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Iowa Code § 646.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 646 / Section 646.4
Tenant in common.
Status: in_force

In an action by a tenant in common or joint tenant of real property against the cotenant, the plaintiff must show, in addition to the plaintiff’s evidence of right, that the defendant either denied the plaintiff’s right, or did some act amounting to such denial.

[C51, §2027; R60, §3605; C73, §3248; C97, §4185; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12233; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.4]
Iowa Code § 190C.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190C / Section 190C.14
Section 190C.14
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 104, §20, 21.
Iowa Code § 341A.21 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 341A / Section 341A.21
Misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. The district court shall have jurisdiction of all such offenses.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.21]
Iowa Code § 15H.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15H / Section 15H.6
Iowa green corps program.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission, in collaboration with the department of natural resources, the department of workforce development, and the utilities commission, shall establish an Iowa green corps program. The commission shall work with the collaborating agencies and nonprofit agencies in developing a strategy for attracting additional financial resources for the program from other sources which may include but are not limited to utilities, private sector, and local, state, and federal government funding sources. The financial resources received shall be credited to the community programs account created pursuant to section 15H.5.

(2) The program shall utilize AmeriCorps or Iowa summer youth corps program volunteers to provide capacity building activities, training, and implementation of major transformative projects in communities. The project selection shall emphasize energy efficiency, historic preservation, neighborhood development, and storm water reduction and management.

(3) The capacity building activities shall be targeted in communities that are already working with existing community improvement programs, including but not limited to the green streets and main street Iowa programs administered by the economic development authority, and disaster remediation activities by communities located within an area declared to be a disaster area in a declaration issued by the president of the United States or the governor.

2009 Acts, ch 161, §2, 4; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §38, 85, 89; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §9; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2659; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369; 2025 Acts, ch 147, §35
Iowa Code § 504.1431 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1431
Grounds for judicial dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) The district court may dissolve a corporation in any of the following ways:

(1) (a) In a proceeding brought by the attorney general, if any of the following is established:

(1) (a) The corporation obtained its articles of incorporation through fraud.

(1) (a) The corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law.

(1) (b) Except as provided in the articles or bylaws of a religious corporation, in a proceeding brought by fifty members or members holding five percent of the voting power, whichever is less, or by a director or any person specified in the articles, if any of the following is established:

(1) (b) The directors are deadlocked in the management of the corporate affairs, and the members, if any, are unable to break the deadlock.

(1) (b) The directors or those in control of the corporation have acted, are acting, or will act in a manner that is illegal, oppressive, or fraudulent.

(1) (b) The members are deadlocked in voting power and have failed, for a period that includes at least two consecutive annual meeting dates, to elect successors to directors whose terms have, or would otherwise have, expired.

(1) (b) The corporate assets are being misapplied or wasted.

(1) (c) In a proceeding brought by a creditor, if either of the following is established:

(1) (c) The creditor’s claim has been reduced to judgment, the execution on the judgment is returned unsatisfied, and the corporation is insolvent.

(1) (c) The corporation has admitted in writing that the creditor’s claim is due and owing and the corporation is insolvent.

(1) (d) In a proceeding brought by the corporation to have its voluntary dissolution continued under court supervision.

(2) Prior to dissolving a corporation, the court shall consider whether:

(2) (a) There are reasonable alternatives to dissolution.

(2) (b) Dissolution is in the public interest, if the corporation is a public benefit corporation.

(2) (c) Dissolution is the best way of protecting the interests of members, if the corporation is a mutual benefit corporation.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §148, 192
Iowa Code § 7A.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7A / Section 7A.12
Delay.
Status: in_force

Should the governor deem the delay in filing a report to be unreasonable the governor shall take such steps as will correct the delinquency.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §255; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §17.12]C93, §7A.12
Iowa Code § 154A.11 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 154A / Section 154A.11
Examinations.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1113, §15; . See §147.34, 147.37.
Iowa Code § 421.22 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 421 / Section 421.22
Service of orders.
Status: in_force

Any sheriff or other person may serve any subpoena or order issued under the provisions of this chapter.

[C31, 35, §6943-c32; C39, §6943.031; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §421.22]
Iowa Code § 135.39A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.39A
Gifts and grants fund — appropriation.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized to accept gifts, grants, or allotments of funds from any source to be used for programs authorized by this chapter or any other chapter which the department is responsible for administering. A public health gifts and grants fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of gift or grant moneys obtained from any source, including the federal government. The moneys collected under this section and deposited in the fund are appropriated to the department for the public health purposes specified in the gift or grant. Moneys in the fund shall not be subject to appropriation or expenditure for any other purpose. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the public health gifts and grants fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the public health gifts and grants fund for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years.

2004 Acts, ch 1168, §1
Iowa Code § 161E.15 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161E / Section 161E.15
Taxes canceled.
Status: in_force

The treasurer of any county wherein is situated any land acquired by the federal government for flood control projects is hereby authorized to cancel any taxes or tax assessments against any such land so acquired where the tax has been extended but has not become a lien thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467B.15]C95, §161E.15
Iowa Code § 572.33A — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 572 / Section 572.33A
Liability of owner to general contractor commercial construction.
Status: in_force

(1) An owner of a building, land, or improvement upon which a mechanic’s lien of a subcontractor may be posted is not required to pay the general contractor compensation for work done or material furnished for the building, land, or improvement until the expiration of ninety days after the completion of the building or improvement unless the general contractor furnishes to the owner one of the following:

(1) (a) Receipts and waivers of claims for mechanics’ liens, signed by all persons who furnished material or performed labor for the building, land, or improvement.

(1) (b) A good and sufficient bond to be approved by the owner, conditioned that the owner shall be held harmless from any loss which the owner may sustain by reason of the posting of mechanics’ liens by subcontractors.

(2) This section applies only to commercial construction properties.

2012 Acts, ch 1105, §24, 27, 28; 2013 Acts, ch 99, §16; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §128
Iowa Code § 66.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1
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 § 508.25 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.25
Policy forms — approval.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any insurance company transacting business within this state, under the provisions of this chapter, to write or use any form of policy or contract of insurance, on the life of any individual in this state, until a copy of such form of policy or contract has been filed with and approved by the commissioner of insurance.

[S13, §1783-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8668; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.25]
Iowa Code § 490.1326 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1326
Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer.
Status: in_force

(1) A shareholder paid pursuant to section 490.1324 who is dissatisfied with the amount of the payment shall notify the corporation in writing of that shareholder’s estimate of the fair value of the shares and demand payment of that estimate, less any payment under section 490.1324 plus interest. A shareholder offered payment under section 490.1325 who is dissatisfied with that offer shall reject the offer and demand payment of the shareholder’s stated estimate of the fair value of the shares plus interest.

(2) A shareholder who fails to notify the corporation in writing of that shareholder’s demand to be paid the shareholder’s stated estimate of the fair value plus interest under subsection 1 within thirty days after receiving the corporation’s payment or offer of payment under section 490.1324 or 490.1325, respectively, waives the right to demand payment under this section and shall be entitled only to the payment made or offered pursuant to those respective sections.

89 Acts, ch 288, §140; 91 Acts, ch 211, §10; 97 Acts, ch 171, §13; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §87, 125; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §167, 230
Iowa Code § 468.509 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.509
New owner entitled to vote.
Status: in_force

Anyone who has acquired ownership of assessed lands since the latest certificate from the auditor shall be entitled to vote at any election if the person presents to the election board for its inspection at the time the person demands the right to vote evidence showing that the person has title.

[SS15, §1989-a75; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7683; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.10]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.509
Iowa Code § 414.25 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.25
Transitional provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Of the two additional members which may be appointed to increase a five-member board of adjustment to a seven-member board after January 1, 1980, one member shall be appointed to an initial term of five years and one member shall be appointed to an initial term of four years. The terms of office of members of a board of adjustment serving unexpired terms of office on or after January 1, 1980, shall expire according to their original appointments.

(2) Of the four additional members which may be appointed to increase a five-member board of adjustment to a nine-member board on or after July 1, 2005, one member shall be appointed to an initial term of five years, one member to an initial term of four years, one to an initial term of three years, and one to an initial term of two years. The terms of office of members of a board of adjustment serving unexpired terms of office on or after July 1, 2005, shall expire according to their original appointments.

(3) Of the two additional members which may be appointed to increase a seven-member board of adjustment to a nine-member board on or after July 1, 2005, one member shall be appointed to an initial term of five years and one member shall be appointed to an initial term of four years. The terms of office of members of a board of adjustment serving unexpired terms of office on or after July 1, 2005, shall expire according to their original appointments.

[C81, §414.25]2005 Acts, ch 66, §3, 4; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 6B.3A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6B / Section 6B.3A
Challenge by owner.
Status: in_force

An owner of property described in an application for condemnation may bring an action to challenge the exercise of eminent domain authority or the condemnation proceedings in the district court of the county in which the private property is situated as provided in section 6A.24.

2006 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1001, §11, 49
Iowa Code § 124.556 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124 / Section 124.556
Education and treatment.
Status: in_force

The program shall include education initiatives and outreach to consumers, prescribing practitioners, and pharmacists, and shall also include assistance for identifying substance use disorder treatment programs and providers. The program shall also include educational updates and information on general patient risk factors for prescribing practitioners. The board shall adopt rules, as provided under section 124.554, to implement this section.

2006 Acts, ch 1147, §7, 11; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §33; 2018 Acts, ch 1138, §16; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §74; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §209
Iowa Code § 252A.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252A / Section 252A.4
Section 252A.4
Status: repealed

Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 175, §21, 22.
Iowa Code § 216A.79 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.79
Gifts, grants, or donations.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §168, 170.
Iowa Code § 537B.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537B / Section 537B.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Consumer” means a person contracting for, or intending to contract for, repairs or service upon a motor vehicle used primarily for farm or personal use.

(2) “Motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle as defined in section 321.1 which is subject to registration. However, “motor vehicle” does not include a motor vehicle, as defined in section 321.1, with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than twelve thousand pounds.

(3) “Supplier” means a person offering to contract for repairs or service upon a motor vehicle. Supplier includes an employee or other representative of the supplier.

90 Acts, ch 1010, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1145, §13; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §75
Iowa Code § 491.107 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 491 / Section 491.107
Filing articles of merger or consolidation.
Status: in_force

(1) A duly executed and acknowledged copy of the articles of merger or consolidation shall be forwarded to the secretary of state for filing and recording as provided in section 491.5.

(2) The procedure set forth in sections 491.6 through 491.9 shall be applicable to the filing of articles of consolidation or merger.

(3) If as the result of a consolidation a new Iowa corporation is formed then the fees provided for in section 491.11 shall be applicable. If as the result of a merger an existing Iowa corporation becomes the survivor the articles of merger shall be deemed an amendment to its articles of incorporation and section 491.20 shall be applicable.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.107]94 Acts, ch 1055, §8; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §314
Iowa Code § 66.13 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 66 / Section 66.13
Application for outside judge.
Status: in_force

At any time not less than five days prior to the time the accused is required to appear, a copy of the petition may be filed by either party in the office of the clerk of the supreme court, together with an application to the supreme court for the appointment of a judge outside the judicial district in which the trial is to be had to hear said petition.

[S13, §1258-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1101; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §66.13]
Iowa Code § 142D.5 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142D / Section 142D.5
Declaration of area as nonsmoking.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, an owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of an area otherwise exempt from the prohibitions of section 142D.3 may declare the entire area as a nonsmoking place.

(2) Smoking shall be prohibited in any location of an area declared a nonsmoking place under this section if a sign is posted conforming to the provisions of section 142D.6.

2008 Acts, ch 1084, §5
Iowa Code § 651.20 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 651 / Section 651.20
Partition by sale liens on property.
Status: in_force

Personal property shall be partitioned by sale free of all liens. Real property shall be partitioned by sale free of all liens except liens held against the entire real property.

2018 Acts, ch 1108, §20
Iowa Code § 321.264 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.264
Striking unattended vehicle.
Status: in_force

The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof. A person who violates this section commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “n”.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5079; C39, §5020.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.264]2020 Acts, ch 1074, §34, 93
Iowa Code § 9G.13 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9G / Section 9G.13
University lands.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state is hereby authorized to issue patents for lands, the legal title to which is vested in the state university of Iowa, in cases wherein it is shown to the satisfaction of the governor and attorney general that such lands have been in fact sold by the authority of the state and paid for, and that the certificates of purchase have been lost or destroyed.

[C97, §83; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §100; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §10.13]C93, §9G.13
Iowa Code § 459B.307 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459B / Section 459B.307
Stockpiling — state requirements — water quality.
Status: in_force

A person may stockpile dry bedded manure, subject to all of the following:

(1) (a) The person shall not stockpile the dry bedded manure within the following distances to a designated area unless the dry manure is maintained in a manner that will not allow precipitation-induced runoff to drain from the dry bedded manure to the designated area:

(1) (a) Four hundred feet from a designated area other than a high-quality water resource.

(1) (a) Eight hundred feet from a high-quality water resource.

(1) (b) The person shall not stockpile dry bedded manure within two hundred feet from a terrace tile inlet or surface tile inlet unless the dry bedded manure is maintained in a manner that will not allow precipitation-induced runoff to drain from the dry bedded manure to the terrace tile inlet or surface tile inlet.

(1) (c) The person shall not stockpile dry bedded manure in a grassed waterway, where water pools on the soil surface, or in any location where surface water will enter the stockpiled dry bedded manure.

(1) (d) The person shall not stockpile dry bedded manure on land having a slope of more than three percent unless methods, structures, or practices are implemented to contain the stockpiled dry bedded manure, including but not limited to using hay bales, silt fences, temporary earthen berms, or other effective measures, and to prevent or diminish precipitation-induced runoff from the stockpiled dry bedded manure.

(1) (e) The person shall not stockpile dry bedded manure on karst terrain or in an alluvial aquifer area unless the person complies with all of the following:

(1) (e) The person must stockpile the dry bedded manure at a location where there is a vertical separation distance of at least five feet between the bottom of the stockpiled dry manure and the underlying limestone, dolomite, or other soluble rock in karst terrain or the underlying sand and gravel aquifer in an alluvial aquifer area.

(1) (e) The dry bedded manure must be stockpiled on reinforced concrete at least five inches thick.

(2) The person shall remove the stockpiled dry bedded manure and apply it in accordance with the provisions of chapter 459, including but not limited to section 459.311, within six months after the dry bedded manure is stockpiled.

2009 Acts, ch 155, §14, 18
Iowa Code § 163A.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 163A / Section 163A.4
Intrastate movement.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §32.
Iowa Code § 462A.14B — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.14B
Refusal to submit — penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person refuses to submit to the chemical testing, a test shall not be given unless the procedure in section 462A.14D is invoked. However, if the person refuses the test, the person shall be punishable by the court according to this section.

(2) The court, upon finding that the officer had reasonable ground to believe the person to have been operating a motorboat or sailboat in violation of section 462A.14, that specified conditions existed for chemical testing pursuant to section 462A.14A, and that the person refused to submit to the chemical testing, shall:

(2) (a) Order that the person shall not operate a motorboat or sailboat for one year.

(2) (b) Impose a mandatory civil penalty as follows:

(2) (b) For a first refusal under this section, five hundred dollars.

(2) (b) For a second refusal under this section, one thousand dollars.

(2) (b) For a third or subsequent refusal under this section, two thousand dollars.

(3) If the person does not pay the civil penalty by the time the one-year order not to operate expires, the court shall extend the order not to operate a motorboat or sailboat for an additional year, and may also impose penalties for contempt.

(4) The court shall not defer judgment or sentencing, or suspend execution of any order or fine applicable under this section.

(5) The penalties imposed by this section shall apply in addition to any penalties imposed under section 462A.14, except that the one-year period under the order not to operate a motorboat or sailboat under this section shall be imposed and run concurrently with any period of time a defendant is ordered not to operate a motorboat or sailboat under section 462A.14.

2000 Acts, ch 1099, §4
Iowa Code § 515.29 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.29
Classification of directors.
Status: in_force

A company may in its articles of incorporation provide that the board of directors be divided into classes holding for a term of not to exceed five years and providing for the election of the members of one class at each annual meeting.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8921; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.29]96 Acts, ch 1045, §4
Iowa Code § 321G.26 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321G / Section 321G.26
Termination of use.
Status: in_force

A person who receives a warning memorandum for a snowmobile shall stop using the snowmobile as soon as possible and shall not operate it on public streets, highways, public lands, public ice, or designated snowmobile trails of the state until the snowmobile is in compliance.

[81 Acts, ch 113, §1]89 Acts, ch 244, §38; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §35; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §26