or terminate an account. If the custodian fails to comply, the fiduciary or designated recipient may apply to the court for an order directing compliance.

(2) An order under subsection 1 directing compliance must contain a finding that compliance is not in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2702.

(3) A custodian may notify the user that a request for disclosure or to terminate an account was made under this chapter.

(4) A custodian may deny a request under this chapter from a fiduciary or designated recipient for disclosure of digital assets or to terminate an account if the custodian is aware of any lawful access to the account following the receipt of the fiduciary’s request.

(5) This chapter does not limit a custodian’s ability to obtain or require a fiduciary or designated recipient requesting disclosure or termination under this chapter to obtain a court order which finds all of the following:

(5) (a) That the account belongs to the user.

(5) (b) That there is sufficient consent from the user to support the requested disclosure.

(5) (c) Any specific factual finding required by any applicable law other than this chapter.

(6) A custodian and the custodian’s officers, employees, and agents are immune from liability for an act or omission done in good faith in compliance with this chapter.

2017 Acts, ch 79, §19
Iowa Code § 280.13 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 280 / Section 280.13
Requirements for interscholastic athletic contests and competitions.
Status: in_force

(1) A public school shall not participate in or allow students representing a public school to participate in any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition which is sponsored or administered by an organization as defined in this section, unless the organization is registered with the department of education, files financial statements with the department in the form and at the intervals prescribed by the director of the department of education, and is in compliance with rules which the state board of education adopts for the proper administration, supervision, operation, adoption of eligibility requirements, and scheduling of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests and competitions and the organizations.

(2) (a) For the purposes of this section, “organization” means a corporation, association, or organization to which all of the following apply:

(2) (a) The corporation, association, or organization has as one of its primary purposes the sponsoring or administration of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions.

(2) (a) The corporation, association, or organization monitors student participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions pursuant to section 280.13D.

(2) (a) The corporation, association, or organization, when calculating a public school’s or nonpublic school’s enrollment to determine the classification of an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition provided by the public school or nonpublic school, counts the enrollment of another public school or nonpublic school that allows students to participate in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is provided by the public school or nonpublic school pursuant to section 280.13A or 280.13D, as one-fourth of the enrollment of students in grades nine through eleven in the other public school or nonpublic school as shown in the most recent basic education data survey.

(2) (a) From August 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, the corporation, association, or organization does not modify a school district’s or nonpublic school’s football classification that was established by the corporation, association, or organization prior to August 1, 2025, due to the number of students who participate in an extracurricular interscholastic football contest or competition that is provided by the school district pursuant to section 280.13D.

(2) (a) This subparagraph is repealed July 1, 2027.

(2) (b) “Organization” does not include an agency of this state, a public or private school or school board, or an athletic conference or other association whose interscholastic contests or competitions do not include more than twenty-four schools.

[C66, 71, 73, §257.25(10); C75, 77, 79, 81, §280.13]85 Acts, ch 212, §24; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1468; 93 Acts, ch 101, §2042025 Acts, ch 137, §1, 3
Iowa Code § 252.25 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252 / Section 252.25
County general assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of each county shall provide for the assistance of poor persons lawfully in the county who are ineligible for, or are in immediate need and are awaiting approval and receipt of, assistance under programs provided by state or federal law, or whose actual needs cannot be fully met by the assistance furnished under those programs. The county board of supervisors shall establish general rules as the board’s members deem necessary to properly discharge their responsibility under this section.

(2) All applications, investigation reports, and case records of persons applying for county general assistance under this chapter are privileged communications and confidential, subject to use and inspection only by persons authorized by law in connection with their official duties relating to financial audits and administration of this chapter or as authorized by order of a district court. Examination of an individual’s applications, reports, and records may also be authorized by a signed release from the individual.

[C73, §1361; C97, §2230; S13, §2230; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5320; C39, §3828.097; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252.25]90 Acts, ch 1017, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1212, §15; 96 Acts, ch 1140, §1
Iowa Code § 335.24 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 335 / Section 335.24
Conflict with other regulations.
Status: in_force

If the regulations made under this chapter require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the regulations made under this chapter govern. If any other statute or local ordinance or regulation requires a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or requires a lower height of building or a less number of stories, or a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or imposes other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under this chapter, the other statute or local ordinance or regulation governs. If a regulation proposed or made under this chapter relates to any structure, building, dam, obstruction, deposit, or excavation in or on the floodplains of any river or stream, prior approval of the department of natural resources is required to establish, amend, supplement, change, or modify the regulation or to grant any variation or exception from the regulation.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358A.24; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §67, 96]C93, §335.242003 Acts, ch 108, §69
Iowa Code § 189.10 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189 / Section 189.10
Packages excepted.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §389.
Iowa Code § 535B.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535B / Section 535B.8
Operating without a license.
Status: in_force

A person who, without first obtaining a license under this chapter, engages in the business or occupation of, or advertises or holds the person out as, or claims to be, or temporarily acts as, a mortgage banker, mortgage broker, or closing agent in this state is guilty of a class “D” felony and may be prosecuted by the attorney general or a county attorney.

88 Acts, ch 1146, §8; 2008 Acts, ch 1160, §21; 2009 Acts, ch 61, §31, 39; 2010 Acts, ch 1111, §6, 13
Iowa Code § 670.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 670 / Section 670.2
Liability imposed.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every municipality is subject to liability for its torts and those of its officers and employees, acting within the scope of their employment or duties, whether arising out of a governmental or proprietary function.

(2) For the purposes of this chapter, “employee” includes a person who performs services for a municipality whether or not the person is compensated for the services, unless the services are performed only as an incident to the person’s attendance at a municipality function.

(3) A person who performs services for a municipality or an agency or subdivision of a municipality and who does not receive compensation is not personally liable for a claim based upon an act or omission of the person performed in the discharge of the person’s duties, except for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or for a transaction from which the person derives an improper personal benefit. For purposes of this section, “compensation” does not include payments to reimburse a person for expenses.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §613A.2; 82 Acts, ch 1018, §3]87 Acts, ch 212, §20C93, §670.22016 Acts, ch 1011, §114
Iowa Code § 74A.2 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 74A / Section 74A.2
Unpaid warrants.
Status: in_force

A warrant not paid upon presentation for want of funds bears interest on unpaid balances at the rate in effect at the time the warrant is first presented for payment, as established by rule pursuant to section 74A.6, subsection 2. This section does not apply to an obligation which by law bears interest from the time it is issued.

[C51, §65, 153; R60, §86, 361; C73, §78, 328, 1748, 1824; C97, §104, 483, 660, 2768; S13, §104, 483; C24, 27, 31, §135, 4318, 5160, 5645, 7496; C35, §1171-f2; C39, §1171.12; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §74.2; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §74.2, 455.198; C81, §74A.2]
Iowa Code § 232A.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232A / Section 232A.2
Program created.
Status: in_force

(1) A juvenile victim restitution program is created which shall be funded through moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the judicial branch. The primary purpose of the program is to provide funds to compensate victims for losses due to the delinquent acts of juveniles.

(2) Upon completion of a district’s plan, the judicial branch shall provide funds in conformance with the procedures and policies of the state. The judicial branch shall reclaim any portion of an initial allocation to a judicial district that is unencumbered on December 31 of any year. The judicial branch shall immediately reallocate the reclaimed funds to those judicial districts from which funds were not reclaimed in the manner provided in this section for the original allocation. Any portion of an amount allocated that remains unencumbered on June 30 of any year shall revert to the general fund of the state.

83 Acts, ch 94, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1247, §6; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §23; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 497.8 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.8
Amending articles.
Status: in_force

The association may amend its articles of incorporation by a majority vote of its stockholders at any regular stockholders’ meeting, or at any special stockholders’ meeting called for that purpose, on ten days’ notice to all stockholders. Said power to amend shall include the power to increase or diminish the amount of capital stock and the number of shares; provided the amount of the capital stock shall not be diminished below the amount of paid-up capital at the time the amendment is adopted.

[SS15, §1641-r6; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8466; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §497.8]
Iowa Code § 591.11 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 591 / Section 591.11
Failure to publish notice of amendment.
Status: in_force

In all instances where notices of amendments to articles of incorporation have not been published within three months after the filing with and approval by the secretary of state of such amendments, as provided in section 491.20, Code 1954, but such notices have been thereafter published in the form and manner as required by law and proof of publication filed with the secretary of state, such notices are hereby legalized and shall have the same force and effect as though published within said period of three months and proper proof of publication filed with the secretary of state.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §591.11]2006 Acts, ch 1010, §151
Iowa Code § 681.15 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 681 / Section 681.15
Absent creditor.
Status: in_force

If, upon making the final dividend to the creditors, the assignee shall be unable, after reasonable efforts, to ascertain the place of residence of any creditor, or any person who is authorized to receive the dividend due the person, the assignee shall report the same to the court, with evidence showing diligent attempts to find such creditor or person authorized to receive the dividend, whereupon the court may, in its discretion, order the distribution of the unclaimed dividend among the other creditors.

[C97, §3079; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12734; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §681.15]
Iowa Code § 814.24 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 814 / Section 814.24
Decision recorded and procedendo.
Status: in_force

The decision of the appellate court with any opinion filed or judgment rendered must be recorded by its clerk. Procedendo shall be issued as provided in the rules of appellate procedure.

[C51, §3101, 3102; R60, §4929, 4930; C73, §4542, 4543; C97, §5466; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §14016; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §793.24; C79, 81, §814.24]85 Acts, ch 157, §7
Iowa Code § 322.15 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.15
Construction of chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) All provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the practice or commission of fraud in the sale, barter, or disposition of motor vehicles at retail in this state may be prohibited and prevented, and irresponsible, unreliable, or dishonest persons may be prevented from engaging in the business of selling, bartering, or otherwise dealing in motor vehicles at retail in this state and reliable persons may be encouraged to engage in the business of selling, bartering, and otherwise dealing in motor vehicles at retail in this state.

(2) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require the licensing or to apply to any bank, credit union, or trust company in Iowa.

[C39, §5039.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322.15]2010 Acts, ch 1069, §109; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §164
Iowa Code § 483A.5 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.5
Fur harvester license.
Status: in_force

A fur harvester license is required to hunt and to trap any fur-bearing animal. A hunting license is not required when hunting furbearers with a fur harvester license. However, coyote and groundhog may be hunted with a hunting or a fur harvester license.

84 Acts, ch 1260, §12C85, §110.585 Acts, ch 10, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1114, §3C93, §483A.598 Acts, ch 1199, §7, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30
Iowa Code § 717D.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 717D / Section 717D.4
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in section 717D.2, subsection 10, a person who violates a provision of this chapter commits a class “D” felony.

(2) A person who violates section 717D.2, subsection 10, by acting as a spectator of a contest event conducted in this state commits the following:

(2) (a) An aggravated misdemeanor for the first offense.

(2) (b) A class “D” felony for a second or subsequent offense.

2002 Acts, ch 1130, §8; 2004 Acts, ch 1056, §7, 10; 2008 Acts, ch 1135, §3
Iowa Code § 618.8 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 618 / Section 618.8
Refusal to publish.
Status: in_force

If a newspaper refuses to publish a statutorily required public notice, a government body, as defined in section 22.1, satisfies public notice requirements with respect to that public notice by posting the public notice on the official internet site of the government body and forwarding the notice to each county in which notice is required to be given to any person and to the statewide public notice internet site established pursuant to section 618.3A if such an internet site exists. A county receiving a public notice pursuant to this section shall post the public notice on the county’s internet site within seventy-two hours of receipt. The statewide public notice internet site shall post a public notice forwarded pursuant to this section within seventy-two hours of receipt.

[C73, §3832; C97, §1293; S13, §1293; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11103; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §618.8]2024 Acts, ch 1019, §4, 8
Iowa Code § 372.5 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 372 / Section 372.5
Commission form.
Status: in_force

(1) A city governed by the commission form has five departments as follows:

(1) (a) Department of public affairs.

(1) (b) Department of accounts and finances.

(1) (c) Department of public safety.

(1) (d) Department of streets and public improvements.

(1) (e) Department of parks and public property.

(2) (a) A city governed by the commission form has a council composed of a mayor and four council members elected at large, unless the council representation plan is changed pursuant to section 372.13, subsection 11. The mayor administers the department of public affairs and each other council member is elected to administer one of the other four departments.

(2) (b) However, a city governed, on July 1, 1975, by the commission form and having a council composed of a mayor and two council members elected at large may continue with a council of three until the form of government is changed as provided in section 372.2 or section 372.9 or without changing the form, may submit to the voters the question of increasing the council to five members assigned to the five departments as set out in this section.

(3) The mayor shall supervise the administration of all departments and report to the council all matters requiring its attention. The mayor is a member of the council and may vote on all matters before the council.

(4) The council member elected to administer the department of accounts and finances is mayor pro tem.

(5) The council may appoint a city treasurer or may, by ordinance, provide for election of that officer.

[S13, §1056-a18, -a20, -a24, -a25, -a26, -a29; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6484, 6488, 6489, 6502, 6520, 6524, 6526, 6527, 6565, 6566; C46, 50, §416.8, 416.12 – 416.14, 416.26, 416.44, 416.48, 416.50, 416.51, 416.90, 416.91; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363B.1, 363B.2, 363B.4, 363B.5, 363B.7, 363B.8; C75, 77, 79, 81, §372.5]91 Acts, ch 256, §37; 97 Acts, ch 23, §39; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §151
Iowa Code § 10A.502 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.502
Responsibilities.
Status: in_force

The director shall coordinate the department’s conduct of various licensing and regulatory functions of the state under the administrative authority of the department including but not limited to all of the following:

(1) Licensing and regulation of certain fire control and building code-related activities and professions.

(2) Licensing and regulation of certain health-related professions.

(3) Licensing and regulation of certain business and commerce-related professions.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §1478
Iowa Code § 357F.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357F / Section 357F.12
Dissolution of district.
Status: in_force

Upon petition of thirty-five percent of the resident eligible electors, the board may dissolve a district and dispose of any remaining property, the proceeds of which shall first be applied against outstanding obligations and any balance shall be applied to tax credit of property owners of the district. However, if the district is annexed, the board of supervisors may transfer the remaining property and balance to the city which annexed the territory. The board shall continue to levy a tax after dissolution of a district, of not to exceed twenty-seven cents per thousand dollars of assessed value on all the taxable property of the district, until all outstanding obligations of the district are paid.

92 Acts, ch 1226, §13
Iowa Code § 327G.10 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.10
Killing of stock — interpretative clause.
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve the corporation from liability arising from the killing or maiming of livestock on said track or right-of-way by its negligence or that of its employees, nor shall anything in this chapter interfere with the right of open or private crossings, or with the right of persons to such crossings, nor in any way limit or qualify the liability of any corporation or person owning or operating a railway that fails to fence the same against livestock running at large for any stock injured or killed by reason of the want of such fence.

[C97, §2058; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8010; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §478.11; C77, 79, 81, §327G.10]
Iowa Code § 2C.23 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2C / Section 2C.23
Citation.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Ombudsman Act”.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §601G.23]C93, §2C.232013 Acts, ch 10, §25
Iowa Code § 194.12 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 194 / Section 194.12
Section 194.12
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1148, §9, 11.
Iowa Code § 480.7 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 480 / Section 480.7
Injunction.
Status: in_force

Any affected person may make application to the district court for injunctive relief from any violation of this chapter.

92 Acts, ch 1103, §7
Iowa Code § 508.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.3
Requirements of articles.
Status: in_force

Such articles shall show the name, location of principal place of business, object, amount of capital, if a stock company, and shall contain such other provisions as may be necessary to a full understanding of the nature of the business to be transacted and the plan upon which the same is to be conducted.

[S13, §1768; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8645; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.3]