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Iowa Code § 510.21 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510 / Section 510.21
Certificates registration and renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not act as or represent oneself to be a third-party administrator in this state, other than an adjuster licensed in this state for the kinds of business for which the person is acting as a third-party administrator, unless the person holds a current certificate of registration as a third-party administrator issued by the commissioner of insurance. A certificate of registration as a third-party administrator shall be renewed every three years. Failure to hold a current certificate of registration shall subject a third-party administrator to the sanctions set out in section 507B.7. An application for a certificate of registration shall be accompanied by a filing fee of one hundred dollars. A certificate of registration shall be issued by the commissioner to a third-party administrator unless the commissioner determines that the third-party administrator is not competent, trustworthy, financially responsible, of good personal and business reputation, or has had an application for an insurance license denied for cause within the preceding five years.

(2) If the commissioner denies an application for registration or renewal, a written notice that specifies the reasons for the denial or nonrenewal shall be provided to the applicant. Pursuant to chapter 17A, upon the applicant’s request, the commissioner shall grant the applicant a hearing on the denial or nonrenewal.

89 Acts, ch 227, §14; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §47; 2007 Acts, ch 152, §56; 2008 Acts, ch 1074, §2; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150; 2021 Acts, ch 181, §9
Iowa Code § 85.25 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85 / Section 85.25
Service of notice.
Status: in_force

The notice may be served on anyone upon whom an original notice may be served in civil cases. Service may be made by any person, who shall make return verified by affidavit upon a copy of the notice, showing the date and place of service and upon whom served; but no special form of the return of service of the notice shall be required. It shall be sufficient if the facts therefrom can be reasonably ascertained. The return of service may be amended at any time.

[S13, §2477-m8; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1385; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.25]
Iowa Code § 321.395 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.395
Lamps on parked vehicles.
Status: in_force

Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent to the roadway, outside of a business district whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in section 321.384, such vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, except that local authorities may provide by ordinance or resolution that no lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when stopped or parked in accordance with local parking regulations upon a highway where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such highway. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5054; C39, §5034.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.395]98 Acts, ch 1178, §4
Iowa Code § 541.76 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.76
Section 541.76
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 915.87 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 915 / Section 915.87
Reductions and disqualifications.
Status: in_force

Compensation is subject to reduction and disqualification as follows:

(1) Compensation shall be reduced by the amount of any payment received, or to be received, as a result of the injury or death:

(1) (a) From or on behalf of a person who committed the crime or who is otherwise responsible for damages resulting from the crime.

(1) (b) From an insurance payment or program, including but not limited to workers’ compensation or unemployment compensation.

(1) (c) From public funds.

(1) (d) As an emergency award under section 915.91.

(2) Compensation shall not be made when the bodily injury or death for which a benefit is sought was caused by any of the following:

(2) (a) Consent, provocation, or incitement by the victim.

(2) (b) The victim assisting, attempting, or committing a criminal act. This paragraph shall not apply to a victim under the age of eighteen involved in commercial sexual activity as defined in section 710A.1.

98 Acts, ch 1090, §48, 84; 2012 Acts, ch 1057, §10
Iowa Code § 468.321 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.321
Funding bonds.
Status: in_force

Such cities may issue their funding bonds for the purpose of securing money to pay any assessment against the property of the district as provided by law.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7633; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §459.7]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.3212023 Acts, ch 66, §112
Iowa Code § 520.21 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 520 / Section 520.21
Reinsurance.
Status: in_force

Such attorney shall not effect any reinsurance on risks in this state unless the insurance carrier granting such reinsurance shall be licensed in this state.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9102; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §520.21]
Iowa Code § 100C.8 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100C / Section 100C.8
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(2) The director may impose a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars on any person who violates any provision of this chapter for each day a violation continues. The director may adopt rules necessary to enforce and collect any penalties imposed pursuant to this chapter.

2004 Acts, ch 1125, §9, 17; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1511
Iowa Code § 716.14 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 716 / Section 716.14
Unauthorized sampling.
Status: in_force

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

(1) (a) “Agricultural animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; farm deer as defined in section 170.1; ostriches, rheas, and emus; turkeys, chickens, domestic geese or ducks, or other domestic fowl; fish or other aquatic organisms confined in private waters for human consumption; or honey bees.

(1) (b) “Agricultural crop” means a plant produced for food, animal feed, fiber, oil, or fuel if the plant is classified as a forage or cereal plant, including but not limited to alfalfa, barley, buckwheat, corn, flax, forage, hemp as defined in section 204A.2, millet, oats, popcorn, rye, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, wheat, and grasses used for forage or silage. A plant which is a noxious weed pursuant to section 317.1A shall not be considered an agricultural crop unless the plant is produced as a research crop.

(1) (c) “Convicted” means the entry of a judgment of conviction under chapter 901 or adjudicated delinquent for an act which is an indictable offense in this state or in another state under chapter 232.

(1) (c) “Convicted” does not mean a plea, sentence, adjudication, deferred sentence, or deferred judgment which has been reversed or otherwise set aside.

(2) A person commits unauthorized sampling if the person knowingly enters private property, without consent of the owner or any other person having real or apparent authority to grant consent, and obtains samples of any of the following:

(2) (a) Bodily fluids or substances from an agricultural animal.

(2) (b) Any product from an agricultural animal.

(2) (c) Soil, air, surface water, or ground water from land or structures used for the production of an agricultural animal or the production of an agricultural crop.

(3) A person who commits unauthorized sampling as provided in subsection 2 is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection 3, a person who commits unauthorized sampling as provided in subsection 2 is guilty of a class “D” felony if the person has previously been convicted of committing unauthorized sampling under subsection 2.

2021 Acts, ch 83, §1; 2022 Acts, ch 1032, §103; 2024 Acts, ch 1177, §54, 55
Iowa Code § 187.321 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 187 / Section 187.321
Value-added agricultural grant program.
Status: in_force

A value-added agricultural grant program is created within the department. The purpose of the program is to identify, evaluate, and support projects and services that add value to agricultural commodities produced on Iowa farms, including by supporting new technologies and marketing strategies.

2024 Acts, ch 1177, §11, 16
Iowa Code § 455B.199C — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.199C
Alternative wastewater treatment technologies — legislative intent and purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) The intent of the general assembly is to address the rising costs of water and wastewater treatment compliance for regulated entities and affected communities by authorizing the use of alternative treatment technologies. The purpose of this section is to eliminate regulatory barriers that limit or prevent the use of new or innovative technologies.

(2) The department shall produce and publish design guidance documents for alternative wastewater treatment technologies. The guidance documents shall be intended to encourage regulated entities to use such technologies and to assist design engineers with the submission of projects employing alternative wastewater treatment technologies that can be readily approved by the department.

(3) In writing design guidance documents for alternative wastewater treatment technologies the department shall review all of the following:

(3) (a) The on-site sewage design and reference manual published by the department of natural resources.

(3) (b) The guidance manual for the management of on-site and decentralized wastewater systems published by the United States environmental protection agency.

(3) (c) Other credible sources of information on the design, operation, and performance of alternative wastewater treatment technologies.

2009 Acts, ch 72, §11
Iowa Code § 135C.12 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.12
Conditional operation.
Status: in_force

If the department has the authority under section 135C.10 to deny, suspend or revoke a license, the department or director may, as an alternative to those actions:

(1) Apply to the district court of the county in which the licensee’s health care facility is located for appointment by the court of a receiver for the facility pursuant to section 135C.30.

(2) Conditionally issue or continue a license dependent upon the performance by the licensee of reasonable conditions within a reasonable period of time as set by the department so as to permit the licensee to commence or continue the operation of the health care facility pending full compliance with this chapter or the regulations or minimum standards promulgated under this chapter. If the licensee does not make diligent efforts to comply with the conditions prescribed, the department may, under the proceedings prescribed by this chapter, suspend or revoke the license. No health care facility shall be operated on a conditional license for more than one year.

(3) The department, in evaluating corrections of deficiencies in a facility in receivership or operating on a conditional license, may determine what is satisfactory compliance, provided that in so doing it shall employ established criteria which shall be uniformly applied to all facilities of the same license category.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.12]
Iowa Code § 172A.7 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 172A / Section 172A.7
Access to records.
Status: in_force

Every dealer or broker shall during all reasonable times permit an authorized representative of the department to examine all records relating to the business necessary in the enforcement of this chapter.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §172A.7]
Iowa Code § 222.57 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.57
Court records.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 130, §34, 35.
Iowa Code § 16.187 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.187
Affordable housing assistance grant fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1184, §95.
Iowa Code § 668.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 668 / Section 668.5
Right of contribution.
Status: in_force

(1) A right of contribution exists between or among two or more persons who are liable upon the same indivisible claim for the same injury, death, or harm, whether or not judgment has been recovered against all or any of them. It may be enforced either in the original action or by a separate action brought for that purpose. The basis for contribution is each person’s equitable share of the obligations, including the share of fault of a claimant, as determined in accordance with section 668.3.

(2) Contribution is available to a person who enters into a settlement with the claimant only if the liability of the person against whom contribution is sought has been extinguished and only to the extent that the amount paid in settlement was reasonable.

(3) Contractual or statutory rights of persons not enumerated in section 668.2 for subrogation for losses recovered in proceedings pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed that portion of the judgment or verdict specifically related to such losses, as shown by the itemization of the judgment or verdict returned under section 668.3, subsection 8, and according to the findings made pursuant to section 668.14, subsection 3, and such contractual or statutory subrogated persons shall be responsible for a pro rata share of the legal and administrative expenses incurred in obtaining the judgment or verdict.

(4) Subrogation payment restrictions imposed pursuant to subsection 3 apply to settlement recoveries, but only to the extent that the settlement was reasonable.

84 Acts, ch 1293, §5; 87 Acts, ch 157, §7
Iowa Code § 147A.19 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147A / Section 147A.19
Transport to mental health access centers.
Status: in_force

A service program may provide ambulance service to transport a person experiencing a mental health crisis to a mental health access center.

2024 Acts, ch 1110, §1
Iowa Code § 422.12D — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.12D
Income tax checkoff for the Iowa state fair foundation fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by its own terms; 2021 Acts, ch 177, §77.
Iowa Code § 470.4 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 470 / Section 470.4
Analysis approved.
Status: in_force

The life cycle cost analysis shall be approved by the public agency before contracts for the construction or renovation of a facility or the construction of an addition are let. A public agency may accept a facility design and shall meet the requirements of this chapter if the design meets the operational requirements of the agency and provides the optimum life cycle cost. The public agency shall retain a copy of the life cycle cost analysis and a statement justifying a design decision both of which shall be available for public inspection at reasonable hours.

[C81, §470.4]2016 Acts, ch 1109, §5, 9
Iowa Code § 266.37 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.37
Use of corrections department institutional facilities and resources.
Status: in_force

Iowa state university of science and technology shall use resources, including property, facilities, labor, and services, connected with institutions listed in section 904.102, under the authority of the Iowa department of corrections, to the extent practicable, for research, development, and testing of technological, horticultural, biological, and economic factors involved in improving the performance of Iowa agricultural products. However, use by the university is subject to the approval of the director of the department of corrections.

87 Acts, ch 139, §3
Iowa Code § 679A.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679A / Section 679A.7
Witnesses, subpoenas, depositions.
Status: in_force

(1) The arbitrators may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, records, documents, and other evidence, and may administer oaths. Subpoenas shall be served, and upon application to the district court by a party or the arbitrators, enforced in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.

(2) On application of a party and for use as evidence, the arbitrators may permit a deposition to be taken, in the manner and upon the terms designated by the arbitrators, of a witness who cannot be subpoenaed or is unable to attend the hearing.

(3) All provisions of the law compelling a person under subpoena to testify are applicable.

(4) Unless otherwise agreed, fees for attendance as a witness shall be the same as for a witness in the district court.

[C51, §2103; R60, §3680; C73, §3420; C97, §4389; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12699; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §679.5; 81 Acts, ch 202, §7]C83, §679A.7
Iowa Code § 611.22 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 611 / Section 611.22
Actions by or against legal representatives or successors in interest substitution.
Status: in_force

Any action contemplated in sections 611.20 and 611.21 may be brought, or the court, on motion, may allow the action to be continued, by or against the legal representatives or successors in interest of the deceased. Such action shall be deemed a continuing one, and to have accrued to such representative or successor at the time it would have accrued to the deceased if the deceased had survived. If such is continued against the legal representative or successor in interest of the defendant, a notice shall be served as in case of original notices. If such an action by the deceased is allowed to be continued, then the court shall appoint a personal representative for the deceased as defined in section 633.3 or shall allow a successor under section 633.356 to continue the action.

[C51, §1699; R60, §4111; C73, §2527; C97, §3445; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10959; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.22]2021 Acts, ch 7, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 64.19 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 64 / Section 64.19
Approval of bonds.
Status: in_force

Bonds shall be approved:

(1) By the governor, in case of state and district officers, elective or appointive.

(2) By the board of supervisors, in case of county officers, township clerks, and assessors.

(3) By a judge of the district court for the county in question, in case of members of the board of supervisors.

(4) By the township clerk, in case of other township officers.

(5) By the council, or as provided by ordinance in case of city officers.

(6) By the state court administrator in case of district court clerks and first deputy clerks.

[C51, §330; R60, §560; C73, §680; C97, §1188; S13, §1182-a, 1188; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1073; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §64.19]83 Acts, ch 186, §10030, 10201; 93 Acts, ch 70, §3
Iowa Code § 906.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 906 / Section 906.8
Subpoena powers.
Status: in_force

The board shall have power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such records, books, papers and documents as it may deem necessary for investigation of the case of any person before it. Subpoenas so issued may be served by any peace officer, in the same manner as similar processes in the district court. Any person who testifies falsely or fails to appear when subpoenaed, or fails or refuses to produce such material pursuant to the subpoena, shall be subject to the same orders and penalties to which a person before a court is subject. Any district court in this state, upon application of the board, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of such material, and the giving of testimony before the board, by an attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as production of evidence may be compelled before such district court.

[C79, 81, §906.8]
Iowa Code § 238.3 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 238 / Section 238.3
Authority to license.
Status: in_force

The department may grant a license under this chapter for the period specified in section 238.9 for the operation of a child-placing agency in this state.

[C27, 31, 35, §3661-a60; C39, §3661.074; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.3]2002 Acts, ch 1102, §5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §759
Iowa Code § 261H.6 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261H / Section 261H.6
Training first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Status: in_force

Each public institution of higher education shall provide training on free speech under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States to all students, faculty, and staff on an annual basis, which elected officials and staff shall be permitted to attend.

2021 Acts, ch 130, §2
Iowa Code § 135C.10 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.10
Denial, suspension, or revocation.
Status: in_force

The department shall have the authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license in any case where the department finds that there has been repeated failure on the part of the facility to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules or minimum standards promulgated hereunder, or for any of the following reasons:

(1) Cruelty or indifference to health care facility residents.

(2) Appropriation or conversion of the property of a health care facility resident without the resident’s written consent or the written consent of the resident’s legal guardian.

(3) Permitting, aiding, or abetting the commission of any illegal act in the health care facility.

(4) Inability or failure to operate and conduct the health care facility in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the minimum standards and rules issued pursuant thereto.

(5) Obtaining or attempting to obtain or retain a license by fraudulent means, misrepresentation, or by submitting false information.

(6) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of drugs by the applicant, manager or supervisor of the health care facility.

(7) Securing the devise or bequest of the property of a resident of a health care facility by undue influence.

(8) Willful failure or neglect to maintain a continuing in-service education and training program for all personnel employed in the facility.

(9) In the case of an application for a new or newly acquired facility, continuing or repeated failure of the licensee to operate any previously licensed facility or facilities in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, or equivalent provisions that the facility is subject to in this state or any other state.

(10) In the case of a license applicant or existing licensee which is an entity other than an individual, the department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license if any individual, who is in a position of control or is an officer of the entity, engages in any act or omission proscribed by this section.

(11) Intentionally preventing or interfering with or attempting to prevent or interfere in any way with the performance by any duly authorized representative of the department of the lawful enforcement of this chapter or of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. As used in this subsection, “lawful enforcement” includes but is not limited to the following:

(11) (a) Contacting or interviewing any resident of a health care facility in private at any reasonable hour and without advance notice.

(11) (b) Examining any relevant books or records of a health care facility unless otherwise protected from disclosure by operation of law.

(11) (c) Preserving evidence of any violation of this chapter or of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.

[C50, 54, §135C.6; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.10]90 Acts, ch 1204, §13; 2014 Acts, ch 1040, §3, 4; 2015 Acts, ch 80, §1