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Iowa Code § 279.50A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.50A
Educational standards agreements with community colleges.
Status: in_force

(1) A school district may enter into an agreement with a community college under which the community college may offer, or provide a community college-employed instructor to teach, any unit, and if the unit of coursework under the agreement meets the requirements specified in section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, subparagraphs (2) through (7), the unit offered shall be deemed to meet the education program requirement pertaining to the unit under section 256.11, subsection 5, if applicable. The provisions of this subsection are applicable only if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) (a) The unit is offered during the regular school day.

(1) (b) The unit is made accessible by the school district to all eligible pupils.

(2) Pupils enrolled in a unit of coursework offered pursuant to subsection 1 are not eligible for supplementary weighting under section 257.11, subsection 3.

2019 Acts, ch 164, §4, 5; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §127; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2584; 2023 Acts, ch 90, §13
Iowa Code § 321.316 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.316
Stopping.
Status: in_force

A person shall not stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in sections 321.314, 321.315, 321.317, and 321.318 to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal.

[S13, §1571-m18; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5032; C39, §5025.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.316]2021 Acts, ch 80, §172
Iowa Code § 490.746 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.746
Payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

On termination of the derivative proceeding, the court may do any of the following:

(1) Order the corporation to pay the plaintiff’s expenses incurred in the proceeding if it finds that the proceeding has resulted in a substantial benefit to the corporation.

(2) Order the plaintiff to pay any defendant’s expenses incurred in defending the proceeding if it finds that the proceeding was commenced or maintained without reasonable cause or for an improper purpose.

(3) Order a party to pay an opposing party’s expenses incurred because of the filing of a pleading, motion, or other paper, if it finds that any of the following apply:

(3) (a) The pleading, motion, or other paper was not well grounded in fact, after reasonable inquiry, or warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.

(3) (b) The pleading, motion, or other paper was interposed for an improper purpose, such as to harass or cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.

2002 Acts, ch 1154, §29, 125; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §22, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §84, 230
Iowa Code § 232.153 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.153
Applicability of this chapter prior to July 1, 1979.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §232.7B; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150.
Iowa Code § 715A.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 715A / Section 715A.2
Forgery.
Status: in_force

(1) A person is guilty of forgery if, with intent to defraud or injure anyone, or with knowledge that the person is facilitating a fraud or injury to be perpetrated by anyone, the person does any of the following:

(1) (a) Alters a writing of another without the other’s permission.

(1) (b) Makes, completes, executes, authenticates, issues, or transfers a writing so that it purports to be the act of another who did not authorize that act, or so that it purports to have been executed at a time or place or in a numbered sequence other than was in fact the case, or so that it purports to be a copy of an original when no such original existed.

(1) (c) Utters a writing which the person knows to be forged in a manner specified in paragraph “a” or “b”.

(1) (d) Possesses a writing which the person knows to be forged in a manner specified in paragraph “a” or “b”.

(2) (a) Forgery is a class “D” felony if the writing is or purports to be any of the following:

(2) (a) Part of an issue of money, securities, postage or revenue stamps, or other instruments issued by the government.

(2) (a) Part of an issue of stock, bonds, credit-sale contracts as defined in section 203.1, or other instruments representing interests in or claims against any property or enterprise.

(2) (a) A check, draft, or other writing which ostensibly evidences an obligation of the person who has purportedly executed it or authorized its execution.

(2) (a) A document prescribed by statute, rule, or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States.

(2) (a) A driver’s license, nonoperator’s identification card, birth certificate, or occupational license or certificate in support of an occupational license issued by a department, agency, board, or commission in this state.

(2) (b) Forgery is an aggravated misdemeanor if the writing is or purports to be a will, deed, contract, release, commercial instrument, or any other writing or other document evidencing, creating, transferring, altering, terminating, or otherwise affecting legal relations.

87 Acts, ch 150, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §80; 96 Acts, ch 1181, §2, 3; 2019 Acts, ch 140, §25
Iowa Code § 902.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 902 / Section 902.4
Reconsideration of felon’s sentence.
Status: in_force

For a period of one year from the date when a person convicted of a felony, other than a class “A” or class “B” felony, begins to serve a sentence of confinement, the court, on its own motion or on the recommendation of the director of the Iowa department of corrections, may order the person to be returned to the court, at which time the court may review its previous action and reaffirm it or substitute for it any sentence permitted by law. Copies of the order to return the person to the court shall be provided to the attorney for the state, the defendant’s attorney, and the defendant. Upon a request of the attorney for the state, the defendant’s attorney, or the defendant if the defendant has no attorney, the court may, but is not required to, conduct a hearing on the issue of reconsideration of sentence. The court shall not disclose its decision to reconsider or not to reconsider the sentence of confinement until the date reconsideration is ordered or the date the one-year period expires, whichever occurs first. The district court retains jurisdiction for the limited purposes of conducting such review and entering an appropriate order notwithstanding the timely filing of a notice of appeal. The court’s final order in the proceeding shall be delivered to the defendant personally or by regular mail. The court’s decision to take the action or not to take the action is not subject to appeal. However, for the purposes of appeal, a judgment of conviction of a felony is a final judgment when pronounced.

[C79, 81, §902.4]83 Acts, ch 96, §129, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1139, §1; 84 Acts, ch 1149, §1; 97 Acts, ch 189, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 165, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §59; 2017 Acts, ch 122, §16
Iowa Code § 496C.8 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496C / Section 496C.8
Professional regulation.
Status: in_force

No professional corporation shall be required to register with or to obtain any license, registration, certificate, or other legal authorization from any regulating board in order to practice a profession. Except as provided in this section, nothing in this chapter shall restrict or limit in any manner the authority or duties of any regulating board with respect to individuals practicing any profession which is within the jurisdiction of the regulating board, even if the individual is a shareholder, director, officer, employee, or agent of a professional corporation or foreign professional corporation and practices the individual’s profession through such corporation.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §496C.8]
Iowa Code § 60.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 60 / Section 60.1
Court of contest.
Status: in_force

The court for the trial of contested elections for presidential electors or for the office of senator or representative in Congress shall consist of five judges of the district court to be selected by the chief justice of the supreme court by January 30 of each odd-numbered year, three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the court. The district court judge longest serving shall be the presiding judge of the court.

[C97, §1246; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1000; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §60.1]2025 Acts, ch 122, §17
Iowa Code § 357J.15 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357J / Section 357J.15
Cities within the district.
Status: in_force

If a city is included in a district, the maximum tax levy authorized for the general fund of that city under section 384.1 shall be reduced by the amount of the tax rate levied within the city by the district. Such city shall not be responsible for providing fire protection service and emergency medical service as provided in section 364.16, and shall have no liability for the method, manner, or means by which the district provides the fire protection service and emergency medical service.

2008 Acts, ch 1152, §15
Iowa Code § 514H.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514H / Section 514H.4
Insurer requirements.
Status: in_force

An insurer or other person who wishes to issue a qualified long-term care insurance policy in Iowa shall conform with all policy guidelines as expressed in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and in Iowa law and rules.

2005 Acts, ch 166, §5, 13; 2009 Acts, ch 145, §17
Iowa Code § 146E.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 146E / Section 146E.2
Abortion fetal heartbeat exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except in the case of a medical emergency or fetal heartbeat exception, a physician shall not perform an abortion unless the physician has first complied with the prerequisites of chapter 146A and has tested the pregnant woman as specified in this subsection, to determine if a fetal heartbeat is detectable.

(1) (a) In testing for a detectable fetal heartbeat, the physician shall perform an abdominal ultrasound, necessary to detect a fetal heartbeat according to standard medical practice and including the use of medical devices, as determined by standard medical practice and specified by rule of the board of medicine.

(1) (b) Following the testing of the pregnant woman for a detectable fetal heartbeat, the physician shall inform the pregnant woman, in writing, of all of the following:

(1) (b) Whether a fetal heartbeat was detected.

(1) (b) That if a fetal heartbeat was detected, an abortion is prohibited.

(1) (c) Upon receipt of the written information, the pregnant woman shall sign a form acknowledging that the pregnant woman has received the information as required under this subsection.

(2) (a) A physician shall not perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when it has been determined that the unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat, unless, in the physician’s reasonable medical judgment, a medical emergency or fetal heartbeat exception exists.

(2) (b) Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, if a physician determines that the probable postfertilization age, as defined in section 146B.1, of the unborn child is twenty or more weeks, the physician shall not perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when it has been determined that the unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat, unless in the physician’s reasonable medical judgment the pregnant woman has a condition which the physician deems a medical emergency, as defined in section 146B.1, or the abortion is necessary to preserve the life of an unborn child.

(3) A physician shall retain in the woman’s medical record all of the following:

(3) (a) Documentation of the testing for a fetal heartbeat as specified in subsection 1 and the results of the fetal heartbeat test.

(3) (b) The pregnant woman’s signed form acknowledging that the pregnant woman received the information as required under subsection 1.

(4) This section shall not be construed to impose civil or criminal liability on a woman upon whom an abortion is performed in violation of this section.

(5) The board of medicine shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.

2023 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 543B.44 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543B / Section 543B.44
Complaints referred to court.
Status: in_force

The real estate commission may refer a complaint for violation of section 543B.1 before any court of competent jurisdiction. The commission may also take the necessary legal steps through the proper legal officers of this state to enforce the provisions of and collect the penalties provided in this chapter.

[C31, 35, §1905-c60; C39, §1905.57; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §117.44]C93, §543B.442023 Acts, ch 66, §141
Iowa Code § 904.906 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.906
Status of inmates on work release.
Status: in_force

An inmate employed in the community under this chapter is not an agent, employee, or involuntary servant of the department of corrections or the board of parole while released from confinement under the terms of a work release plan. If an inmate suffers an injury arising out of or in the course of the inmate’s employment under this chapter, the inmate’s recovery shall be from the insurance carrier of the employer of the project and no proceedings for compensation shall be maintained against the insurance carrier of the state institution or the state and there is no employer-employee relationship between the inmate and the state institution or the board of parole.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §247A.8]83 Acts, ch 96, §107, 159; 85 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.90686 Acts, ch 1245, §1509C93, §904.9062024 Acts, ch 1182, §79
Iowa Code § 633.361 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.361
Report and inventory.
Status: in_force

Within ninety days after qualification by the personal representative, unless a longer time is granted by the court, the personal representative shall file with the clerk a report and inventory of the property of the decedent, so far as the same has come to the knowledge of the personal representative. The report and inventory shall be verified or affirmed under penalty of perjury. It shall include the following information:

(1) Name, age, and residence of decedent.

(2) Date of death.

(3) Whether decedent died testate or intestate.

(4) Name and post office address of the personal representative.

(5) Name and post office address of the surviving spouse, if any.

(6) Name, relationship, and post office address of each beneficiary under the will if the decedent died testate or of each heir if the decedent died intestate. If any persons take by representation, the personal representative shall list the deceased person through whom those persons take and shall also list the persons taking under that deceased person.

(7) If the decedent died testate, the name and address of each child, if any, born to or adopted by decedent after execution of the will.

(8) Legal descriptions and estimated values of all the real estate of the decedent in the state of Iowa.

(9) Legal descriptions and estimated values of all real estate of the decedent outside of the state of Iowa.

(10) Personal property regarded as exempt from execution, with estimated values.

(11) All other personal property of the decedent, with estimated values.

(12) A listing of all other items, with estimated values, which are subject to inheritance tax for deaths occurring before January 1, 2025, or federal estate tax.

(13) A report concerning any reductions in the amount of unified credit available for federal estate tax purposes.

[C51, §1328; R60, §2360; C73, §2370; C97, §3310; S13, §1481-a26; C24, §7319, 11913; C27, 31, 35, 39, §11913; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.1; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.361]83 Acts, ch 177, §36, 38; 84 Acts, ch 1092, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §129; 2025 Acts, ch 148, §44, 53, 54
Iowa Code § 15.505 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.505
Applications authorization of tax credits and exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Applications for the program shall be submitted to the authority in the form and manner prescribed by the authority by rule. Each application must be accompanied by an application fee in an amount determined by the authority by rule.

(1) (b) For a proposed project that will result in elevated water consumption by the business, the application shall be accompanied by a water conservation and waste reduction plan, and shall be submitted to the authority in the form and manner prescribed by the authority by rule.

(2) In determining the eligibility of a business to participate in the program, the authority may engage outside experts to complete a technical, financial, or other review of an application submitted by a business.

(3) (a) The authority and the board may negotiate with an eligible business regarding the terms of, and the aggregate value of, the tax incentives the eligible business may receive under the program. The maximum aggregate value of the tax incentives that any one eligible business may receive shall not exceed five percent of the eligible business’s qualifying investment, unless the eligible business’s project is located in a rural county, in which case the maximum aggregate value of tax incentives that any one eligible business may receive shall not exceed seven and one-half percent of the eligible business’s qualifying investment. For purposes of this paragraph, “rural county” means a county in the state with a population of twenty thousand or less based on the most recent decennial census released by the United States census bureau.

(3) (b) The board may authorize any combination of tax incentives available under the program for an eligible business.

(4) The board shall not authorize an award under this part before January 1, 2026.

2025 Acts, ch 136, §12, 20
Iowa Code § 626.28 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.28
Return of garnishment — action docketed.
Status: in_force

Where parties have been garnished under it, the officer shall return to the clerk of court a copy of the execution with all the officer’s doings thereon, so far as they relate to the garnishments, and the clerk shall docket an action thereon without fee, and thereafter the proceedings shall conform to proceedings in garnishment under attachments as nearly as may be.

[R60, §3271; C73, §3052; C97, §3976; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11679; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.28]
Iowa Code § 322.23 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.23
Complaints.
Status: in_force

Any retail buyer having reason to believe that the provisions of this chapter relating to the buyer’s installment contract have been violated may file with the department a written complaint setting forth the details of such alleged violation and the department, upon the receipt of such complaint, may inspect the pertinent books, records, letters and contracts of the licensee or other person relating to such specific complaint.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322.23]
Iowa Code § 357G.13 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357G / Section 357G.13
Adding property to district.
Status: in_force

Any property in an unincorporated area contiguous to the boundaries of an established district which is annexed by the city shall be included in the district. The tax levy for the next year shall be applied to the property and on the first day of the next fiscal year, the property shall become a part of the district.

94 Acts, ch 1075, §13
Iowa Code § 351.4 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 351 / Section 351.4
Section 351.4
Status: repealed

Repealed by 94 Acts, ch 1173, §42.
Iowa Code § 633.574 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.574
Procedure in lieu of conservatorship for a minor.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §633.555; 2019 Acts, ch 57, §42 – 44.
Iowa Code § 422.46 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.46
Section 422.46
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §151, 205.See chapter 423.
Iowa Code § 321.380 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.380
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all peace officers and of the state patrol to enforce the provisions of sections 321.372 through 321.379.

[C39, §5032.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.380]98 Acts, ch 1074, §24; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §31; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §150
Iowa Code § 703.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 703 / Section 703.1
Aiding and abetting.
Status: in_force

All persons concerned in the commission of a public offense, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid and abet its commission, shall be charged, tried and punished as principals. The guilt of a person who aids and abets the commission of a crime must be determined upon the facts which show the part the person had in it, and does not depend upon the degree of another person’s guilt.

[C51, §2928; R60, §4668; C73, §4314; C97, §5299; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12895; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §688.1; C79, 81, §703.1]
Iowa Code § 524.1606 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1606
Fraudulent advertising or notice.
Status: in_force

A state bank shall not publish, disseminate, or distribute any advertising or notice containing any false, misleading, or deceptive statements concerning the rates, terms, or conditions on which loans are made or deposits are received, any charge which the state bank is authorized to impose pursuant to this chapter, or the financial condition of the state bank. Any officer or employee of a state bank who willfully violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice.

[C97, §1859; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9260; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §526.44, 529.12; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.1606]
Iowa Code § 907B.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 907B / Section 907B.4
Interstate compact fee.
Status: in_force

The department of corrections may assess a fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars, for an application to transfer out of the state under the interstate compact for adult offender supervision. The fee may be waived by the department. The moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the interstate compact fund established in section 904.117 and shall be used to offset the costs of complying with the interstate compact for adult offender supervision.

2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §62, 209
Iowa Code § 137.102 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 137 / Section 137.102
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “City board” means a city board of health in existence prior to July 1, 2010.

(2) “City health department” refers to the personnel and property under the jurisdiction of a city board in existence prior to July 1, 2010.

(3) “Council” means the council on health and human services.

(4) “County board” means a county board of health.

(5) “County health department” refers to the personnel and property under the jurisdiction of a county board.

(6) “Director” means the director of health and human services.

(7) “District” means any two or more geographically contiguous counties.

(8) “District board” means a board of health representing at least two geographically contiguous counties formed with approval of the state department in accordance with this chapter, or any district board of health in existence prior to July 1, 2010.

(9) “District health department” refers to the personnel and property under the jurisdiction of a district board.

(10) “Local board of health” means a city, county, or district board of health.

(11) “Officers” means a local board of health chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary, and other officers which may be named at the discretion of the local board of health.

(12) “State department” or “department” means the department of health and human services.

2010 Acts, ch 1036, §2; 2016 Acts, ch 1026, §9; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §211