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Iowa Code § 357E.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357E / Section 357E.9
Trustees term and qualification.
Status: in_force

(1) At the election, the names of at least seven candidates for trustee shall be written in by the voters on blank ballots without formal nomination and the board of supervisors shall appoint seven from among the nine receiving the highest number of votes as trustees for the district. Three trustees shall be appointed to serve for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. The trustees shall give bond in the amount required by the board, the premium of which shall be paid by the district. The trustees must be residents of the district or be property owners within the district. Vacancies shall be filled by election, but if there are no candidates for a trustee office, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the board. The terms of the succeeding trustees are for three years.

(2) If the state owns at least four hundred acres of land contiguous to a lake within the district, the natural resource commission shall appoint two members of the board of trustees in addition to the seven members provided in this section. The additional two members must be citizens of the state, not less than eighteen years of age, and property owners within the district. The two additional members have voting and other authority equal to the other members of the board and hold office at the pleasure of the natural resource commission.

88 Acts, ch 1194, §9; 91 Acts, ch 111, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §48; 2011 Acts, ch 108, §2; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §96
Iowa Code § 218.72 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.72
Temporary quarters in emergency.
Status: in_force

In case the buildings at any institution are destroyed or rendered unfit for habitation by reason of fire, storms, or other like causes, to such an extent that the residents cannot be housed and cared for, the director shall make temporary provision for the housing and care of the residents at some other place in the state. Like provision may be made in case any pestilence breaks out among the residents. The reasonable cost of the change, including transfer of residents, shall be paid from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.

[C51, §3143; R60, §5156; C73, §4795; C97, §5693; SS15, §2713-n18; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.72]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159, 160; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §25; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §401
Iowa Code § 99D.4 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99D / Section 99D.4
Pari-mutuel wagering legalized.
Status: in_force

The system of wagering on the results of horse or dog races as provided by this chapter is legal, when conducted within the racetrack enclosure at a licensed horse-race or dog-race meeting.

83 Acts, ch 187, §4
Iowa Code § 501.613 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.613
Consolidation.
Status: in_force

Any two or more cooperatives may be consolidated into a new cooperative as provided in this section. The board of directors of each cooperative shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members of each board, approve a plan of consolidation setting forth:

(1) The names of the cooperatives proposing to consolidate and the name of the new cooperative.

(2) The terms and conditions of the proposed consolidation.

(3) With respect to the new cooperative, all of the statements required to be set forth in articles of association for cooperatives.

(4) Other provisions deemed necessary or desirable.

98 Acts, ch 1152, §37, 69
Iowa Code § 218.24 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.24
Questionable commitment.
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall immediately notify the director if there is any question as to the propriety of the commitment or detention of any person received at an institution, and the director, upon notification, shall inquire into the matter presented, and take proper action.

[S13, §2727-a29; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3307; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.24]2023 Acts, ch 19, §371
Iowa Code § 216A.57 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.57
Duties.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §168, 170.
Iowa Code § 70A.19 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.19
Payroll deduction for employee organization dues prohibited.
Status: in_force

The state, a state agency, a regents institution, a board of directors of a school district, a community college, or an area education agency, a county board of supervisors, a governing body of a city, or any other public employer as defined in section 20.3 shall not authorize or administer a deduction from the salaries or wages of its employees for membership dues to an employee organization as defined in section 20.3.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §234C87, §79.19C93, §70A.192017 Acts, ch 2, §22, 26, 27
Iowa Code § 74A.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 74A / Section 74A.1
Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, this chapter establishes the interest rates which are applicable to all bonds, warrants, anticipatory warrants, pledge orders, improvement certificates, and anticipation certificates issued by a governmental body or agency under the laws of this state, and the interest rates which are applicable to assessments levied by a governmental body or agency under the laws of this state against benefited properties for the retirement of public debt.

(2) This chapter does not authorize the issuance of a public obligation or the levying of an assessment, and does not create an obligation to pay interest, and does not determine when interest commences or ceases to accrue.

(3) This chapter does not impose an interest rate or interest rate limitation where by law the rate of interest payable on an obligation is within the discretion of the governmental body or agency, unless that discretion is expressly made subject to the limitations contained in this chapter.

[C81, §74A.1]
Iowa Code § 231C.6 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231C / Section 231C.6
Involuntary transfer.
Status: in_force

(1) If an assisted living program initiates the involuntary transfer of a tenant and the action is not a result of a monitoring evaluation or complaint investigation by the department, and if the tenant or the tenant’s legal representative contests the transfer, the following procedure shall apply:

(1) (a) The assisted living program shall notify the tenant or the tenant’s legal representative, in accordance with the occupancy agreement, of the need to transfer, the reason for the transfer, and the contact information of the tenant advocate.

(1) (b) The assisted living program shall provide the tenant advocate with a copy of the notification to the tenant.

(1) (c) The tenant advocate shall offer the notified tenant or the tenant’s legal representative assistance with the program’s internal appeals process. The tenant is not required to accept the assistance of the tenant advocate.

(1) (d) If, following the internal appeals process, the assisted living program upholds the transfer decision, the tenant or the tenant’s legal representative may utilize other remedies authorized by law to contest the transfer.

(2) The department, in consultation with affected state agencies and affected industry, professional, and consumer groups, shall establish, by rule in accordance with chapter 17A, procedures to be followed, including the opportunity for hearing, when the transfer of a tenant results from a monitoring evaluation or complaint investigation conducted by the department.

2000 Acts, ch 1222, §13, 17; 2003 Acts, ch 166, §13; 2005 Acts, ch 60, §12, 21; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §169, 170
Iowa Code § 421.32 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 421 / Section 421.32
Section 421.32
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 145, §291.See §8A.502, 8A.506 – 8A.519.
Iowa Code § 35C.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35C / Section 35C.6
Removal certiorari judicial review.
Status: in_force

No person holding a public position by appointment or employment, and belonging to any of the classes of persons to whom a preference is granted under this chapter, shall be removed from such position or employment except for incompetency or misconduct shown after a hearing, upon due notice, upon stated charges, and with the right of such employee or appointee to a review by a writ of certiorari or at such person’s election, to judicial review in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, if that is otherwise applicable to their case. Upon removal from such position or employment, the person shall be provided written notification of the right of such employee or appointee to a review by a writ of certiorari or judicial review. A review by a writ of certiorari shall be filed within three hundred days of the removal of the employee or appointee.

[S13, §1056-a16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1163; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §70.6]C93, §35C.62003 Acts, ch 44, §114; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §27; 2020 Acts, ch 1050, §3
Iowa Code § 483A.20 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.20
Reciprocity.
Status: in_force

Licenses for bait dealers or for fishing, hunting, or fur harvesting shall not be issued to residents of states that do not sell similar licenses or certificates to residents of Iowa. However, this requirement is not applicable to the licensing of nonresident wholesale bait dealers who sell to licensed wholesale bait dealers in Iowa for resale.

86 Acts, ch 1141, §16C87, §110.20C93, §483A.2096 Acts, ch 1034, §47; 2003 Acts, ch 120, §5, 6; 2004 Acts, ch 1105, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 713.23 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 713 / Section 713.23
Section 713.23
Status: repealed

Repealed by 76 Acts, ch 1245(4), §525.
Iowa Code § 12C.21 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12C / Section 12C.21
Required collateral — banks.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 99 Acts, ch 117, §14, 15.
Iowa Code § 598.35 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598 / Section 598.35
Grandparent — great-grandparent — visitation rights.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 218, §208.See §600C.1.
Iowa Code § 501A.505 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.505
Existence.
Status: in_force

(1) The existence of a cooperative shall commence on or after the filing of articles of organization as provided in section 501A.503.

(2) A cooperative shall have a perpetual duration unless the cooperative provides for a limited period of duration in the articles or the cooperative is dissolved as provided in subchapter XII.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §29
Iowa Code § 221.6 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 221 / Section 221.6
Distribution of compact.
Status: in_force

Duly authorized copies of this chapter shall, upon its approval be transmitted by the secretary of state to the governor of each state, the attorney general and the administrator of general services of the United States, and the council of state governments.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218A.6]C93, §221.6
Iowa Code § 352.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 352 / Section 352.12
State regulation.
Status: in_force

In order to accomplish the purposes set forth in section 352.1, a rule adopted by a state agency after July 1, 1982 which would restrict or regulate farms or farm operations may contain standards which are less restrictive for farms or farm operations inside an agricultural area than for farms or farm operations outside such an area. A rule containing such a discrimination shall not for the fact of such discrimination alone be found or held to be unreasonable, arbitrary, capricious, beyond the authority delegated to the agency, or characterized by an abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exercise of discretion.

[82 Acts, ch 1245, §13]C83, §93A.12C87, §176B.12C93, §352.12
Iowa Code § 554.2509 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2509
Risk of loss in the absence of breach.
Status: in_force

(1) Where the contract requires or authorizes the seller to ship the goods by carrier:

(1) (a) if it does not require the seller to deliver them at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier even though the shipment is under reservation (section 554.2505); but

(1) (b) if it does require the seller to deliver them at a particular destination and the goods are there duly tendered while in the possession of the carrier, the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are there duly so tendered as to enable the buyer to take delivery.

(2) Where the goods are held by a bailee to be delivered without being moved, the risk of loss passes to the buyer:

(2) (a) on the buyer’s receipt of possession or control of a negotiable document of title covering the goods; or

(2) (b) on acknowledgment by the bailee of the buyer’s right to possession of the goods; or

(2) (c) after the buyer’s receipt of possession or control of a nonnegotiable document of title or other direction to deliver in a record, as provided in section 554.2503, subsection 4, paragraph “b”.

(3) In any case not within subsection 1 or 2, the risk of loss passes to the buyer on the buyer’s receipt of the goods if the seller is a merchant; otherwise the risk passes to the buyer on tender of delivery.

(4) The provisions of this section are subject to contrary agreement of the parties and to the provisions of this Article on sale on approval (section 554.2327) and on effect of breach on risk of loss (section 554.2510).

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9951; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.23; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2509]2007 Acts, ch 30, §45, 46, 58
Iowa Code § 633.713 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.713
Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.
Status: in_force

If at any time a court of this state determines that the court acquired jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order because of unjustifiable conduct, the court may do any of the following:

(1) Decline to exercise jurisdiction.

(2) Exercise jurisdiction for the limited purpose of fashioning an appropriate remedy to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the respondent or the protection of the respondent’s property or prevent a repetition of the unjustifiable conduct, including staying the proceeding until a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is filed in a court of another state having jurisdiction.

(3) Continue to exercise jurisdiction after considering all of the following:

(3) (a) The extent to which the respondent and all persons required to be notified of the proceedings have acquiesced in the exercise of the court’s jurisdiction.

(3) (b) Whether it is a more appropriate forum than the court of any other state under the factors set forth in section 633.712.

(3) (c) Whether the court of any other state would have jurisdiction under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of section 633.709.

(4) If a court of this state determines that the court acquired jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order because a party seeking to invoke its jurisdiction engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court may assess necessary and reasonable expenses against that party, including attorney fees, investigative fees, court costs, communication expenses, witness fees and expenses, and travel expenses. The court shall not assess fees, costs, or expenses of any kind against this state or a governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of this state unless authorized by law other than this subchapter.

2010 Acts, ch 1086, §14, 24, 25; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 508.12 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.12
Redomestication of insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) An insurer which is organized under the laws of any state and has created or will create jobs in this state or which is an affiliate or subsidiary of a domestic insurer, and is admitted to do business in this state for the purpose of writing insurance authorized by this chapter may become a domestic insurer by complying with section 490.905 or 491.33 and with all of the requirements of law relative to the organization and licensing of a domestic insurer of the same type and by designating its principal place of business in this state may become a domestic corporation and be entitled to like certificates of its corporate existence and license to transact business in this state, and be subject in all respects to the authority and jurisdiction thereof.

(2) The certificates of authority, agent’s appointments and licenses, rates, and other items which are in existence at the time any insurer transfers its corporate domicile to this state, pursuant to this section, shall continue in full force and effect upon such transfer. For purposes of existing authorizations and all other corporate purposes, the insurer is deemed the same entity as it was prior to the transfer of its domicile. All outstanding policies of any transferring insurer shall remain in full force and effect and need not be endorsed as to any new name of the company or its new location unless so ordered by the commissioner of insurance.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §508.12]88 Acts, ch 1112, §503; 89 Acts, ch 288, §191; 2011 Acts, ch 66, §1; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §226, 230
Iowa Code § 490.1340 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1340
Other remedies limited.
Status: in_force

(1) The legality of a proposed or completed corporate action described in section 490.1302, subsection 1, shall not be contested, nor may the corporate action be enjoined, set aside, or rescinded, in a legal or equitable proceeding by a shareholder after the shareholders have approved the corporate action.

(2) Subsection 1 does not apply to a corporate action that meets any of the following conditions:

(2) (a) Was not authorized and approved in accordance with the applicable provisions of any of the following:

(2) (a) Subchapter IX, X, XI, or XII.

(2) (a) The articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(2) (a) The resolution of the board of directors authorizing the corporate action.

(2) (b) Was procured as a result of fraud, a material misrepresentation, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make statements made, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(2) (c) Is an interested transaction, unless it has been recommended by the board of directors in the same manner as is provided in section 490.862 and has been approved by the shareholders in the same manner as is provided in section 490.863 as if the interested transaction were a director’s conflicting interest transaction.

(2) (d) Is approved by less than unanimous consent of the voting shareholders pursuant to section 490.704 if all of the following apply:

(2) (d) The challenge to the corporate action is brought by a shareholder who did not consent and as to whom notice of the approval of the corporate action was not effective at least ten days before the corporate action was effected.

(2) (d) The proceeding challenging the corporate action is commenced within ten days after notice of the approval of the corporate action is effective as to the shareholder bringing the proceeding.

2013 Acts, ch 31, §66, 82; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §170, 230
Iowa Code § 428.7 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 428 / Section 428.7
Description of tracts — manner.
Status: in_force

A description shall not comprise more than one city lot or other smallest subdivision of the land according to the government surveys, except in cases where the boundaries are so irregular that it cannot be described in the usual manner in accordance therewith. However, descriptions may be combined for assessment purposes to allow the assessor to value the property as a unit. This section shall apply to known owners and unknown owners, alike.

[C97, §1353; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6962; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §428.7]
Iowa Code § 125.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.1
Declaration of policy.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §135, 137.
Iowa Code § 728.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 728 / Section 728.2
Dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors.
Status: in_force

Any person eighteen years of age or older, other than the parent or guardian of the minor, who knowingly disseminates or exhibits obscene material to a minor, including the exhibition of obscene material so that it can be observed by a minor on or off the premises where it is displayed, is guilty of a public offense and shall upon conviction be guilty as follows:

(1) For a first offense, a serious misdemeanor.

(2) For a second offense, an aggravated misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year. No portion of the mandatory minimum term of confinement imposed by this subsection shall be deferred or suspended.

(3) For a third or subsequent offense, a class “D” felony with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of three years. No portion of the mandatory minimum term of confinement imposed by this subsection shall be deferred or suspended.

[C51, §2717; R60, §4359; C73, §4022; C97, §4951, 4955; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13189, 13193; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §725.4, 725.8; C75, 77, §725.2; C79, 81, §728.2]2025 Acts, ch 109, §1
Iowa Code § 437.5 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437 / Section 437.5
Failure to furnish.
Status: in_force

In case of the total failure or refusal to make any statement required by sections 437.2 and 437.4 to be made by May 1 in any year, or of failure or refusal to make other or further statement within thirty days from the time the notice is received by the company that the additional statement is required by the department of revenue, the company shall forfeit and pay to the state, one hundred dollars for each day the total failure or refusal to make any report is continued beyond the first day of May of the year in which it is required, or in case of any other or further report required by the department for each day it is delayed beyond thirty days from the receipt of the notice by the company that the additional report is required. The forfeiture shall be sued for and recovered in any proper form of action in the name of the state and on relation of the director of revenue of the state, and the penalty, when collected, shall be paid into the general fund of the state.

[SS15, §1346-l; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7093; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §437.5]86 Acts, ch 1241, §40; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2015 Acts, ch 109, §40, 75
Iowa Code § 468.611 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.611
Parties — judgment — orders.
Status: in_force

The party claiming damages shall be the plaintiff and the applicant shall be the defendant; and the court shall render such judgment as shall be warranted by the verdict, the facts, and the law upon all the matters involved, and make such orders as will cause the same to be carried into effect.

[C73, §1224; C97, §1958; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7726; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §465.12]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.611
Iowa Code § 9F.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9F / Section 9F.5
Evidence.
Status: in_force

The certified census records in the office of the secretary of state shall be competent evidence of all matters therein contained.

[S13, §177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §428; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §26.5]C93, §9F.52003 Acts, ch 35, §25, 49