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Iowa Code § 506.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 506 / Section 506.5
Regulation by commissioner.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance shall have power to regulate all other matters in connection with the organization of such domestic corporations, and the sale of stock or the issuing of certificates by all insurance corporations within the state, to the end that fraud may be prevented in the organization of such companies and the sale of their stocks and securities.

[S13, §1683-r3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8619; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §506.4; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §506.5]
Iowa Code § 280A.1 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 280A / Section 280A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Accredited nonpublic school” means any school, other than a public school, that is accredited pursuant to section 256.11 for any and all levels for grades one through twelve.

(2) “Area education agency” means an area education agency established pursuant to chapter 273.

(3) “Behavioral health screening” or “screening” means a screening and assessment performed using a universal behavioral health screening and assessment tool, approved for use by the department of education in consultation with the department of health and human services, to identify factors that place children at higher risk for behavioral health conditions, to determine appropriate treatment or intervention, and to identify the need for referral for appropriate services.

(4) “Behavioral health services” means services provided by a health care professional operating within the scope of the health care professional’s practice which address mental, emotional, medical, or behavioral conditions, illnesses, diseases, or problems.

(5) “Health care professional” means a physician or other health care practitioner licensed, accredited, registered, or certified to perform specified health care services consistent with state law.

(6) “In-person encounter” means that the mental health professional and the student are in the physical presence of each other and are in the same physical location during the provision of behavioral health services.

(7) “Mental health professional” means the same as defined in section 228.1.

(8) “Patient” means a student receiving a behavioral health screening or other behavioral health services in accordance with this chapter.

(9) “Primary care provider” means the personal provider trained to provide the first contact and continuous and comprehensive care to a patient and includes but is not limited to any of the following licensed or certified health care professionals who provide primary care:

(9) (a) A physician who is a family or general practitioner or a pediatrician.

(9) (b) An advanced registered nurse practitioner.

(9) (c) A physician assistant.

(10) “Provider-patient relationship” means the relationship between the patient and the mental health professional that meets the requirements for commencement and establishment of a valid provider-patient relationship as specified in this chapter.

(11) “Public school” means any school directly supported in whole or in part by taxation.

(12) “School district” means a school district described in chapter 274.

(13) “Student” means a person enrolled in and attending an accredited nonpublic school or a public school in grades one through twelve.

(14) “Telehealth” means the same as defined in section 514C.34.

2020 Acts, ch 1105, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1044
Iowa Code § 321N.1 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321N / Section 321N.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Department” means the state department of transportation.

(2) “Digital network” means an online-enabled application, internet site, or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables transportation network company riders to prearrange rides with transportation network company drivers.

(3) “Personal vehicle” means a noncommercial motor vehicle that is used by a transportation network company driver and is owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver. “Personal vehicle” does not include a taxicab, limousine, or other vehicle for hire.

(4) “Prearranged ride” means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a transportation network company rider. A prearranged ride begins when a driver accepts a ride request from a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continues while the driver transports the requesting rider, and ends when the last requesting rider departs from the driver’s personal vehicle. A prearranged ride does not include transportation provided using a taxicab, limousine, or other vehicle for hire, or a shared expense carpool or vanpool arrangement.

(5) “Transportation network company” or “company” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that operates in this state and uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides. A transportation network company is not deemed to control, direct, or manage a transportation network company driver that connects to its digital network, or the driver’s personal vehicle, except as agreed to by the company and the driver pursuant to a written contract.

(6) “Transportation network company driver” or “driver” means an individual who does all of the following:

(6) (a) Receives connections to potential transportation network company riders and other related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company.

(6) (b) Uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide prearranged rides to transportation network company riders upon connection through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company in return for compensation or payment of a fee.

(7) “Transportation network company rider” or “rider” means an individual or group of individuals who uses a transportation network company’s digital network to connect with a transportation network company driver to request a prearranged ride for the individual or group of individuals, and who receives the prearranged ride in the driver’s personal vehicle between locations chosen by the individual or group of individuals.

2016 Acts, ch 1101, §6, 24
Iowa Code § 569.8 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 569 / Section 569.8
Title under tax deed — sale — proceeds.
Status: in_force

(1) Disposition by a county of a parcel acquired by tax deed shall comply with section 331.361, subsection 2 or 3.

(2) When title to a parcel acquired by tax deed is transferred, the auditor shall immediately record the deed and the assessor shall enter the parcel to be assessed following the assessment date.

(3) A parcel the county holds by tax deed shall not be assessed or taxed until transferred.

(4) The transfer by a county of a parcel acquired by tax deed gives the purchaser free title as to previously levied or set taxes.

(5) The proceeds of the sale shall be credited to the county general fund.

[C35, §10260-g1; C39, §10260.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §569.8; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1094]91 Acts, ch 191, §122; 92 Acts, ch 1016, §40; 96 Acts, ch 1204, §32
Iowa Code § 356.14 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 356 / Section 356.14
Refractory prisoners.
Status: in_force

If any person confined in a jail is refractory or disorderly or willfully destroys or injures any part of the jail or of its contents, the sheriff may secure the person or cause the person to be kept in solitary confinement not more than ten days for any one offense, during which time the person may be fed minimum diet requirements as established by the Iowa department of corrections unless other food is necessary for the preservation of the person’s health.

[C51, §3115; R60, §5134; C73, §4734; C97, §5650; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5510; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §356.14]83 Acts, ch 96, §113, 159
Iowa Code § 29B.34 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.34
Forwarding of charges.
Status: in_force

When a person is held for trial by general court-martial the commanding officer shall, within eight days after the accused is ordered into arrest or confinement, if practicable, forward the charges directly to the person exercising general court-martial jurisdiction, together with the investigation and allied papers. If that is not practicable, the commanding officer shall report in writing to the adjutant general the reasons for delay.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.34; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §18]
Iowa Code § 164.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 164 / Section 164.2
Eradication area.
Status: in_force

This state is declared to be a brucellosis eradication area. An owner shall allow the owner’s designated animals to be tested when ordered by the department or a representative of the department. The owner shall confine and restrain the designated animal in a suitable place so that a test can be conducted. If the owner refuses to confine and restrain the designated animal, after a reasonable time the department may employ sufficient assistance to properly confine and restrain the designated animal. The expense for obtaining assistance shall be paid by the owner.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §164.2]97 Acts, ch 124, §2
Iowa Code § 428.4 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 428 / Section 428.4
Real estate — buildings.
Status: in_force

(1) Property shall be assessed for taxation each year. Real estate shall be listed and assessed in 1981 and every two years thereafter. The assessment of real estate shall be the value of the real estate as of January 1 of the year of the assessment. The year 1981 and each odd-numbered year thereafter shall be a reassessment year. In any year, after the year in which an assessment has been made of all the real estate in an assessing jurisdiction, the assessor shall value and assess or revalue and reassess, as the case may require, any real estate that the assessor finds was incorrectly valued or assessed, or was not listed, valued, and assessed, in the assessment year immediately preceding, also any real estate the assessor finds has changed in value subsequent to January 1 of the preceding real estate assessment year. However, a percentage increase on a class of property shall not be made in a year not subject to an equalization order unless ordered by the department of revenue. The assessor shall determine the actual value and compute the taxable value thereof as of January 1 of the year of the revaluation and reassessment. The assessment shall be completed as specified in section 441.28, but no reduction or increase in actual value shall be made for prior years. If an assessor makes a change in the valuation of the real estate as provided for, sections 441.23, 441.37, 441.37A, 441.37B, and 441.38 apply.

(2) The assessor shall notify the director of revenue, in the manner and form to be prescribed by the director, as to the class or classes of real estate reviewed, revalued, and reassessed and shall report such details as to the effects or results of the revaluation and reassessment as may be deemed necessary by the director. This notification shall be contained in a report to be attached to the abstract of assessment for the year in which the new valuations become effective.

(3) Any buildings erected, improvements made, or buildings or improvements removed in a year after the assessment of the class of real estate to which they belong, shall be valued, listed, and assessed and reported by the assessor to the county auditor after approval of the valuations by the local board of review, and the auditor shall thereupon enter the taxable value of such building or taxable improvement on the tax list as a part of real estate to be taxed. If such buildings or improvements are erected or made by any person other than the owner of the land, they shall be listed and assessed to the owner of the buildings or improvements as real estate.

[C51, §460, 465; R60, §719, 720; C73, §812; C97, §1350; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6959; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §428.4; 81 Acts, ch 140, §3, 4; 82 Acts, ch 1190, §5]89 Acts, ch 296, §50, 51; 97 Acts, ch 158, §35; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2005 Acts, ch 150, §122; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121; 2017 Acts, ch 151, §2, 29
Iowa Code § 483A.39 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.39
Bass fishing tournaments.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) For the purposes of this section, “bass fishing tournament” means an organized fishing event, except for a fishing event sponsored by the department for educational purposes, involving all of the following:

(1) (a) An organized event occurring on public water for the purpose of fishing for bass.

(1) (a) Participation of six or more vessels or twelve or more individuals in the event, except for an event on the waters of the Mississippi river, where the number of vessels participating shall be twenty or more and the number of participants shall be forty or more.

(1) (a) The award of prizes or other inducements for participation in the event.

(1) (b) For the purposes of this section, “bass fishing tournament” also includes a planned event on public water for the purpose of fishing for bass.

(2) A person shall apply for a permit to hold a bass fishing tournament. The commission shall, by rule, specify the requirements to obtain a permit including but not limited to the following:

(2) (a) Minimum requirements for weigh-in, handling, and release of live bass by tournament participants.

(2) (b) Measurement of bass to length and release from a vessel.

(2) (c) Allowance of up to five bass for weigh-in during the tournament.

(2) (d) Allowance of possession of bass of any length so long as the bass are kept alive and are released after weigh-in.

(2) (e) Cleaning of vessels used before and after the tournament in compliance with department guidelines to prevent the transportation of aquatic invasive species.

2017 Acts, ch 36, §1
Iowa Code § 147.85 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.85
Fraud.
Status: in_force

Any person who presents to a board a diploma or certificate of which the person is not the rightful owner, for the purpose of procuring a license, or who falsely impersonates anyone to whom a license has been issued by the board shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

[C97, §2580, 2581, 2595; S13, §2575-a45, 2581, 2583-c, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2521; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.85]2008 Acts, ch 1088, §36; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §50
Iowa Code § 600.20 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600 / Section 600.20
Availability of assistance.
Status: in_force

Financial assistance shall be available only if the child to be adopted was under the guardianship of the state, county, or an agency immediately prior to adoption. The one-hundred-eighty-day period of residence in the proposed home required in section 600.10 shall not apply to this section.

[C73, 75, §600.14; C77, 79, 81, §600.20]2017 Acts, ch 113, §14
Iowa Code § 15.300 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.300
Findings and intent.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §389.
Iowa Code § 710.9 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 710 / Section 710.9
Civil liability for harboring a runaway child.
Status: in_force

A parent, guardian, or custodian of a runaway child has a right of action against a person who harbored the runaway child in violation of section 710.8 for expenses sustained in the search for the child, for damages sustained due to physical or emotional distress due to the absence of the child, and for punitive damages.

85 Acts, ch 183, §2
Iowa Code § 135C.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.8
Scope of license.
Status: in_force

Licenses for health care facilities shall be issued only for the premises and persons or governmental units named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the department, obtained prior to the purchase of the facility involved. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises as prescribed by regulation of the department. Such licenses, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall expire one year after the date of issuance and shall be renewed annually upon an application by the licensee. Applications for such renewal shall be made in writing to the department, accompanied by the required fee, at least thirty days prior to the expiration of such license in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department. Health care facilities which have allowed their licenses to lapse through failure to make timely application for renewal of their licenses shall pay an additional fee of twenty-five percent of the annual license fee prescribed in section 135C.7.

[C50, 54, §135C.5; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.8]
Iowa Code § 341A.13 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 341A / Section 341A.13
Vacant positions filled.
Status: in_force

Whenever a position in the classified service is to be filled, the sheriff shall notify the commission of that fact, and the commission shall certify the names and addresses of the ten candidates standing highest on the eligibility list for the class or grade for the position to be filled. The sheriff shall appoint one of the ten persons so certified, and the appointment shall be deemed permanent.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.13]
Iowa Code § 148.2B — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148 / Section 148.2B
Executive director.
Status: in_force

The salary of the executive director of the board shall be established by the governor with approval of the executive council pursuant to section 8A.413, subsection 3, under the pay plan for exempt positions in the executive branch of government.

2008 Acts, ch 1088, §47
Iowa Code § 49.48 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.48
Notice for judicial officers and constitutional amendments.
Status: in_force

The state commissioner of elections shall prescribe a notice to inform voters of the location on the ballot of the form for retaining or removing judicial officers and for ratifying or defeating proposed constitutional amendments. The notice shall be conspicuously attached to the ballot.

83 Acts, ch 186, §10026, 10201; 89 Acts, ch 136, §39; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §28
Iowa Code § 27A.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 27A / Section 27A.5
Written policies.
Status: in_force

No later than January 1, 2019, each state or local law enforcement agency subject to this chapter shall do all of the following:

(1) Formalize in writing any unwritten, informal policies relating to the enforcement of immigration laws.

(2) Update the agency’s policies to be consistent with this chapter, to require each officer or other employee of the law enforcement agency to fully comply with this chapter, and to prohibit an officer or other employee of the law enforcement agency from preventing law enforcement agency personnel from fully complying with this chapter.

2018 Acts, ch 1089, §5, 12
Iowa Code § 633A.4606 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4606
Interest as general partner.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 or unless personal liability is imposed in the contract, a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner in a general or limited partnership is not personally liable on a contract entered into by the partnership after the trust’s acquisition of the interest if the fiduciary capacity was disclosed in the contract or in a statement previously filed pursuant to section 486A.303 or 488.201.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner is not personally liable for torts committed by the partnership or for obligations arising from ownership or control of the interest unless the trustee is personally at fault.

(3) The immunity provided by this section does not apply if an interest in the partnership is held by the trustee in a capacity other than that of trustee or is held by the trustee’s spouse or one or more of the trustee’s descendants, siblings, or parents, or the spouse of any of the trustee’s descendants, siblings, or parents.

(4) If the trustee of a revocable trust holds an interest as a general partner, the settlor shall be personally liable for contracts and other obligations of the partnership as if the settlor were a general partner.

2012 Acts, ch 1123, §29, 32
Iowa Code § 681.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 681 / Section 681.4
Inventory — list of creditors.
Status: in_force

The assignor shall annex to such instrument an inventory, under oath, of the assignor’s estate, real and personal, according to the best of the assignor’s knowledge, and a list of the assignor’s creditors and the amount of their respective demands, but such inventory shall not be conclusive as to the amount of the debtor’s estate.

[R60, §1828; C73, §2117; C97, §3072; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12723; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §681.4]
Iowa Code § 231.77 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231 / Section 231.77
Rights.
Status: in_force

All of the following rights shall apply to a person with an intellectual disability, a developmental disability, a brain injury, or a chronic mental illness:

(1) A person engaged in a work program shall be paid wages commensurate with the going rate for comparable work and productivity.

(2) Pursuant to section 507B.4, subsection 3, paragraph “g”, a person or designated group of persons shall not be unfairly discriminated against for purposes of insurance coverage.

(3) A person retains the right to citizenship in accordance with the laws of the state.

(4) A person has the right to participate in the formulation of an individual treatment, habilitation, and program plan developed for the person.

2024 Acts, ch 1161, §156, 162
Iowa Code § 169.37 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 169 / Section 169.37
Veterinary assistant scope of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) A veterinary assistant shall only perform tasks associated with providing authorized veterinary medical services to an animal patient under the direct supervision of a supervising veterinarian according to rules adopted by the board under this subchapter.

(2) A supervising veterinarian shall decide the specific tasks delegated to a veterinary assistant and provide the required supervision pursuant to section 169.32 and rules adopted by the board.

2023 Acts, ch 155, §16, 24
Iowa Code § 808.14 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 808 / Section 808.14
Administrative warrants.
Status: in_force

The courts and other appropriate agencies of the judicial branch of the government of this state may issue administrative search warrants, in accordance with the statutory and common law requirements for the issuance of such warrants, to all governmental agencies or bodies expressly or impliedly provided with statutory or constitutional home rule authority for inspections to the extent necessary for the agency or body to carry out such authority, to be executed or otherwise carried out by an officer or employee of the agency or body.

85 Acts, ch 38, §1
Iowa Code § 135C.35B — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.35B
Availability of nursing facility bed data.
Status: in_force

No later than January 1, 2024, the department of health and human services shall develop a publicly available dashboard detailing the number of nursing facility beds available in the state, the overall quality rating of the available nursing facility beds as specified by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services star ratings, any increase in the number of available nursing facility beds in each county during the state fiscal year, any decrease in the number of available nursing facility beds in each county during the state fiscal year, and an explanation of the causes of such increase or decrease in available nursing facility beds.

2023 Acts, ch 158, §8