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Iowa Code § 229.6A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229 / Section 229.6A
Hospitalization of minors — jurisdiction — due process.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding section 229.11, the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings concerning a minor for whom an application is filed under section 229.6 or for whom an application for voluntary admission is made under section 229.2, subsection 1, to which the minor objects. In proceedings under this chapter concerning a minor, notwithstanding section 229.11, the term “court”, “judge”, or “clerk” means the juvenile court, judge, or clerk.

(2) The procedural requirements of this chapter are applicable to minors involved in hospitalization proceedings pursuant to subsection 1 and placement proceedings pursuant to section 229.14A.

(3) It is the intent of this chapter that when a minor is involuntarily or voluntarily hospitalized or hospitalized with juvenile court approval over the minor’s objection the minor’s family shall be included in counseling sessions offered during the minor’s stay in a hospital when feasible. Prior to the discharge of the minor the juvenile court may, after a hearing, order that the minor’s family be evaluated and therapy ordered if necessary to facilitate the return of the minor to the family setting.

87 Acts, ch 90, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1124, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 155, §29; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §45
Iowa Code § 537.6103 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.6103
Administrator.
Status: in_force

Except as expressly provided in sections 537.6106 and 537.6108, “administrator” means the attorney general or the attorney general’s designee.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.6103]
Iowa Code § 135C.15 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.15
Time to comply.
Status: in_force

(1) Any health care facility which is in operation at the time of adoption or promulgation of any applicable rules or minimum standards under this chapter shall be given reasonable time from the date of such promulgation to comply with such rules and minimum standards as provided for by the department. The director may grant successive thirty-day extensions of the time for compliance where evidence of a good faith attempt to achieve compliance is furnished, if the extensions will not place in undue jeopardy the residents of the facility to which the extensions are granted.

(2) Renovation of an existing health care facility, not already in compliance with all applicable standards, shall be permitted only if the fixtures and equipment to be installed and the services to be provided in the renovated portion of the facility will conform substantially to current operational standards. Construction of an addition to an existing health care facility shall be permitted only if the design of the structure, the fixtures and equipment to be installed, and the services to be provided in the addition will conform substantially to current construction and operational standards.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.15]
Iowa Code § 29B.22 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.22
Judge advocates and legal officers.
Status: in_force

(1) A judge advocate in the state military forces shall be a commissioned officer who is a member of the bar of the state. However, a judge advocate serving in the military forces of the state on April 22, 2002, who is not a member of the bar of the state shall not be required to become a member of the bar of the state to maintain military membership as a judge advocate. A judge advocate shall be either a federally recognized judge advocate or appointed as a judge advocate in the state military forces by the adjutant general.

(2) The adjutant general shall designate a staff judge advocate for the army national guard and the air national guard. The adjutant general may appoint the number of judge advocates of the state military forces as the adjutant general considers necessary to perform state active duty to supplement or replace national guard judge advocates in emergencies or when the national guard judge advocates are on federal active duty.

(3) Convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly with their staff judge advocates in matters relating to the administration of military justice; and the staff judge advocate of any command may communicate directly with the staff judge advocate of any command.

(4) No person who has acted as member, law officer, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer, or who has been a witness for either the prosecution or defense, in any case may later act as staff judge advocate or legal officer to any reviewing authority upon the same case.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.22]2002 Acts, ch 1117, §43, 52; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §20; 2012 Acts, ch 1072, §24
Iowa Code § 441.39 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.39
Notice of assessment protests and appeals to taxing districts.
Status: in_force

(1) If a property owner or aggrieved taxpayer appeals a decision of the board of review to the property assessment appeal board or to district court and requests an adjustment in valuation of one hundred thousand dollars or more, the assessor shall notify all affected taxing districts as shown on the last available tax list.

(2) In addition to any other requirement for providing of notice, if a property owner or aggrieved taxpayer files a protest against the assessment of property valued by the assessor at five million dollars or more or files an appeal to the property assessment appeal board or the district court with regard to such property, the assessor shall provide notice to the school district in which such property is located within ten days of the filing of the protest or the appeal, as applicable.

[C97, §1373; S13, §1373; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7134; C46, 50, 54, 58, §442.7; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.39]2005 Acts, ch 19, §56; 2005 Acts, ch 150, §130; 2017 Acts, ch 151, §19, 29
Iowa Code § 8A.601 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.601
Citation.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “State Archives and Records Act”.

2003 Acts, ch 92, §4CS2003, §305.12023 Acts, ch 19, §1384, 1399C2024, §8A.601
Iowa Code § 184A.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 184A / Section 184A.9
Audit.
Status: in_force

Moneys required to be deposited in the turkey council account as provided in section 184A.4 shall be subject to audit by the auditor of state. The auditor of state may seek reimbursement for the cost of the audit from moneys deposited in the turkey council account.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §184A.9]94 Acts, ch 1146, §17; 99 Acts, ch 158, §9, 18, 19; 2010 Acts, ch 1189, §34
Iowa Code § 2C.18 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2C / Section 2C.18
Report to general assembly.
Status: in_force

The ombudsman shall by December 31 of each year submit an economically designed and reproduced report to the general assembly and to the governor concerning the exercise of the ombudsman’s functions during the preceding fiscal year. In discussing matters with which the ombudsman has been concerned, the ombudsman shall not identify specific persons if to do so would cause needless hardship. If the annual report criticizes a named agency or official, it shall also include unedited replies made by the agency or official to the criticism, unless excused by the agency or official affected.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §601G.18; 82 Acts, ch 1026, §3]C93, §2C.182013 Acts, ch 10, §20; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §50; 2019 Acts, ch 89, §6
Iowa Code § 515.102 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.102
Forms of policies and endorsements — approval.
Status: in_force

(1) The form of all policies, and of applications, and of agreements or endorsements modifying the provisions of policies, and of all permits and riders used generally throughout the state, that are issued or proposed to be issued by any insurance company doing business in this state under the provisions of this chapter, shall first be examined and approved by the commissioner of insurance.

(2) The commissioner, upon a determination that the examination required under subsection 1 is unnecessary to achieve the purpose of this section, may exempt either of the following:

(2) (a) Any specified person by order, or any class of persons by rule.

(2) (b) Any specified risk by order, or any line or kind of insurance, or subdivision of insurance, or any class of risk or combination of classes of risks by rule.

(3) Forms of policies issued or proposed to be issued shall provide for the cancellation of the policy at the request of the insured upon equitable terms, and the return to the insured of any premium paid in excess of the customary short rates for the insurance up to the time of cancellation, or the release of the insured from any liability beyond such short rates, or for losses after the cancellation of the policy if the insurance is issued or proposed to be issued by a mutual company.

2007 Acts, ch 152, §65
Iowa Code § 321.248 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.248
Parks and cemeteries.
Status: in_force

Local authorities may by general rule, ordinance, or regulation exclude vehicles from any cemetery or ground used for the burial of the dead, or exclude vehicles used solely or principally for commercial purposes, from any park or part of a park system where such general rule, ordinance, or regulation is applicable equally and generally to all other vehicles used for the same purpose, if, at the entrance, or at each entrance if there be more than one, to such cemetery or park from which vehicles are so excluded, there shall have been posted a sign plainly legible from the middle of the public highway on which such cemetery or park opens, plainly indicating such exclusion and prohibition.

[S13, §1571-m20; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4994; C39, §5018.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.248]
Iowa Code § 144.13B — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144 / Section 144.13B
Waiver of fees military service.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the certified copy fees for a birth certificate or death certificate of a service member who died while performing military duty, as defined in section 29A.1, subsection 3, 8, or 12, shall be waived for a period of one year from the date of death for a family member of the deceased service member.

2010 Acts, ch 1170, §2; 2011 Acts, ch 47, §7; 2012 Acts, ch 1072, §32
Iowa Code § 646.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 646 / Section 646.3
Title.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff must recover on the strength of the plaintiff’s own title.

[C51, §2020; R60, §3591; C73, §3247; C97, §4184; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12232; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.3]
Iowa Code § 99.17 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99 / Section 99.17
Costs.
Status: in_force

If the action is brought by a citizen or a corporation and the court finds there were no reasonable grounds or cause for said action, the costs may be taxed to such citizen or corporation.

[SS15, §4944-h3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1603; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §99.17]
Iowa Code § 155.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155 / Section 155.7
Organization of board.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 56, §12.
Iowa Code § 646.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 646 / Section 646.2
Parties.
Status: in_force

Any person having a valid subsisting interest in real property, and a right to the immediate possession thereof, may recover the same by action against any person acting as owner, landlord, or tenant of the property claimed.

[C51, §2002; R60, §3569; C73, §3246; C97, §4183; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12231; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.2]
Iowa Code § 537.3309 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.3309
Referral sales and leases.
Status: in_force

A practice unlawful under section 714.16, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, if done in connection with a consumer credit sale or consumer lease, is a violation of this chapter for which the consumer has a cause of action under section 537.5201, subsection 1. The administrator has all powers granted under article 6, part 1, to enforce the provisions of section 714.16, subsection 2, paragraph “b”. If a consumer is induced by a violation of section 714.16, subsection 2, paragraph “b” to enter into a consumer credit sale or consumer lease, the agreement is unenforceable by the seller or lessor and the consumer, at the consumer’s option, in addition to other remedies, may rescind the agreement or retain the goods delivered and the benefit of any services performed, without any obligation to pay for them.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.3309]
Iowa Code § 506.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 506 / Section 506.1
Rules — limitations.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance shall promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to assure the proper operation of newly organized insurance companies but in no event shall the commissioner:

(1) Require that more than twenty percent of the original capital and surplus of a stock corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter be invested by the organizers; or

(2) Restrict the alienation of securities issued to organizers for a period of more than:

(2) (a) Five years, or

(2) (b) Until the operation of the insurance company produces earned surplus for two successive years.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §506.1]
Iowa Code § 256.58 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.58
Library support network.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §8A.210; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1382.
Iowa Code § 327F.28 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327F / Section 327F.28
Violations.
Status: in_force

Any failure to comply with the provisions of section 327F.27 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a schedule “one” penalty.

[S13, §2110-j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7993; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §477.54; C77, 79, 81, §327F.28]
Iowa Code § 12A.6 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.6
Pledge of funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Any amounts authorized to be pledged as security for bonds may be held in separate and distinct funds in the state treasury, unless otherwise specified in the authorizing documents. Moneys so held shall not be subject to appropriation for any other purpose by the general assembly, but shall be used only for debt service on the bonds and other amounts as set forth in the authorizing documents. The treasurer of state may act as custodian of the funds and disburse moneys contained in the funds as directed by the authorizing documents.

(2) Moneys in any fund pledged as security for bonds are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the funds shall be credited to the applicable fund.

2007 Acts, ch 133, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1065, §6
Iowa Code § 347.9 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 347 / Section 347.9
Trustees appointment terms of office.
Status: in_force

(1) When it has been determined by the voters of a county to establish a county public hospital, the board shall appoint five or seven trustees chosen from among the resident citizens of the county with reference to their fitness for office. The appointed trustees shall hold office until the following general election, at which time their successors shall be elected, three for a term of four years and the remainder for a term of two years, and they shall determine by lot their respective terms, and thereafter their successors shall be elected for regular terms of four years each.

(2) Upon approval of a majority of the current board of trustees, the board may reduce an existing seven-member board to a five-member board. The board shall establish how to reduce the number of trustees on the board and shall provide for a staggered election cycle for election to the five-member board, which election shall be for a term of four years. However, the manner of reducing the number of trustees shall ensure that the current trustees on the seven-member board may continue to hold office through the end of their respective terms.

[S13, §409-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.9]86 Acts, ch 1200, §3; 99 Acts, ch 36, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 65, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 110, §6; 2018 Acts, ch 1033, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §1, 2; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §183; 2025 Acts, ch 123, §25, 26
Iowa Code § 701.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 701 / Section 701.6
Ignorance or mistake.
Status: in_force

All persons are presumed to know the law. Evidence of an accused person’s ignorance or mistake as to a matter of either fact or law shall be admissible in any case where it shall tend to prove the existence or nonexistence of some element of the crime with which the person is charged.

[C79, 81, §701.6]
Iowa Code § 450.98 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.98
Tax repealed.
Status: repealed

Effective January 1, 2025, this chapter shall not apply to property of estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025. The inheritance tax shall not be imposed under this chapter in the event the decedent dies on or after January 1, 2025, and, to this extent, this chapter is repealed.

2021 Acts, ch 177, §12, 15, 16
Iowa Code § 174.20 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 174 / Section 174.20
Fraudulent entries of horses.
Status: in_force

A person shall not knowingly enter or cause to be entered any horse of any age or sex under an assumed name, or out of its proper class, to compete for any purse, prize, premium, stake, or sweepstake offered or given by any person in the state, or drive any such horse under an assumed name, or out of its proper class, where such prize, purse, premium, stake, or sweepstake is to be decided by a contest of speed.

[C97, §1665; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2912; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §174.20]2004 Acts, ch 1019, §24
Iowa Code § 541.45 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.45
Section 541.45
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 486A.603 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 486A / Section 486A.603
Effect of partner’s dissociation.
Status: in_force

(1) If a partner’s dissociation results in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, article 8 applies; otherwise, article 7 applies.

(2) Upon a partner’s dissociation all of the following apply:

(2) (a) The partner’s right to participate in the management and conduct of the partnership business terminates, except as otherwise provided in section 486A.803.

(2) (b) The partner’s duty of loyalty under section 486A.404, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, terminates.

(2) (c) The partner’s duty of loyalty under section 486A.404, subsection 2, paragraphs “a” and “b”, and duty of care under section 486A.404, subsection 3, continue only with regard to matters arising and events occurring before the partner’s dissociation, unless the partner participates in winding up the partnership’s business pursuant to section 486A.803.

98 Acts, ch 1201, §32, 79, 82
Iowa Code § 189A.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189A / Section 189A.9
Hours of operation.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary may require operations at licensed establishments to be conducted during reasonable hours. The owner or operator of each licensed establishment shall keep the secretary informed in advance of intended hours of operation.

(2) A charge shall be made for overtime inspection in excess of eight hours per day or outside assigned work schedules and also on state legal holidays.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.9]
Iowa Code § 498.34 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 498 / Section 498.34
Duration of incorporation — renewal.
Status: in_force

Associations formed under the provisions of this chapter shall continue for a period of twenty-five years, unless earlier dissolved by order of its members or by other processes as by law provided, and the term of its existence may be renewed by the filing of new articles of association, as by law provided.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8512; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §498.34]
Iowa Code § 501.101 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.101
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Alternative voting method” means a method of voting other than a written ballot, including voting by electronic, telephonic, internet, or other means that reasonably allows members the opportunity to vote.

(2) “Articles” means the cooperative’s articles of association.

(3) “Authorized person” means a person who is one of the following:

(3) (a) A farming entity.

(3) (b) A person who owns at least one hundred fifty acres of agricultural land and receives as rent a share of the crops or the animals raised on the land if that person is a natural person or a general partnership as organized under chapter 486, Code 1999, or chapter 486A in which all partners are natural persons.

(3) (c) An employee of the cooperative who performs at least one thousand hours of service for the cooperative in each calendar year.

(4) “Board” means the cooperative’s board of directors.

(5) “Cooperative” means a cooperative association organized under this chapter or converted to this chapter pursuant to section 501.601.

(6) “Farming” means the same as defined in section 9H.1.

(7) “Farming entity” means any one of the following:

(7) (a) A natural person or a fiduciary for a natural person who regularly participates in physical labor or operations management in a farming operation and files schedule F as part of the person’s annual form 1040 or form 1041 filing with the United States internal revenue service.

(7) (b) A family farm corporation, family farm limited liability company, family farm limited partnership, or family trust, as defined in section 9H.1.

(7) (c) A general partnership as organized under chapter 486, Code 1999, or chapter 486A in which all the partners are natural persons actively engaged in farming as provided in section 9H.1.

(8) “Interest” means a voting interest or other interest in a cooperative as described in the cooperative’s articles of association.

(9) “Interest holder” means a person who owns an interest in a cooperative, whether or not that interest has voting rights.

(10) “Member” means a person who owns a voting interest in a cooperative.

(11) “Membership” means the interest established by a member owning a voting interest.

(12) “Voting interest” means an interest in a cooperative that has voting rights.

96 Acts, ch 1010, §3; 98 Acts, ch 1152, §1 – 6, 69; 99 Acts, ch 96, §40, 41; 2011 Acts, ch 23, §7; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §68, 158
Iowa Code § 637.402 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 637 / Section 637.402
Distribution from trust or estate.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the terms of a recipient trust, an amount received as a distribution of income from a trust or an estate in which the trust has an interest other than a purchased interest shall be allocated to income.

(2) An amount received as a distribution of principal from such a trust or estate shall be allocated to principal.

(3) If a trustee purchases an interest in a trust that is an investment entity, or a decedent or donor transfers an interest in such a trust to a trustee, section 637.401 applies to a receipt from the trust.

99 Acts, ch 124, §10
Iowa Code § 328.26 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 328 / Section 328.26
Application for registration.
Status: in_force

(1) Every application for registration pursuant to sections 328.19 and 328.20 shall be made upon such forms, and shall contain such information, as the department may prescribe, and every application shall be accompanied by the full amount of the registration fee.

(2) When an aircraft is registered to a person for the first time, the fee submitted to the department shall include the tax imposed by section 423.2 or 423.5 or evidence of the exemption of the aircraft from the tax imposed under section 423.2 or 423.5.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §328.26]88 Acts, ch 1205, §18; 96 Acts, ch 1152, §23; 98 Acts, ch 1182, §4; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §174, 2052023 Acts, ch 64, §53