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Iowa Code § 675.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 675 / Section 675.3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Compelling governmental interest” means a governmental interest of the highest order that cannot otherwise be achieved without burdening the exercise of religion.

(2) “Exercise of religion” means the practice or observance of religion. “Exercise of religion” includes but is not limited to the ability to act or refuse to act in a manner substantially motivated by one’s sincerely held religious belief, whether or not the exercise is compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief.

(3) “Person” means any individual, association, partnership, corporation, church, religious institution, estate, trust, foundation, or other legal entity.

(4) “State action” means the implementation or application of any law, including but not limited to state and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and policies, whether statutory or otherwise, or other action by the state or a political subdivision, including a local government, municipality, instrumentality, or public official authorized by law.

(5) “Substantially burden” means any action that directly or indirectly constrains, inhibits, curtails, or denies the exercise of religion by any person or compels any action contrary to a person’s exercise of religion and includes but is not limited to withholding of benefits; assessment of criminal, civil, or administrative penalties; or exclusion from governmental programs or access to governmental facilities.

2024 Acts, ch 1003, §5, 7, 8
Iowa Code § 499.19 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.19
Cancellation of membership or stock.
Status: in_force

If a common stockholder or member dies, or becomes ineligible, or is expelled, that person’s stock or membership shall forthwith be canceled. In cases of expulsion the association shall pay the stockholder or member its value as shown by the books on the date of cancellation, but not more than its original issuing price, within sixty days thereafter. In cases of death or ineligibility, it shall pay such value to the stockholder or member or the stockholder’s or member’s personal representative within two years thereafter, without interest.

[C35, §8512-g19; C39, §8512.19; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.19]
Iowa Code § 554.11108 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.11108
Presumption that rule of law continues unchanged.
Status: in_force

Unless a change in law has clearly been made, the provisions of this chapter as amended shall be deemed declaratory of the meaning of this chapter prior to amendment.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §554.11108]2000 Acts, ch 1149, §155, 187
Iowa Code § 514.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514 / Section 514.9
Annual report.
Status: in_force

Every such corporation shall annually, on or before the first day of March, file in the office of the commissioner of insurance a statement verified by at least two of the principal officers of said corporation showing its condition on the thirty-first day of December then next preceding, which shall be in such form and shall contain such matters as the commissioner of insurance shall prescribe.

[C39, §8895.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514.9]
Iowa Code § 501A.702 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.702
Number of directors.
Status: in_force

The board shall not have less than five directors, except that a cooperative with fifty or fewer members may have three or more directors as prescribed in the cooperative’s articles or bylaws.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §36
Iowa Code § 501.104 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.104
Name.
Status: in_force

The name of a cooperative organized under this chapter must comply with all of the following:

(1) The name must contain the word “cooperative”, “coop”, or “co-op”.

(2) The name must be distinguishable from all of the following:

(2) (a) The name of a cooperative organized under this chapter.

(2) (b) The name of a cooperative or cooperative association organized under another chapter, including chapter 497, 498, 499, or 501A.

(2) (c) The name of a foreign cooperative, cooperative association, or corporation authorized to do business in this state, including as provided in section 499.54 or section 501A.221.

(2) (d) The name of a cooperative which has been administratively dissolved pursuant to section 501.812 for a period of less than five years from the effective date of the dissolution.

96 Acts, ch 1010, §6; 2006 Acts, ch 1089, §42
Iowa Code § 14A.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 14A / Section 14A.1
Deputies.
Status: in_force

The secretary, auditor, treasurer of state, and secretary of agriculture may each appoint, in writing, any person, except one holding a state office, as deputy, for whose acts the appointing officer shall be responsible, and from whom the appointing officer shall require bond, which appointment and bond must be approved by the officer having the approval of the principal’s bond, and such appointment may be revoked in the same manner. The appointment and revocation shall be filed with and kept by the secretary of state. The state shall pay the reasonable cost of the bonds required by this section.

[C51, §411 – 413, 416; R60, §642 – 644, 647; C73, §766 – 768, 770, 3756 – 3758; C97, §87, 99, 116; S13, §87, 99, 116; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §430; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §27.1]C93, §14A.1
Iowa Code § 12J.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12J / Section 12J.4
Prohibited investments divestment.
Status: in_force

(1) The public fund shall not acquire publicly traded securities of a company on the public fund’s most recent scrutinized companies list so long as such company remains on the public fund’s scrutinized companies list as provided in this chapter.

(2) (a) The public fund shall sell, redeem, divest, or withdraw all publicly traded securities of a company on the public fund’s list of scrutinized companies, so long as the company remains on that list, within eighteen months following the first written notice sent to the scrutinized company as required by section 12J.3.

(2) (b) This subsection shall not be construed to require the premature or otherwise imprudent sale, redemption, divestment, or withdrawal of an investment, but such sale, redemption, divestment, or withdrawal shall be completed as provided by this subsection.

(3) The requirements of this section shall not apply to indirect holdings of a scrutinized company. The public fund shall, however, submit letters to the managers of such investment funds containing scrutinized companies requesting that they consider removing such companies from the fund or create a similar fund with indirect holdings devoid of such companies. If the manager creates a similar fund with indirect holdings devoid of such companies, the public fund is encouraged to replace all applicable investments with investments in the similar fund consistent with prudent investing standards.

2016 Acts, ch 1102, §4
Iowa Code § 631.14 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 631 / Section 631.14
Representation in small claims actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Actions constituting small claims may be brought or defended by an individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity. In actions in which a person other than an individual is a party, that person may be represented by an officer or an employee.

(2) (a) In actions concerning residential rental property that is titled in the name of one or more individuals, an employee of one or more of the titled owners, or an officer or employee of a property management entity acting on behalf of one or more of the titled owners, may bring or defend an action in the name of the titled owners, the property management entity, or the name by which the property is commonly known.

(2) (b) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, if the defendant or plaintiff has been improperly named in the petition in an action concerning residential rental property, the real party in interest shall be substituted at the time the error is identified and the action shall not be dismissed or delayed except to the extent necessary to identify and serve the real parties in interest.

(3) A person who in the regular course of business takes assignments of instruments or accounts pursuant to chapter 539, which assignments constitute small claims, may bring an action on an assigned instrument or account in the person’s own name and need not be represented by an attorney, provided that in an action brought to recover payment on a dishonored check or draft, as defined in section 554.3104, the action is brought in the county of residence of the maker of the check or draft or in the county where the draft or check was first presented. Any person, however, may be represented in a small claims action by an attorney.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §631.14; 82 Acts, ch 1235, §3]87 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §87; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 28J.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28J / Section 28J.12
Conveyance, lease, or exchange of public property.
Status: in_force

A port authority may convey or lease, lease with an option to purchase, or exchange with any governmental agency or other port authority without competitive bidding and on mutually agreeable terms, any personal or real property, or any interest therein.

2005 Acts, ch 150, §100
Iowa Code § 190A.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190A / Section 190A.4
Agency cooperation.
Status: in_force

The department of agriculture and land stewardship and the department of education shall provide information regarding the Iowa farm-to-school program in an electronic format on the department’s internet site.

2007 Acts, ch 215, §96; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §257
Iowa Code § 368.20 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 368 / Section 368.20
Procedure after approval.
Status: in_force

(1) After the county commissioner of elections has certified the results to the board, the board shall:

(1) (a) Serve and publish notice of the result as provided in section 362.3.

(1) (b) File with the secretary of state and the clerk of each city incorporated or involved in a boundary adjustment, and record with the recorder of each county which contains a portion of any city or territory involved, copies of the proceedings including the original petition or plan and any amendments, the order of the board approving the petition or plan, proofs of service and publication of required notices, certification of the election result, and any other material deemed by the board to be of primary importance to the proceedings.

(2) Upon proper filing and expiration of time for appeal, the incorporation, discontinuance, or boundary adjustment is complete. However, if an appeal to any of the proceedings is pending, completion does not occur until the appeal is decided, unless a subsequent date is provided in the proposal. The board shall also file with the state department of transportation a copy of the map and legal land description of each completed incorporation or corporate boundary adjustment completed under sections 368.11 through 368.22 or approved annexation within an urbanized area.

[R60, §1044, 1053, 1054; C73, §432, 445, 446, 452; C97, §267, 603, 608, 612; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5596, 5603, 5606, 5618; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.9, 362.16, 362.20, 362.33; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.20]89 Acts, ch 22, §1; 93 Acts, ch 152, §12; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §149
Iowa Code § 536C.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536C / Section 536C.11
Waiver unenforceable.
Status: in_force

A waiver of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 537 is not valid.

91 Acts, ch 216, §25
Iowa Code § 123.47B — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.47B
Parental and school notification persons under eighteen years of age.
Status: in_force

(1) A peace officer shall make a reasonable effort to identify a person under the age of eighteen discovered consuming or to be in possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer in violation of section 123.47 and refer the person to juvenile court.

(2) If a person under the age of eighteen is discovered consuming or to be in possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer, but the person is immune from prosecution under section 701.12, a peace officer shall make a reasonable effort to identify the person and notify a juvenile court officer of such person’s consumption or possession.

(3) The juvenile court officer shall notify the person’s custodial parent, legal guardian, or custodian of the violation. In addition, the juvenile court shall also make a reasonable effort to identify the elementary or secondary school which the person attends if the person is enrolled in elementary or secondary school and to notify the superintendent or the superintendent’s designee of the school which the person attends, or the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school which the person attends, of the consumption or possession. A reasonable attempt to notify the person includes but is not limited to a telephone call or notice by first-class mail.

90 Acts, ch 1251, §4; 95 Acts, ch 191, §4; 97 Acts, ch 126, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1128, §3; 2014 Acts, ch 1096, §4; 2020 Acts, ch 1080, §3
Iowa Code § 501.412 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.412
Permissible indemnification.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a cooperative may indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because the individual is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if either of the following apply:

(1) (a) All of the following apply:

(1) (a) The individual acted in good faith.

(1) (a) The individual reasonably believed:

(1) (a) In the case of conduct in the individual’s official capacity, that the individual’s conduct was in the best interests of the cooperative.

(1) (a) In all other cases, that the individual’s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the cooperative.

(1) (a) In the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual’s conduct was unlawful.

(1) (b) The individual engaged in conduct for which broader indemnification has been made permissible or obligatory under a provision of the articles of organization as authorized by section 501.407, subsection 2.

(2) A director’s conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in and beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (b).

(3) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent is not, of itself, determinative that the director did not meet the relevant standard of conduct described in this section.

(4) Unless ordered by a court pursuant to section 501.415, subsection 1, paragraph “c”, a cooperative shall not indemnify a director in either of the following circumstances:

(4) (a) In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the cooperative, except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard of conduct under subsection 1, paragraph “a”.

(4) (b) In connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct for which the director was adjudged liable on the basis that the director received a financial benefit to which the director was not entitled, whether or not involving action in the director’s official capacity.

98 Acts, ch 1152, §21, 69; 2003 Acts, ch 66, §17; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
Iowa Code § 523C.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523C / Section 523C.11
Reserve account.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 142, §17, 19.
Iowa Code § 331.607 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.607
Books and records.
Status: in_force

The recorder shall keep the following books and records:

(1) Military personnel records as provided in section 331.608.

(2) An index of unemployment contribution liens as provided in section 96.14, subsection 3.

(3) A record of fees as provided in section 331.902.

(4) An index of income tax liens as provided in section 422.26.

(5) An index for records of private drainage systems as provided in section 468.623.

(6) A record of the names and descriptions of farms as provided in section 557.22.

(7) Index and records for instruments affecting real estate as provided under chapter 558.

(8) An index and record of homesteads as provided in section 561.4.

(9) A claimant’s index and record for the notices of title interests in land as provided in section 614.35.

(10) A book of copies of original entries which has been compared with the originals and certified as true copies of land records by the register of the United States land office as provided in section 622.44.

(11) Other indexes and records as provided by law.

[S81, §331.607; 81 Acts, ch 117, §606]94 Acts, ch 1055, §2; 97 Acts, ch 121, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 44, §9; 2003 Acts, ch 5, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1031, §4; 2009 Acts, ch 27, §10
Iowa Code § 256.41 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.41
Online learning requirements school districts.
Status: in_force

(1) A school district providing educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet shall do all of the following with regard to such instruction and content:

(1) (a) Monitor and verify full-time student enrollment, timely completion of graduation requirements, course credit accrual, and course completion.

(1) (b) Monitor and verify student progress and performance in each course through a school-based assessment plan that includes submission of coursework and security and validity of testing components.

(1) (c) Conduct parent-teacher conferences.

(1) (d) Administer assessments required by the state to all students in a proctored setting and pursuant to state law.

(2) Online learning curricula shall be provided and supervised by a teacher licensed under subchapter VII, part 3.

2012 Acts, ch 1119, §18; 2018 Acts, ch 1119, §5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2549
Iowa Code § 480.5 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 480 / Section 480.5
Damage to underground facility — report to operator.
Status: in_force

(1) An excavator shall as soon as practical notify the operator when any damage occurs to an underground facility as a result of an excavation. The notice shall include the type of facility damaged and the extent of the damage. If damage occurs, an excavator shall refrain from backfilling in the immediate area of the underground facilities until the damage has been investigated by the operator, unless the operator authorizes otherwise.

(2) If the damage results in an emergency, the excavator shall take all reasonable actions to alleviate the emergency including but not limited to the evacuation of the affected area. The excavator shall leave all equipment situated where the equipment was at the time the emergency was created and immediately contact the operator and appropriate authorities and necessary emergency response agencies.

92 Acts, ch 1103, §5; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Iowa Code § 515.110 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.110
More favorable conditions.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in section 515.109 shall be so construed as to prohibit any insurance company not required by the statutes of Iowa to issue a standard form of policy, from embodying, with the approval of the commissioner of insurance, in any insurance contract issued by it, provisions or conditions which are more favorable to the insured than those authorized in said statutes.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8987; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.108]2007 Acts, ch 152, §27, 66CS2007, §515.110
Iowa Code § 144.44 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144 / Section 144.44
Permits for research.
Status: in_force

The department may permit access to vital statistics by professional genealogists and historians, and may authorize the disclosure of data contained in vital statistics records when deemed essential for bona fide research purposes which are not for private gain. The department shall adopt rules which establish the parameters for access to and authorized disclosure of vital statistics and data contained in vital statistics records relating to birth and adoption records under this section.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2406, 2415; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.21, 144.30; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.44]94 Acts, ch 1171, §6
Iowa Code § 2.25 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.25
Joint conventions.
Status: in_force

(1) Joint conventions of the general assembly shall meet in the house of representatives for such purposes as are provided by law. The president of the senate, or, in the president’s absence, the president pro tempore of the senate shall preside at such joint conventions.

(2) The speaker of the house of representatives may, for purposes of canvass of votes for governor and lieutenant governor and for the inauguration of such officers, designate any suitable hall at the seat of government as the hall of the house of representatives.

[R60, §674, 675; C73, §19; C97, §23; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §30; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §2.31; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.25]
Iowa Code § 69.1A — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 69 / Section 69.1A
Holding over.
Status: in_force

Except when otherwise provided, every officer elected or appointed for a fixed term shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified, unless the officer resigns, or is removed or suspended, as provided by law.

[C51, §241; C73, §784; C97, §1265; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1145; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §69.1]C2001, §69.1A
Iowa Code § 85A.16 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85A / Section 85A.16
Reference to compensation law.
Status: in_force

The provisions of the workers’ compensation law, so far as applicable, and not inconsistent with this chapter, shall apply in cases of compensable occupational diseases as specified and defined in this chapter.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.16]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §46
Iowa Code § 327F.34 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327F / Section 327F.34
Windshields on power track cars.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 123, §43.