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Iowa Code § 357C.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357C / Section 357C.12
Adding property to district.
Status: in_force

The owner of any property in an unincorporated area immediately contiguous to the boundaries of any established benefited street lighting district may petition the board of supervisors to be included in the district. Upon receipt of such petition the board shall submit the request to a competent disinterested civil engineer to investigate the feasibility of adding such additional territory and to make a report to the board. If the board agrees that said property should be added to the district, the tax levy for the next year shall be applied to said property and on the first day of the said next year said property shall be considered a part of the district. If the benefited street lighting district lies in more than one county the joint action of the boards of supervisors shall be required to add additional territory.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357C.12]
Iowa Code § 252.23 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252 / Section 252.23
Legal settlement disputes.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §30.
Iowa Code § 341A.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 341A / Section 341A.12
Discipline — hearing — appeals.
Status: in_force

(1) No person in the classified civil service who has been permanently appointed or inducted into civil service under provisions of this chapter shall be removed, suspended, or demoted except for cause, and only upon written accusation of the county sheriff, which shall be served upon the accused, and a duplicate filed with the commission. Any person so removed, suspended, or reduced in rank or grade may, within ten days after presentation to the person of the order of removal, suspension or reduction, appeal to the commission from such order. The commission shall, within two weeks from the filing of such appeal, hold a hearing thereon, and fully hear and determine the matter, and either affirm, modify, or revoke such order. The appellant shall be entitled to appear in person, produce evidence, and to have counsel. The finding and decision of the commission shall be certified to the sheriff, and shall be enforced and followed by the sheriff, but under no condition shall the employee who has appealed to the commission be permanently removed, suspended, or reduced in rank until such finding and decision of the commission is certified to the sheriff pursuant to the rules of civil procedure.

(2) The county or the accused may appeal from the commission’s finding and decision to the district court of the county where the accused resides. Such appeal shall be taken by serving upon the commission within thirty days after the entry of its finding and decision, a written notice of appeal, stating the grounds thereof, and demanding that a certified transcript of the record and of all papers on file in the office of the commission affecting or relating to its finding and decision, be filed by the commission with the court. The commission shall, within ten days after the filing of the notice make, certify, and file such transcript with the court. The court shall proceed to hear and determine the appeal in a summary manner. Such hearing shall be confined to the determination of whether the finding and decision of the commission to affirm, modify, or revoke the order of the sheriff was made in good faith and for cause, and no appeal shall be taken except upon such grounds. The decision of the district court may be appealed to the supreme court.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.12]2007 Acts, ch 58, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §46
Iowa Code § 15.509 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.509
Other incentives.
Status: in_force

(1) An eligible business may apply for and be eligible to receive other federal, state, and local incentives in addition to the tax incentives issued by the authority to the eligible business under the program.

(2) The authority, in its discretion, may prohibit an eligible business that has been issued tax incentives under the program from receiving any additional tax incentive, tax credit, grant, loan, or other financial assistance under any program administered by the authority.

2025 Acts, ch 136, §16, 20
Iowa Code § 602.4108 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.4108
Attendance of sheriff of Polk county.
Status: in_force

The court may require the attendance and services of the sheriff of Polk county at any time.

83 Acts, ch 186, §5108, 10201
Iowa Code § 633A.4501 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4501
Violations of duties — breach of trust.
Status: in_force

(1) A violation by a trustee of a duty the trustee owes a beneficiary is a breach of trust.

(2) The remedies of a beneficiary for breach of trust are exclusively equitable and any action shall be brought in a court of equity.

99 Acts, ch 125, §73, 109C2001, §633.45012005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.4501
Iowa Code § 331.253 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.253
Requirements for multicounty government consolidation.
Status: in_force

(1) Consolidation may be placed on the ballot only by a joint report by two or more counties.

(2) A final report must contain a consolidation charter if multicounty consolidation is recommended. The consolidation charter must conform to the provisions and requirements in accordance with this part.

88 Acts, ch 1229, §25; 91 Acts, ch 256, §27
Iowa Code § 166A.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 166A / Section 166A.9
Scabies-free areas.
Status: in_force

When all flocks of sheep within a county have been inspected by a representative of the department and are found to be free of scabies, the department may certify the county as a “scabies-free area.”

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §166A.9]
Iowa Code § 425.21 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 425 / Section 425.21
Satisfaction of outstanding tax liabilities.
Status: in_force

The amount of any claim for credit or reimbursement payable under this subchapter may be applied by the department of revenue against any tax liability, delinquent accounts, charges, loans, fees, or other indebtedness due the state or state agency that has a formal agreement with the department for central debt collection, outstanding on the books of the department against the claimant, or against a spouse who was a member of the claimant’s household in the base year.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §425.21]99 Acts, ch 152, §15, 40; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §51; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 621.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 621 / Section 621.4
Dismissal for failure to furnish.
Status: in_force

An action in which a bond for costs is required by sections 621.1 through 621.3 shall be dismissed, if a bond is not given in such time as the court allows.

[R60, §3443; C73, §2928; C97, §3848; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11248; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §621.4]2021 Acts, ch 76, §142
Iowa Code § 670.13 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 670 / Section 670.13
Default judgments.
Status: in_force

A default judgment shall not be taken against an employee, officer, or agent of a municipality unless the municipality is a party to the action and the time for special appearance, motion or answer by the municipality under rule of civil procedure 1.303 has expired.

[82 Acts, ch 1018, §2]C83, §613A.13C93, §670.13
Iowa Code § 659.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 659 / Section 659.3
Retraction — actual, special, and exemplary damages.
Status: in_force

If a retraction or correction thereof be not published in as conspicuous a place and type in said newspaper, free newspaper or shopping guide, as were the statements complained of, in a regular issue thereof published within two weeks after such service, or in case of a defamatory statement on a radio or television station if a retraction or correction thereof be not broadcast at a time considered as favorable as that of the defamatory statement within two weeks after such service, plaintiff may allege such notice, demand, and failure to retract in the complaint and may recover both actual, special, and exemplary damages if the plaintiff’s cause of action be maintained. If such retraction be so published or broadcast, the plaintiff may still recover such actual, special, and exemplary damages, unless the defendant shall show that the libelous publication or defamatory statement was made in good faith, without malice, and under a mistake as to the facts.

[SS15, §3592-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12414; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §659.3]
Iowa Code § 331.654 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.654
Faithful discharge of duties — penalty for disobedience.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of section 331.652, subsections 1 and 2, and section 331.653, subsections 1 and 2, do not relieve a sheriff or deputy sheriff from the full and faithful discharge of all duties required of the officer by law.

(2) The disobedience of a sheriff or deputy sheriff to the command of a legal process is a contempt of the court from which the process is issued and is punishable as provided in chapter 665. The sheriff or deputy sheriff is also liable to action by any person injured by the disobedience.

[C51, §171; R60, §384; C73, §338; C97, §500; S13, §499-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5185, 5186; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §337.5, 337.6; S81, §331.654; 81 Acts, ch 117, §653]
Iowa Code § 815.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 815 / Section 815.4
Special witnesses for indigents.
Status: in_force

(1) An application for an expert or other witnesses under Iowa rule of criminal procedure 2.20 shall include a statement attesting that the attorney advised the indigent person of the application, the expected expenses, and the potential for reimbursement of the expenses pursuant to section 815.9.

(2) (a) The court shall authorize the securing of a witness prior to the witness incurring any expenses.

(2) (b) The court shall either set in advance a maximum dollar amount of the claim for expenses or approve the final amount of the claim for expenses as reasonable compensation.

(2) (c) The state public defender shall only approve the claim for the expenses of the witness if the securing of the witness was authorized by the court and either the maximum dollar amount of the claim for expenses was set prior to the expenses being incurred or the court has approved the final amount of the claim for expenses as reasonable compensation.

(3) A witness secured for an indigent person under Iowa rule of criminal procedure 2.20 shall file a claim for compensation with the state public defender as required by the rules of the state public defender, and the claim shall be supported by an itemization specifying the time expended, services rendered, and expenses incurred on behalf of the indigent person.

[C79, 81, §815.4]93 Acts, ch 175, §21; 99 Acts, ch 135, §24; 2012 Acts, ch 1063, §6
Iowa Code § 359.43 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.43
Tax levy — supplemental levy — districts.
Status: in_force

(1) The township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding forty and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the township, excluding property within a benefited fire district or within the corporate limits of a city, for the purpose of exercising the powers and duties specified in section 359.42. However, in a township having a fire protection service or emergency medical service agreement or both service agreements with a special charter city having a paid fire department, the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding fifty-four cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of the taxable property for the services authorized or required under section 359.42 and in a township which is located within a county having a population of three hundred thousand or more, the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding sixty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of taxable property for the services authorized or required under section 359.42.

(2) If the levy authorized under subsection 1 is insufficient to provide the services authorized or required under section 359.42, the township trustees may levy an additional annual tax not exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the township, excluding any property within the corporate limits of a city, to provide the services.

(3) The township trustees may divide the township into tax districts for the purpose of providing the services authorized or required under section 359.42 and may levy a different tax rate in each district, but the tax levied in a tax district for the authorized or required services shall not exceed the tax levy limitations for that township as provided in this section.

(4) Of the levies authorized under subsections 1 and 2, the township trustees may credit to a reserve account annually an amount not to exceed thirty cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of the taxable property in the township for the purchase or replacement of supplies and equipment required to carry out the services specified under section 359.42. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest earned on moneys credited to the reserve account shall be credited to the reserve account.

(5) Township taxes collected and disbursed by the county shall be apportioned by the clerk and paid into the separate accounts of the tax districts no later than May 31 and November 30 of each year.

[C31, 35, §5570-c2; C39, §5570.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.43; 82 Acts, ch 1114, §1]84 Acts, ch 1008, §2; 85 Acts, ch 205, §2; 89 Acts, ch 149, §1; 95 Acts, ch 123, §2; 95 Acts, ch 158, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1117, §25
Iowa Code § 322C.5 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322C / Section 322C.5
Display of license.
Status: in_force

A license issued under section 322C.4 shall specify the location of the principal place of business and the location of each additional place of business, if any, for which the license is issued, and the license shall be conspicuously displayed at the principal place of business except during periods when the license is surrendered for modification.

[C81, §322C.5]
Iowa Code § 321.91 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.91
Limitation on liability — penalty for abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) No person, firm, corporation, unit of government, garagekeeper or police authority upon whose property an abandoned vehicle is found or who disposes of such abandoned vehicle in accordance with sections 321.89 and 321.90 shall be liable for damages by reason of the removal, sale, or disposal of such vehicle.

(2) A person who abandons a vehicle is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “b”.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.91]2000 Acts, ch 1203, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §35
Iowa Code § 315.10 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 315 / Section 315.10
Rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary for the administration of this chapter.

85 Acts, ch 231, §11
Iowa Code § 384.44 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.44
Estimated cost.
Status: in_force

The estimated total cost of any public improvement constructed under this subchapter must include all of the items of cost listed in section 384.37, subsection 26, which the council proposes to include as a part of the cost of the public improvement, and may include an item to be known as the default fund amounting to not more than ten percent of the portion of the total cost of the improvement which the council proposes to assess against specially benefited property.

[C50, §391A.25; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.44]2017 Acts, ch 29, §108; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 461.21 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461 / Section 461.21
Audit.
Status: in_force

(1) The auditor of state or a certified public accounting firm appointed by the auditor of state shall conduct an annual audit of the trust fund and all accounts and transactions of the trust fund and accounts.

(2) The auditor of state or the certified public accounting firm appointed by the auditor as provided in subsection 1 shall be paid from trust fund moneys without reducing the percentage of trust fund moneys distributed to the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund or any one account established pursuant to this chapter.

2010 Acts, ch 1158, §5, 17
Iowa Code § 635.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 635 / Section 635.5
Section 635.5
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 134, §26, 28.
Iowa Code § 505.20 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 505 / Section 505.20
Certain agricultural organizations exempt from regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) A health benefit plan, sponsored by a nonprofit agricultural organization domiciled in this state and created primarily to promote programs for the development of rural communities and the economic stability and sustainability of farmers in the state which meets the requirements set forth in subsection 2, shall be deemed to not be insurance and shall not be subject to the provisions of this subtitle, to the extent such plan, after January 1, 2018, provides health benefits under a self-funded arrangement that is administered by a domestic entity that is registered as a third-party administrator pursuant to chapter 510 and that has continuously provided, either directly or through an affiliate, health care administrative services to the nonprofit agricultural organization or its affiliates for a period in excess of ten years.

(2) A nonprofit agricultural organization providing a health benefit plan to its members under this section must meet all of the following requirements:

(2) (a) Have been in existence for twenty-five continuous years prior to the issuance of health benefits to members of the organization.

(2) (b) Provide membership opportunities for eligible individuals in all ninety-nine counties of the state.

(2) (c) Collect annual dues from members.

(2) (d) Hold regular meetings to further the purposes of the members.

(2) (e) Provide the members with representation on its governing board and committees.

(2) (f) Provide education, mentoring, and financial assistance to grow and expand rural businesses in the state.

(2) (g) Have contracted with the domestic entity described in subsection 1 to administer the health benefit plan.

(3) Such nonprofit agricultural organization shall file a certification with the commissioner that the organization meets the foregoing requirements prior to providing health benefits under a self-funded arrangement to its members.

2018 Acts, ch 1063, §1
Iowa Code § 523I.502 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523I / Section 523I.502
Trust for cemetery.
Status: in_force

(1) A governmental subdivision that owns or operates a cemetery or has control of cemetery property may act as a permanent trustee for the perpetual maintenance of interment spaces in the cemetery.

(2) To act as a trustee, a majority of the governmental subdivision’s governing body must adopt an ordinance or resolution stating the governmental subdivision’s willingness and intention to act as a trustee for the perpetual maintenance of cemetery property. When the ordinance or resolution is adopted and the trust is accepted, the trust is perpetual.

2005 Acts, ch 128, §42
Iowa Code § 135.153A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.153A
Safety net provider recruitment and retention initiatives program repeal.
Status: repealed

Repealed by its own terms; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §211.
Iowa Code § 626D.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626D / Section 626D.4
Responses.
Status: in_force

Any objection to the enforcement of a tribal judgment shall be filed within thirty days of receipt of the mailing of the notice of filing the tribal judgment. If an objection is filed within such time period, the court shall set a time period for a formal response to the objection and may set the matter for hearing.

2007 Acts, ch 192, §7
Iowa Code § 639.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 639 / Section 639.1
Method.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff in a civil action may cause the property of the defendant not exempt from execution to be attached at the commencement or during the progress of the proceeding, by pursuing the course hereinafter prescribed.

[C51, §1846; R60, §3172; C73, §2949; C97, §3876; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12078; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §639.1]
Iowa Code § 169A.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 169A / Section 169A.9
Certified copy to new owner.
Status: in_force

As soon as instruments of writing evidencing the sale, assignment, or transfer of a brand have been recorded by the secretary, the secretary shall furnish such new owner one certified copy of such sale, assignment, or transfer.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §187.9]C93, §169A.9
Iowa Code § 160.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 160 / Section 160.1
Appointment by secretary of agriculture.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created and established within the department the office of state apiarist. The state apiarist shall be appointed by and be responsible to and under the authority of the secretary of agriculture in the issuance of all rules, the establishment of quarantines and other official acts.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4036; C46, 50, 54, 58, §266.8, 266.9; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §160.1]
Iowa Code § 263A.9 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263A / Section 263A.9
Investment in bonds or notes by financial institutions.
Status: in_force

All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section may be construed as relieving any persons from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities for purchase or investment.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §263A.9]2012 Acts, ch 1017, §70
Iowa Code § 390.15 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 390 / Section 390.15
Public bonds or obligations — types — sources for payment — security.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this subchapter or by the electric power agency, every issue of public bonds or obligations of the electric power agency shall be payable out of any revenues or funds of the electric power agency, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular public bonds or obligations pledging any particular revenues or funds.

(2) An electric power agency may issue types of public bonds or obligations as it may determine, including public bonds or obligations as to which the principal and interest are payable exclusively from the revenues from one or more projects, or from an interest in such project or projects, or a right to capacity of such project or projects, or from any revenue-producing contract made by the electric power agency with any person, or from its revenues generally.

(3) Any public bonds or obligations may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant, subsidy, or contribution from any public agency or other person, or a pledge of any income or revenues, funds, or moneys of the electric power agency from any other source.

2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §23, 36CS2001, §476A.262010 Acts, ch 1018, §13C2011, §390.15
Iowa Code § 477C.6 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 477C / Section 477C.6
Budget.
Status: in_force

The utilities commission shall review and approve the proposed annual budget of the relay service program authorized in section 477C.3 and the equipment distribution program authorized in section 477C.4.

91 Acts, ch 194, §62024 Acts, ch 1170, §369