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Iowa Code § 144.52 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 144 / Section 144.52
Unlawful acts — punishment.
Status: in_force

Any person committing any of the following acts is guilty of a serious misdemeanor:

(1) Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a report, record, or certificate required to be filed under this chapter, or in an application for an amendment thereof, or willfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record, or certificate, or amendment thereof.

(2) Without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes, alters, amends, or mutilates any report, record, or certificate required to be filed under this chapter or a certified copy of such report, record, or certificate.

(3) Willfully and knowingly uses or attempts to use or furnish to another for use for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record, report, or certified copy thereof so made, altered, amended, or mutilated.

(4) Willfully, with the intent to deceive, uses or attempts to use any certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth knowing that such certificate or certified copy was issued upon a record which is false in whole or in part or which relates to the birth of another person.

(5) Willfully and knowingly furnishes a certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth with the intention that it be used by a person other than the person whose birth the record relates.

(6) Disinterring a body in violation of section 144.34.

(7) Knowingly violates a provision of section 144.29A.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2349, 2350, 2436; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §141.33, 141.34, 144.53, 144.54; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.52]97 Acts, ch 172, §2
Iowa Code § 68.6 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68 / Section 68.6
President of senate — notice to senate.
Status: in_force

If the president of the senate is impeached, notice thereof must be immediately given to the senate, which shall thereupon choose another president, to hold office until the result of the trial is determined.

[C51, §3167; R60, §4949; C73, §4555; C97, §5474; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1136; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §68.6]
Iowa Code § 315.4 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 315 / Section 315.4
Allocation of fund.
Status: in_force

(1) Moneys credited to the RISE fund shall be allocated as follows:

(1) (a) Four-sevenths for deposit in the primary road fund for the use of the department on primary road projects as follows:

(1) (a) Fifty percent for highways that support the production or transport of renewable fuels, including primary highways that connect biofuel facilities to highways in the commercial and industrial highway network.

(1) (a) Fifty percent for highways that have been designated by the state transportation commission as access Iowa highways pursuant to 2005 Iowa Acts, ch. 178, §41.*

(1) (b) One-seventh for the use of counties on secondary road projects, including secondary roads that connect biofuel facilities to highways in the commercial and industrial highway network.

(1) (c) Two-sevenths for the use of cities on city street projects.

(2) Commencing June 30, 1990, all uncommitted moneys in the RISE fund on June 30 of each year which are allocated under this section for the use of counties on secondary road projects shall be credited to the secondary road fund.

85 Acts, ch 231, §5; 89 Acts, ch 293, §16; 92 Acts, ch 1238, §30; 2007 Acts, ch 200, §7; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Iowa Code § 554.2609 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2609
Right to adequate assurance of performance.
Status: in_force

(1) A contract for sale imposes an obligation on each party that the other’s expectation of receiving due performance will not be impaired. When reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either party the other may in writing demand adequate assurance of due performance and until that party receives such assurance may if commercially reasonable suspend any performance for which that party has not already received the agreed return.

(2) Between merchants the reasonableness of grounds for insecurity and the adequacy of any assurance offered shall be determined according to commercial standards.

(3) Acceptance of any improper delivery or payment does not prejudice the aggrieved party’s right to demand adequate assurance of future performance.

(4) After receipt of a justified demand failure to provide within a reasonable time not exceeding thirty days such assurance of due performance as is adequate under the circumstances of the particular case is a repudiation of the contract.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9982 – 9984, 9992; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.54 – 554.56, 554.64; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2609]
Iowa Code § 264.7 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 264 / Section 264.7
Records of prior defunct institutions.
Status: in_force

The office of the registrar of the state university is hereby designated the central depository for the records of any institution of higher learning which prior to the passage of this chapter may have ceased to exist, provided the custodian of the said records or former officials of the institution may wish to take advantage of the provisions of this chapter.

[C35, §3953-e7; C39, §3953.7; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §264.7]
Iowa Code § 477.5 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 477 / Section 477.5
Equal facilities — delay.
Status: in_force

If the proprietor of any telegraph or telephone line within the state, or the person having the control and management thereof, refuses to furnish equal facilities to the public and to all connecting lines for the transmission of communications in accordance with the nature of the business which it undertakes to carry on, or to transmit the same with fidelity and without unreasonable delay, the law in relation to limited partnerships, corporations, and to the taking of private property for works of internal improvement, shall no longer apply to them, and property taken for the use thereof without the consent of the owner may be recovered by the owner.

[C51, §783; R60, §1351; C73, §1327; C97, §2161; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8304; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §488.5; C77, 79, 81, §477.5]2008 Acts, ch 1032, §63
Iowa Code § 28F.9 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28F / Section 28F.9
Issuance of interim notes.
Status: in_force

The entity may borrow money for the purposes for which bonds may be issued, in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of the sale of bonds. Notes shall be issued for moneys borrowed under this section, and the notes may be renewed. The notes shall be authorized by resolution of the governing body of the entity and may be issued in denominations, bear interest at rates not exceeding the maximum rate of interest permitted by chapter 74A for pledge orders issued by a city, shall be in a form and shall be executed in a manner, all as the entity prescribes. If the notes are renewal notes, they may be exchanged for notes then outstanding on terms the governing body of the entity determines. Notes may be sold at public or private sale or may be issued to persons furnishing materials and services constituting a part of the cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, extension or improvement of a project. The governing body of the entity may retire any notes from the revenues derived from the project or from other moneys of the entity which are lawfully available for that purpose or from a combination of each, in lieu of retiring them by means of bond proceeds.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §28F.9; 81 Acts, ch 31, §4]
Iowa Code § 554.4202 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.4202
Responsibility for collection or return — when action timely.
Status: in_force

(1) A collecting bank must exercise ordinary care in:

(1) (a) presenting an item or sending it for presentment;

(1) (b) sending notice of dishonor or nonpayment or returning an item other than a documentary draft to the bank’s transferor after learning that the item has not been paid or accepted, as the case may be;

(1) (c) settling for an item when the bank receives final settlement; and

(1) (d) notifying its transferor of any loss or delay in transit within a reasonable time after discovery thereof.

(2) A collecting bank exercises ordinary care under subsection 1 by taking proper action before its midnight deadline following receipt of an item, notice, or settlement. Taking proper action within a reasonably longer time may constitute the exercise of ordinary care, but the bank has the burden of establishing timeliness.

(3) Subject to subsection 1, paragraph “a”, a bank is not liable for the insolvency, neglect, misconduct, mistake, or default of another bank or person or for loss or destruction of an item in the possession of others or in transit.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.4202]94 Acts, ch 1167, §89, 122
Iowa Code § 63A.2 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 63A / Section 63A.2
Limited authority.
Status: in_force

The following officers and persons are empowered to administer oaths and to take affirmations in any matter pertaining to the business of their respective office, position, or appointment:

(1) Governor, secretary of state, secretary of agriculture, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general.

(2) Members of all boards, commissions, or bodies created by law.

(3) All county officers other than those named in section 63A.1.

(4) Mayors and clerks of cities, precinct election officials, township clerks, assessors, and surveyors.

(5) All duly appointed referees or appraisers.

(6) All investigators for supplementary assistance as provided for under chapter 249.

(7) The director and employees of the department of revenue, as authorized by the director, and as set forth in chapters 421 and 422.

[C51, §980, 1865; R60, §1844, 3201; C73, §277, 278; C97, §393; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1216; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §78.2]89 Acts, ch 296, §13C93, §63A.22003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §40; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §17
Iowa Code § 6B.15 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6B / Section 6B.15
Guardianship.
Status: in_force

In all cases where any interest in lands sought to be condemned is owned by a person who is under legal disability and has no guardian of the person’s property, the applicant shall, prior to the filing of the application with the sheriff, apply to the district court for the appointment of a guardian of the property of such person.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7836; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §472.15]C93, §6B.15
Iowa Code § 622.63 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.63
Subpoenas.
Status: in_force

The clerks of the several courts shall, on application of any person having a cause or matter pending in court, issue a subpoena for witnesses under the seal of the court, inserting all the names required by the applicant in one subpoena, if practicable, which may be served by the sheriff of the county, or by the party or any other person.

[R60, §4012; C73, §3671; C97, §4658; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11320; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.63]
Iowa Code § 249A.14 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249A / Section 249A.14
Sex reassignment surgeries or associated procedures reimbursement prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) Moneys appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department for the medical assistance program shall not be used for reimbursement for sex reassignment surgery or associated procedures, including hormone therapy or other medical interventions intended to alter primary or secondary sex characteristics related to an individual’s gender dysphoria diagnosis.

(2) This section shall not be construed to prohibit Medicaid program reimbursement for services not described under subsection 1 that are otherwise covered under the Medicaid program.

(3) The department of health and human services shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.

2025 Acts, ch 169, §14
Iowa Code § 468.20 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.20
Adjournment for service jurisdiction retained.
Status: in_force

If at the date set for hearing, it appears that any person entitled to notice has not been properly served with notice, the board may postpone the hearing and set another time for the same not less than thirty days from the original hearing date. Notice of hearing shall be served on such omitted parties in the manner provided in sections 468.15 through 468.18. By fixing a new date for hearing and adjourning the proceeding to the new date, the board shall not lose jurisdiction of the subject matter of the proceeding nor of any parties already served with notice.

[S13, §1989-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7446; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.26]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.202020 Acts, ch 1063, §251
Iowa Code § 535D.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535D / Section 535D.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act”.

2009 Acts, ch 61, §1, 25
Iowa Code § 679B.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 679B / Section 679B.9
Oath — rule of evidence.
Status: in_force

Any member of the board may administer an oath, and the board may accept, admit, and call for such evidence as in equity and good conscience it thinks material and proper, whether strictly legal evidence or not.

[S13, §2477-n4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1504; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §90.9]86 Acts, ch 1245, §944C87, §679B.9
Iowa Code § 514A.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514A / Section 514A.2
Form of policy.
Status: in_force

(1) No policy of accident and sickness insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state unless:

(1) (a) The entire money and other considerations therefor are expressed therein; and

(1) (b) The time at which the insurance takes effect and terminates is expressed therein; and

(1) (c) It purports to insure only one person, except that a policy may insure, originally or by subsequent amendment, upon the application of an adult member of a family who shall be deemed the policyholder, any two or more eligible members of that family, including husband, wife, dependent children or any children under a specified age which shall not exceed nineteen years and any other person dependent upon the policyholder; and

(1) (d) The style, arrangement and over-all appearance of the policy give no undue prominence to any portion of the text, and unless every printed portion of the text of the policy and of any endorsements or attached papers is plainly printed in light-faced type of a style in general use, the size of which shall be uniform and not less than ten point with a lower-case unspaced alphabet length not less than one hundred and twenty point (the “text” shall include all printed matter except the name and address of the insurer, name or title of the policy, the brief description if any, and captions and subcaptions); and

(1) (e) The exceptions and reductions of indemnity are set forth in the policy and, except those which are set forth in section 514A.3, are printed, at the insurer’s option, either included with the benefit provision to which they apply, or under an appropriate caption such as “exceptions”, or “exceptions and reductions”, provided that if an exception or reduction specifically applies only to a particular benefit of the policy, a statement of such exception or reduction shall be included with the benefit provision to which it applies; and

(1) (f) Each such form, including riders and endorsements, shall be identified by a form number in the lower left-hand corner of the first page thereof; and

(1) (g) It contains no provision purporting to make any portion of the charter, rules, constitution, or bylaws of the insurer a part of the policy unless such portion is set forth in full in the policy, except in the case of the incorporation of, or reference to, a statement of rates or classification of risks, or short-rate table filed with the commissioner.

(2) If any policy is issued by an insurer domiciled in this state for delivery to a person residing in another state, and if the official having responsibility for the administration of the insurance laws of such other state shall have advised the commissioner that any such policy is not subject to approval or disapproval by such official, the commissioner may by ruling require that such policy meet the standards set forth in subsection 1 of this section and in section 514A.3.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514A.2]
Iowa Code § 461.2 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461 / Section 461.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship, the department of natural resources, or the department of transportation.

(2) “Fiscal year” means the state fiscal year effective as provided in section 3.12.

(3) “Initiative” includes a program, project, practice, strategy, or plan established or administered by an agency that furthers a constitutional purpose as provided in section 461.3.

(4) “Recreational purpose” includes hunting, trapping, angling, horseback riding, swimming, boating, camping, picnicking, hiking, bird watching, nature study, water skiing, snowmobiling, other summer and winter sports, and viewing or enjoying historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific sites.

(5) “Trust fund” means the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund created in section 461.31.

(6) “Trust fund moneys” means moneys originating from the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund.

2010 Acts, ch 1158, §2, 17
Iowa Code § 68A.606 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68A / Section 68A.606
Funds campaign expenses only.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 144, §13, 14.
Iowa Code § 22.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 22 / Section 22.5
Enforcement of rights.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter and all rights of persons under this chapter may be enforced by mandamus or injunction, whether or not any other remedy is also available. In the alternative, rights under this chapter also may be enforced by an action for judicial review according to the provisions of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, if the records involved are records of an “agency” as defined in that Act.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §68A.5]84 Acts, ch 1185, §4C85, §22.52003 Acts, ch 44, §114
Iowa Code § 524.825 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.825
Securities activities.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the prior approval of the superintendent and as authorized by rules adopted by the superintendent pursuant to chapter 17A, a state bank or a subsidiary of a state bank organized or acquired pursuant to section 524.802, subsection 12, may engage in directly, or may organize, acquire, or invest in a subsidiary for the purpose of engaging in securities activities and any aspect of the securities industry, including but not limited to any of the following:

(1) (a) Issuing, underwriting, selling, or distributing stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, interest in mutual funds or money-market-type mutual funds, or other securities.

(1) (b) Organizing, sponsoring, and operating one or more mutual funds.

(1) (c) Acting as a securities broker-dealer licensed under chapter 502. The business relating to securities shall be conducted through, and in the name of, the broker-dealer. The requirements of chapter 502 apply to any business of the broker-dealer transacted in this state.

(2) A subsidiary engaging in activities authorized by this section may also engage in any other authorized activities under section 524.802, subsection 12.

87 Acts, ch 171, §14; 95 Acts, ch 148, §87; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
Iowa Code § 808A.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 808A / Section 808A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Protected student area” includes, but is not limited to:

(1) (a) A student’s body.

(1) (b) Clothing worn or carried by a student.

(1) (c) A student’s pocketbook, briefcase, duffel bag, bookbag, backpack, knapsack, or any other container used by a student for holding or carrying personal belongings of any kind and in the possession or immediate proximity of the student.

(2) “School” means a public or nonpublic educational institution offering any of grades kindergarten through twelve.

(3) “School official” means a licensed school employee, and includes unlicensed school employees employed for security or supervision purposes.

(4) “Student” means a person enrolled in a school for any of grades kindergarten through twelve.

(5) “Student search rule” means a rule established by the school board of a public school, pursuant to section 279.8 or 279.9, or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school controlling the manner of the searching of students or protected student areas and school lockers, desks, and other facilities or spaces owned by the school. A student search rule, to be valid for purposes of this chapter, shall require that all searches of students or protected student areas be reasonably related in scope to the circumstances which gave rise to the need for the search and based upon consideration of relevant factors which include, but are not limited to, the following:

(5) (a) The nature of the violation for which the search is being instituted.

(5) (b) The age or ages and gender of the students who may be searched pursuant to the rule.

(5) (c) The objectives to be accomplished by the search.

86 Acts, ch 1129, §1; 89 Acts, ch 265, §40; 95 Acts, ch 191, §55; 97 Acts, ch 84, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 504.1005 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1005
Articles of amendment.
Status: in_force

After an amendment to the articles of incorporation has been adopted and approved in the manner required by this chapter and by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, the corporation amending its articles shall deliver to the secretary of state, for filing, articles of amendment setting forth:

(1) The name of the corporation.

(2) The text of each amendment adopted.

(3) The date of each amendment’s adoption.

(4) If approval by members was not required, a statement that the amendment was duly approved by the incorporators or by the board of directors, as the case may be, and that member approval was not required.

(5) If approval by members was required, a statement that the amendment was duly approved by the members in the manner required by this chapter, the articles of incorporation, and bylaws.

(6) If approval of the amendment by some person or persons other than the members, the board, or the incorporators is required pursuant to section 504.1031, a statement that the approval was obtained.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §116, 192; 2006 Acts, ch 1089, §53, 54
Iowa Code § 490.1401 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1401
Dissolution by incorporators or initial directors.
Status: in_force

A majority of the incorporators or initial directors of a corporation that has not issued shares or has not commenced business may dissolve the corporation by delivering to the secretary of state for filing articles of dissolution that set forth all of the following:

(1) The name of the corporation.

(2) The date of its incorporation.

(3) Either of the following:

(3) (a) That none of the corporation’s shares has been issued.

(3) (b) That the corporation has not commenced business.

(4) That no debt of the corporation remains unpaid.

(5) That the net assets of the corporation remaining after winding up have been distributed to the shareholders, if shares were issued.

(6) That a majority of the incorporators or initial directors authorized the dissolution.

89 Acts, ch 288, §145
Iowa Code § 327H.22 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327H / Section 327H.22
Section 327H.22
Status: repealed

Repealed by 81 Acts, ch 116, §7.