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Iowa Code § 26.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 26 / Section 26.3
Competitive bids for public improvement contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) If the estimated total cost of a public improvement exceeds the competitive bid threshold of one hundred thousand dollars, or the adjusted competitive bid threshold established in section 314.1B, the governmental entity shall advertise for sealed bids for the proposed public improvement by posting a notice to bidders not less than thirteen and not more than forty-five days before the date for filing bids in a relevant contractor plan room service with statewide circulation, in a relevant construction lead generating service with statewide circulation, and on an internet site sponsored by either a governmental entity or a statewide association that represents the governmental entity. If circumstances beyond the control of the governmental entity cause a scheduled bid letting to be postponed and there are no changes to the project’s contract documents, a notice to bidders of the revised date shall be posted not less than four and not more than forty-five days before the revised date for filing bids in a relevant contractor plan room service with statewide circulation, in a relevant construction lead generating service with statewide circulation, and on an internet site sponsored by either a governmental entity or a statewide association that represents the governmental entity.

(2) A governmental entity shall have an engineer licensed under chapter 542B, a landscape architect licensed under chapter 544B, or an architect licensed under chapter 544A prepare plans and specifications, and calculate the estimated total cost of a proposed public improvement. A governmental entity shall ensure that a sufficient number of paper copies and, if available, electronic and digital copies of the project’s contract documents, including all drawings, plans, specifications, and estimated total costs of the proposed public improvement are made available for distribution at no charge to prospective bidders, subcontractor bidders, suppliers, and plan room services. If a deposit is required as part of a paper contract documents distribution policy by the public owner, the deposit shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars per set which shall be refunded upon return of the contract documents within fourteen days after award of the project. If the contract documents are not returned in a timely manner and in a reusable condition, the deposit shall be forfeited. The governmental entity shall reimburse the landscape architect, architect, or professional engineer for the actual costs of preparation and distribution of plans and specifications.

(3) Sections 26.4 through 26.12 apply to all competitive bidding pursuant to this section.

2006 Acts, ch 1017, §3, 42, 43; 2007 Acts, ch 144, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §107; 2010 Acts, ch 1184, §90; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §16; 2015 Acts, ch 7, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1009, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §14; 2017 Acts, ch 131, §7; 2018 Acts, ch 1097, §1
Iowa Code § 101.26 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 101 / Section 101.26
Penalties burden of proof.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant to this subchapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars for each day during which the violation continues, up to a maximum of one thousand dollars; however, if the tank is registered within thirty days after the director issues a cease and desist order pursuant to section 101.25, subsection 1, the civil penalty under this section shall not accrue. The civil penalty is an alternative to a criminal penalty provided under this subchapter.

(2) A person who knowingly fails to notify or makes a false statement, representation, or certification in a record, report, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this subchapter, or violates an order issued under this subchapter, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(3) The attorney general, at the request of the director, shall institute any legal proceedings, including an action for an injunction, necessary to enforce the penalty provisions of this subchapter or to obtain compliance with the provisions of this subchapter or rules adopted or order pursuant to this subchapter. In any action, previous findings of fact of the director after notice and hearing are conclusive if supported by substantial evidence in the record when the record is viewed as a whole.

(4) In all proceedings with respect to an alleged violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted or order issued by the director pursuant to this subchapter, the burden of proof is upon the director.

(5) If the attorney general has instituted legal proceedings in accordance with this section, all related issues which could otherwise be raised by the alleged violator in a proceeding for judicial review under section 101.27 shall be raised in the legal proceedings instituted in accordance with this section.

89 Acts, ch 131, §9; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §37; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1538
Iowa Code § 510.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510 / Section 510.10
Exemption.
Status: in_force

A managing general agent who complies with sections 510.1A through 510.9 for a block of business, shall not also be required to comply with sections 510.20 and 510.21 with regard to the same block of business.

91 Acts, ch 26, §9; 91 Acts, ch 258, §57
Iowa Code § 260C.19C — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.19C
Purchase of designated biobased products.
Status: in_force

The board of directors providing services to a merged area shall give preference to purchasing designated biobased products in the same manner as provided in section 8A.317.

2008 Acts, ch 1104, §4
Iowa Code § 294.11 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 294 / Section 294.11
Termination resolution adopted.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any school district which has in operation the pension and annuity retirement system created pursuant to sections 294.8 through 294.10 may terminate the system by adopting a resolution declaring the system terminated as of a date specified in the resolution.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.11]2021 Acts, ch 80, §155
Iowa Code § 376.10 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 376 / Section 376.10
Contest.
Status: in_force

A nomination or election to a city office may be contested in the manner provided in chapter 62 for contesting elections to county offices, except that a statement of intent to contest must be filed with the city clerk within ten days after the nomination or election.

[C97, §678, 679; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5629; C46, 50, §363.7; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.22; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.10]97 Acts, ch 170, §92
Iowa Code § 511.12 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 511 / Section 511.12
Officers not to profit by investments.
Status: in_force

An officer or director of a life insurance company or association shall not profit from the investment of funds of the company.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8749; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §511.12]2021 Acts, ch 80, §321
Iowa Code § 421.35 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 421 / Section 421.35
Section 421.35
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 145, §291.See §8A.502, 8A.506 – 8A.519.
Iowa Code § 558.8 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.8
Affidavits explanatory of title — presumption.
Status: in_force

Affidavits explaining any defect in the chain of title to any real estate may be recorded as instruments affecting the same, but no one except the owner in possession of such real estate shall have the right to file such affidavit. Such affidavit or the record thereof, including all such affidavits now of record, shall raise a presumption from the date of recording that the purported facts stated therein are true; after the lapse of three years from the date of such recording, such presumption shall be conclusive.

[C51, §1226; R60, §2234; C73, §1969; C97, §2957; S13, §2963-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10073; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.8]
Iowa Code § 135Q.5 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135Q / Section 135Q.5
Department annual report.
Status: in_force

The department shall submit an annual report to the general assembly by January 15, for the immediately preceding fiscal year, that includes a summary of the number of registrations issued and the amount of registration fees collected, the violations of this chapter, the amount of monetary penalties collected, the number of health care employment agencies, health care technology platforms, and managing entities for whom a registration was revoked or denied, and any recommendations for changes to the chapter.

2024 Acts, ch 1157, §67, 68
Iowa Code § 355.4 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 355 / Section 355.4
Boundary location.
Status: in_force

The surveyor shall acquire data necessary to retrace record title boundaries, center lines, and other boundary line locations in accordance with the legal descriptions including applicable provisions of chapter 650. The surveyor shall analyze the data and make a careful determination of the position of the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land being surveyed. The surveyor shall make a field survey, locating and connecting monuments necessary for location of the parcel or tract and coordinate the facts of the survey with the analysis and legal description. The surveyor shall place monuments marking the corners of the parcel or tract unless monuments already exist at the corners.

90 Acts, ch 1236, §4C91, §114A.4C93, §355.4
Iowa Code § 654.25 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 654 / Section 654.25
Application of other statutes.
Status: in_force

If the plaintiff has elected foreclosure without redemption, chapter 628 does not apply. A provision in a mortgage permitted by section 628.26 or 628.27 shall not be construed as an agreement by the mortgagee not to elect foreclosure without redemption. The election may be made in any petition filed on or after June 4, 1987. The election for foreclosure without redemption is not a waiver of the plaintiff’s rights under section 654.6 except as provided in section 654.26.

87 Acts, ch 142, §11
Iowa Code § 321.63 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.63
Different places of business.
Status: in_force

(1) If a transporter or dealer has an established place of business in more than one city, the transporter or dealer shall secure a separate and distinct certificate of registration and number plates for each such place of business.

(2) If a dealer has more than one established place of business, the dealer may designate one such location in this state for purposes of keeping all the dealer’s books and records, regardless of the line-make of motor vehicles to which such books and records pertain, by submitting a written certification to the department in a manner approved by the department.

[SS15, §1571-m14; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4889; C39, §5004.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.63]2018 Acts, ch 1095, §3
Iowa Code § 84G.3 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84G / Section 84G.3
Workforce development fund account.
Status: in_force

(1) A workforce development fund account is established in the office of the treasurer of state under the control of the department of workforce development. The account shall receive funds pursuant to section 422.16A.

(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is annually appropriated from the workforce development fund account to the apprenticeship training program fund created in section 84E.3 three million dollars for the purposes of chapter 84E.

(3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is annually appropriated from the workforce development fund account to the job training fund created in section 260F.6 four million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for the purposes of chapter 260F.

96 Acts, ch 1180, §1C97, §15.342A99 Acts, ch 183, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1196, §1, 10; 2000 Acts, ch 1230, §15, 35; 2001 Acts, ch 188, §21; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2013 Acts, ch 137, §32; 2014 Acts, ch 1132, §13; 2021 Acts, ch 171, §23; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2219, 2222; 2023 Acts, ch 119, §8C2024, §84G.3
Iowa Code § 466B.45 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466B / Section 466B.45
Water quality initiative fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A water quality initiative fund is created in the state treasury under the management and control of the division.

(2) The fund shall include moneys appropriated by the general assembly. The fund may include other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the division, including moneys from public or private sources.

(3) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the division and shall be used exclusively to carry out the provisions of this subchapter as determined by the division, and shall not require further special authorization by the general assembly.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(4) (b) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated or otherwise credited to the fund for a fiscal year shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated at the close of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins three years from the beginning date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made.

2013 Acts, ch 132, §61
Iowa Code § 521J.26 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521J / Section 521J.26
Rules.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer this chapter.

2023 Acts, ch 107, §29
Iowa Code § 360.4 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 360 / Section 360.4
Location.
Status: in_force

Any public hall built under the provisions of this chapter shall be located by the township trustees so as to accommodate the greatest number of the resident taxpayers, and for such purpose the trustees may purchase land not to exceed in value five hundred dollars. They shall also have the power to join with the city authorities of any city within their borders and build and equip said building as a public hall or as a memorial building as provided in section 37.21 under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon.

[C97, §569; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5577; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.4]
Iowa Code § 314.23 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 314 / Section 314.23
Environmental protection.
Status: in_force

It is declared to be in the general public welfare of Iowa and a highway purpose that highway maintenance, construction, reconstruction, and repair shall protect and preserve, by not causing unnecessary destruction, the natural or historic heritage of the state. In order to provide for the protection and preservation, the following shall be accomplished in the design, construction, reconstruction, relocation, repair, or maintenance of roads, streets, and highways:

(1) Woodland removed shall be replaced by plantings as close as possible to the initial site, or by acquisition of an equal amount of woodland in the general vicinity for public ownership and preservation, or by other mitigation deemed to be comparable to the woodland removed, including, but not limited to, the improvement, development, or preservation of woodland under public ownership.

(2) Wetland removed shall be replaced by acquisition of wetland, in the same general vicinity if possible, for public ownership and preservation, or by other mitigation deemed to be comparable to the wetland removed, including, but not limited to, the improvement, development, or preservation of wetland under public ownership.

(3) Highways, streets, and roads constructed on or through publicly owned lands comprising parks, preserves, or recreation areas, shall be located and designed, in consultation with the public entity owning the land, so as to blend aesthetically with the areas and to minimize noise. When land is taken from the areas for highway construction and if, in consultation with the public entity owning the land, mitigation is deemed necessary, the land shall be replaced by an equal or greater amount for public use, or by other mitigation, undertaken in consultation with the public entity owning the land, and deemed to be appropriate to the amount of land taken, including, but not limited to, the improvement, development, or preservation of the areas.

(4) Topsoil removed may be utilized for landscaping and other necessary construction. Excess topsoil shall be made available to the former landowner or other landowners whose land was purchased for the construction or others, and if not acquired by one of these parties, it may be disposed of.

89 Acts, ch 311, §26; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §43
Iowa Code § 597.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 597 / Section 597.2
Interest of spouse in other’s property.
Status: in_force

When property is owned by the husband or wife, the other has no interest therein which can be the subject of contract between them, nor such interest as will make the same liable for the contracts or liabilities of the one not the owner of the property, except as provided in this chapter.

[C73, §2203; C97, §3154; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10447; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §597.2]
Iowa Code § 633A.1109 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.1109
Methods of notice and document delivery waiver.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter:

(1) Giving notice to a person, including notice of a judicial proceeding, or the sending of a document to a person under this chapter shall be accomplished in a manner reasonably suitable under the circumstances and likely to result in receipt of the notice or document. Permissible methods of giving notice or sending a document include first-class mail, personal delivery to a person’s last known place of residence or place of business, or by properly directed electronic mail. When notice in a trust proceeding is served on an interested party via the United States postal service, the service is made and completed when the notice being served is enclosed in a sealed envelope with proper postage paid, is addressed to the interested party at the party’s last known post office address, and is deposited in a mail receptacle provided by the United States postal service.

(2) In the case of a proceeding against an unknown person whose address or whereabouts are unknown, the court shall prescribe that notice may be served by publication within the time and in the manner provided by the rules of civil procedure.

(3) Notice under this chapter or the right to receive a document under this chapter may be waived by the person to be notified or entitled to receive the document.

(4) For purposes of this section, “properly directed” means directed to an electronic mail address that the sender reasonably believes is a current electronic mail address of the recipient.

2016 Acts, ch 1088, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 68A.402B — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68A / Section 68A.402B
Committee dissolution inactivity reports.
Status: in_force

(1) If a committee, after having filed a statement of organization or one or more disclosure reports, dissolves or determines that it will no longer receive contributions or make disbursements, the committee shall notify the board within thirty days following such dissolution or determination by filing a dissolution report on forms prescribed by the board.

(2) A committee shall not dissolve until all loans, debts, and obligations are paid, forgiven, or transferred and the remaining moneys in the committee’s account are distributed according to sections 68A.302 and 68A.303. If a loan is transferred or forgiven, the amount of the transferred or forgiven loan must be reported as an in-kind contribution and deducted from the loans payable balance on the disclosure form. If, upon review of a committee’s statement of dissolution and final report, the board determines that the requirements for dissolution have been satisfied, the dissolution shall be certified and the committee relieved of further filing requirements.

(3) A person who makes one or more independent expenditures and files all statements required by section 68A.404 shall not be required to file a statement of dissolution under this section.

2004 Acts, ch 1114, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 72, §12; 2010 Acts, ch 1119, §2, 7; 2015 Acts, ch 82, §2
Iowa Code § 679A.19 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679A / Section 679A.19
Disputes between governmental agencies.
Status: in_force

(1) Any litigation between constitutional and statutory offices, administrative departments, commissions or boards of the executive branch of state government is prohibited. All disputes between said governmental offices and agencies shall be submitted to a board of arbitration of three members to be composed of two members to be appointed by the offices or departments involved in the dispute and a third member to be appointed by the governor. The decision of the board shall be final.

(2) A board of arbitration established under this section shall resolve any dispute submitted to it within sixty days after submission of the dispute.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §679.19; 81 Acts, ch 202, §19]C83, §679A.192023 Acts, ch 103, §6
Iowa Code § 321.314 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.314
When signal required.
Status: in_force

No person shall turn a vehicle from a direct course upon a highway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only after giving a clearly audible signal by sounding the horn if any pedestrian may be affected by such movement or after giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in sections 321.315 through 321.318 in the event any other vehicle may be affected by such movement.

[S13, §1571-m18; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5032; C39, §5025.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.314]2021 Acts, ch 80, §171
Iowa Code § 515B.11 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515B / Section 515B.11
Examination of the association.
Status: in_force

The association is subject to examination and regulation by the commissioner. The board of directors shall submit, not later than March 30 of each year, a financial report for the preceding calendar year in a form approved by the commissioner.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515B.11]
Iowa Code § 358C.11 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358C / Section 358C.11
Trustee’s bond.
Status: in_force

Each trustee, before entering upon the duties of office, shall execute a bond payable to the district, with security to be approved by the board of supervisors which had jurisdiction of the petition for establishment of the district, in such form and amount as the board of supervisors may determine, which bond shall be filed with the county auditor of the county.

95 Acts, ch 200, §11
Iowa Code § 358.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
Iowa Code § 468.605 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.605
Hearing — sufficiency of application — damages.
Status: in_force

At the time set for hearing on the application, if the board shall find that all necessary parties have been served with notice as required, they shall proceed to hear and determine the sufficiency of the application as to form and substance, which application may be amended both as to form and substance before final action thereon. They shall also determine the merits of the application, all objections thereto, and all claims filed for damages or compensation, and may view the premises. The board may adjourn the proceedings from day to day, but no adjournment shall be for a longer period than ten days.

[C73, §1219; C97, §1956; S13, §1956; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7720; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §465.6]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.605