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Iowa Code § 2.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.3
Temporary organization.
Status: in_force

At 10:00 a.m. on the second Monday in January of each odd-numbered year, the general assembly shall convene. The president of the senate, or in the president’s absence some person claiming to be a member, shall call the senate to order. If necessary, a temporary president shall be chosen from the persons claiming to be elected senators. Some person claiming to be elected a member of the house of representatives shall call the house to order. The persons present claiming to be elected to the senate shall choose a secretary, and those of the house of representatives, a clerk on a temporary basis.

[C51, §5; R60, §14; C73, §6; C97, §6; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §2.2; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.3]
Iowa Code § 473.44 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 473 / Section 473.44
Plumbing products efficiency standards — penalty.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1126, §32, 33.
Iowa Code § 510D.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 510D / Section 510D.4
Rules.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance may adopt rules as necessary to implement the chapter.

2023 Acts, ch 43, §5
Iowa Code § 216A.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.1
Department of health and human services human rights purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of health and human services shall be responsible for all of the following:

(1) (a) Community advocacy and services on behalf of underrepresented populations in the state.

(1) (b) Community action agencies.

(1) (c) Criminal and juvenile justice planning.

(2) The purpose of the department under this chapter and as otherwise provided by law is to ensure basic rights, freedoms, and opportunities for all by empowering underrepresented Iowans and eliminating economic, social, and cultural barriers.

(3) The department shall implement the comprehensive strategic plan approved by the board under section 216A.3 and shall issue an annual report to the governor and the general assembly no later than November 1 of each year concerning the operations of the department relating to responsibilities for human rights.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1201C87, §601K.187 Acts, ch 115, §70; 88 Acts, ch 1277, §27; 89 Acts, ch 83, §78; 90 Acts, ch 1180, §2; 91 Acts, ch 50, §2; 91 Acts, ch 109, §8C93, §216A.12004 Acts, ch 1020, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1184, §38; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §101, 170; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §285; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §445
Iowa Code § 488.1102 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.1102
Conversion.
Status: in_force

(1) An organization other than a limited partnership may convert to a limited partnership, and a limited partnership may convert to another organization pursuant to this section and sections 488.1103 through 488.1105 and a plan of conversion, if all of the following apply:

(1) (a) The other organization’s governing statute authorizes the conversion.

(1) (b) The conversion is not prohibited by the law of the jurisdiction that enacted the governing statute.

(1) (c) The other organization complies with its governing statute in effecting the conversion.

(2) A plan of conversion must be in a record and must include all of the following:

(2) (a) The name and form of the organization before conversion.

(2) (b) The name and form of the organization after conversion.

(2) (c) The terms and conditions of the conversion, including the manner and basis for converting interests in the converting organization into any combination of money, interests in the converted organization, and other consideration.

(2) (d) The organizational documents of the converted organization.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §90, 118
Iowa Code § 633.557 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.557
Petition for appointment of a conservator for a minor.
Status: in_force

(1) A formal judicial proceeding to determine whether to appoint a conservator for a minor shall be initiated by the filing of a verified petition by a person with an interest in the welfare of the minor.

(2) The petition shall contain a concise statement of the factual basis for the petition.

(3) The petition shall state the following to the extent known:

(3) (a) The name, age, and address of the minor.

(3) (b) The name and address of the petitioner and the petitioner’s relationship to the minor.

(3) (c) The name and address of the proposed conservator and the reason the proposed conservator should be selected.

(3) (d) If the petitioner, or the proposed conservator, is not the parent or parents having legal custody of the minor, the name and address, to the extent known, of the following:

(3) (d) The parent or parents having legal custody of the minor.

(3) (d) Any adult who has had the primary care of the minor or with whom the minor has lived for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition, or any institution or facility where the minor has resided for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition.

2019 Acts, ch 57, §14, 43, 44
Iowa Code § 508.32 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.32
Proceeds of policy held in trust.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(1) (a) “Annuity contracts” and “life insurance policies” include accident and health insurance policies and contracts, and include undertakings, duties, and obligations incidental to or in furtherance of any such policies or contracts.

(1) (b) “Proceeds” includes additions and contributions.

(1) (c) “Trust” includes but is not limited to settlement options and contracts issued pursuant to policies or contracts, and funds held in a separate or segregated account in connection with pension or profit-sharing plans pursuant to agreements with the policyholders.

(2) Any life insurance company organized under the provisions of this chapter and doing business in this state, shall have the power to hold in trust the premiums or consideration paid for, or the proceeds of any life insurance policy or annuity contract, either individual or group, issued by it, upon such terms and subject to such limitations as to revocation or control by the policyholder or beneficiary thereunder, as shall have been agreed to in writing by such company and the policyholder; provided that the trust provisions contemplated in this section shall in no manner subject the corporation to any of the provisions of the laws of Iowa relating to banks or trust companies; and provided further, that the trust or trusts for premiums or considerations may be invested by such company in the manner specified in the trust instruments or agreements and held in a separate or segregated account; and provided further, that the forms of such trust agreements for beneficiaries shall be first submitted to and approved by the commissioner of insurance.

(3) Funds held by an insurance company as authorized by this section may be held in a separate account established pursuant to section 508A.1, except that section 508A.1, subsection 5, shall not be applicable to such account. However, funds held by an insurance company as authorized in this section shall not be chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business the company may conduct.

(4) An instrument or agreement issued or used by an insurance company as authorized by this section does not constitute a security as defined in section 502.102.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8674; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.32]97 Acts, ch 5, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §273; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §320
Iowa Code § 455C.2 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455C / Section 455C.2
Refund values.
Status: in_force

(1) A refund value of five cents shall be paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in this state by a dealer for consumption off the premises. Upon return of the empty beverage container upon which a refund value has been paid to a participating dealer or redemption center and acceptance of the empty beverage container by the participating dealer or redemption center, the participating dealer or redemption center shall return the amount of the refund value to the consumer within a reasonable time not to exceed ten days.

(2) (a) In addition to the refund value provided in subsection 1, the distributor required to accept the empty beverage containers under section 455C.3 shall provide reimbursement in an amount that is one cent per container for containers accepted from a dealer agent and three cents per container for containers accepted from a participating dealer or redemption center. A dealer, dealer agent, or redemption center may compact empty metal beverage containers with the approval of the distributor required to accept the containers.

(2) (b) A distributor who pays a handling fee for a beverage container that was sold for consumption off the premises and that used to contain beer, including high-alcoholic content beer, may claim a refund of the barrel tax established in section 123.136 paid by the distributor in the amount of one cent for each such beverage container accepted by the distributor. The department of revenue shall prescribe forms for a distributor to use to claim a refund under this paragraph. Identifying information collected by the department of revenue pursuant to this paragraph that can be used to identify a specific distributor shall be considered confidential information pursuant to section 22.7, subsection 75.

[C79, 81, §455C.2]87 Acts, ch 22, §13; 88 Acts, ch 1200, §2; 89 Acts, ch 272, §35, 42; 90 Acts, ch 1261, §43, 44; 91 Acts, ch 268, §434, 442, 443; 92 Acts, ch 1242, §34, 38, 39, 40, 47; 2022 Acts, ch 1139, §4, 20; 2022 Acts, ch 1153, §51, 52
Iowa Code § 622.29 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.29
Facsimiles of signatures.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1174, §6.See §602.1614.
Iowa Code § 165.1A — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 165 / Section 165.1A
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.

(2) “Certificate of veterinary inspection” or “certificate” means the same as defined in section 163.2.

2004 Acts, ch 1163, §20
Iowa Code § 210.16 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 210 / Section 210.16
Flour.
Status: in_force

The standard weights of flour when sold in package form shall be as follows:Two, five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, or one hundred pounds.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3242; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §210.16]
Iowa Code § 482.11 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 482 / Section 482.11
Turtles and turtle eggs.
Status: in_force

(1) All persons who commercially take, attempt to take, possess, transport, or sell turtles or turtle eggs shall possess an appropriate, valid commercial license. This subsection does not apply to an individual who buys turtles or turtle eggs from a commercial fisher or a commercial turtle harvester for personal consumption.

(1) (a) A commercial turtle harvester license is required to operate commercial gear and to take, attempt to take, possess, transport, sell, barter, or trade commercial turtles or turtle eggs. Nonresident commercial turtle harvesters shall harvest commercial turtles only from the boundary waters.

(1) (b) A commercial turtle helper license is required to assist a commercial turtle harvester in operating commercial gear, and in taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial turtles or turtle eggs. A commercial turtle helper is not permitted to buy, sell, barter, or trade commercial turtles or turtle eggs. A commercial turtle helper license is not required for a person under sixteen years of age to assist a commercial turtle harvester as provided in this paragraph “b”.

(1) (c) A commercial turtle buyer license is required to engage in the business of buying, bartering, or trading commercial turtles or turtle eggs.

(1) (d) A commercial fisher license entitles commercial fishers to operate any licensed commercial gear and to take, attempt to take, possess, and sell, barter, or trade turtles or turtle eggs taken with such commercial gear.

(2) It is unlawful to take, possess, or sell any species of turtles except those designated by the commission by rule.

86 Acts, ch 1141, §11C87, §109B.1189 Acts, ch 192, §3C93, §482.112009 Acts, ch 144, §29, 30
Iowa Code § 52.12 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 52 / Section 52.12
Exception — straight party voting.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13.
Iowa Code § 468.12 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.12
Report.
Status: in_force

(1) The engineer shall make full written report to the county auditor, setting forth:

(1) (a) The starting point, route, and terminus of each ditch, drain, and levee and the character and location of all other improvements.

(1) (b) A plat and profile, showing all ditches, drains, levees, settling basins, and other improvements, the course, length, and depth of each ditch, the length, size, and depth of each drain, and the length, width, and height of each levee, through each tract of land, and the particular descriptions and acreage of the land required from each forty-acre tract or fraction thereof as right-of-way, or for settling basin or basins, together with the congressional or other description of each tract and the names of the owners thereof as shown by the transfer books in the office of the auditor. Said plat shall describe the width of the right-of-way to be taken from each forty-acre tract or fraction thereof.

(1) (c) The boundary of the proposed district, including therein by color or other designation other lands that will be benefited or otherwise affected by the proposed improvements, together with the location, size, and elevation of all lakes, ponds, and deep depressions therein.

(1) (d) Plans for the most practicable and economic place and method for passing machinery, equipment, and material required in the construction of said improvements across any highways, railroads, and other utilities within the proposed district.

(1) (e) The probable cost of the proposed improvements, together with such other facts and recommendations as the engineer shall deem material.

(2) Where the proposed district contemplates as its object flood control or soil conservance the engineer shall include in the report data describing any soil conservance or flood control improvements, the nature of the improvements, and other data as prescribed by the department of natural resources.

[S13, §1989-a2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7438; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.18; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §70, 96]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.122011 Acts, ch 25, §143
Iowa Code § 466.5 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466 / Section 466.5
Conservation reserve enhancement program.
Status: in_force

(1) A conservation reserve enhancement program is established within the department of agriculture and land stewardship to restore or construct wetlands for the purposes of intercepting tile line runoff, reducing nutrient loss, improving water quality, and enhancing agricultural production practices. The program shall be directed primarily, but not exclusively, toward the tile-drained areas of the state.

(2) The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall request the assistance of and consult with the United States department of agriculture’s natural resources conservation service and farm service agency to implement the conservation reserve enhancement program. The department shall also consult with county boards of supervisors, county conservation boards, drainage district representatives, department of natural resources, and soil and water conservation districts affected by the implementation of the conservation reserve enhancement program. The department shall also collaborate with other public agencies and private organizations to develop wetland habitat and related projects to improve water quality.

(3) The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall maintain a record of all wetlands established pursuant to the conservation reserve enhancement program including any conditions that may apply to the landowner’s right to remove the wetland after the provisions of the conservation reserve enhancement program contract or easement are concluded.

(4) When establishing a wetland under this section, the department of agriculture and land stewardship shall be governed by the following requirements:

(4) (a) Wetland construction or restoration shall not damage the value of property in any public or private drainage system without the property owner’s consent.

(4) (b) Wetland construction or restoration shall improve water quality and provide aesthetic and habitat benefits.

(4) (c) Wetland construction or restoration under this section may be used to mitigate wetland removal by the landowner if it meets the requirements of federal agencies with wetland jurisdictional authorities. Where practicable, priority shall be given to mitigating wetland removal within the same United States geological survey hydrologic unit code 8 watershed, but a watershed confines shall not limit the use of duly authorized wetland mitigation banks.

(5) The five-year goal of the conservation reserve enhancement program is the establishment of thirty-two thousand five hundred acres of wetlands.

2000 Acts, ch 1068, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §75; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §88
Iowa Code § 256.194 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.194
Appropriations — standing limited.
Status: in_force

(1) For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for deposit in the Iowa tuition grants fund established in section 256.189, subsection 3, the sum of fifty-three million seven hundred sixty-one thousand two hundred ten dollars.

(2) For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for deposit in the Iowa tuition grants for-profit institutions fund established in section 256.191, subsection 8, the sum of one hundred twelve thousand nine hundred fourteen dollars.

(3) For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for deposit in the vocational-technical tuition grants fund established in section 256.192, subsection 8, the sum of one million seven hundred fifty thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars.

(4) This section shall not be construed to be a limitation on any of the amounts which may be appropriated by the general assembly for any program enumerated in this section.

[C77, 79, 81, §261.25]83 Acts, ch 197, §15; 85 Acts, ch 263, §17; 87 Acts, ch 233, §458; 88 Acts, ch 1003, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1284, §13, 28; 89 Acts, ch 319, §47, 48; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §122; 90 Acts, ch 1272, §54; 91 Acts, ch 180, §3; 91 Acts, ch 260, §908; 91 Acts, ch 267, §218; 92 Acts, ch 1246, §30; 93 Acts, ch 179, §21; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §19, 20; 95 Acts, ch 218, §22; 96 Acts, ch 1215, §38; 97 Acts, ch 212, §27; 98 Acts, ch 1215, §37, 38; 99 Acts, ch 205, §31, 32; 2000 Acts, ch 1095, §14; 2000 Acts, ch 1223, §28; 2002 Acts, ch 1171, §85; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §93, 952003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2003 Acts, ch 182, §13; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §93; 2005 Acts, ch 169, §26, 27; 2006 Acts, ch 1180, §18, 19; 2006 Acts, ch 1182, §43; 2007 Acts, ch 214, §27; 2008 Acts, ch 1181, §33; 2009 Acts, ch 177, §27; 2010 Acts, ch 1183, §23, 24, 43; 2011 Acts, ch 36, §4; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §13, 106; 2012 Acts, ch 1132, §11; 2017 Acts, ch 172, §18, 19; 2018 Acts, ch 1163, §13; 2019 Acts, ch 135, §13; 2021 Acts, ch 170, §16; 2022 Acts, ch 1149, §13; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2641; 2023 Acts, ch 79, §6; 2023 Acts, ch 111, §10C2024, §256.1942024 Acts, ch 1152, §10; 2025 Acts, ch 157, §22
Iowa Code § 642.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 642 / Section 642.1
Who may be garnished.
Status: in_force

A sheriff may be garnished for money of the defendant in the sheriff’s hands; a judgment debtor of the defendant, when the judgment has not been assigned on the record, or by writing filed in the office of the clerk and by the clerk minuted as an assignment on the margin of the judgment docket; and an executor, for money due from decedent.

[C51, §1862; R60, §3196; C73, §2976; C97, §3936; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12158; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §642.1]
Iowa Code § 263.8C — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263 / Section 263.8C
Advanced placement summer program.
Status: in_force

An advanced placement summer program is established at the state university of Iowa for purposes of training advanced placement instructors at the secondary level and of providing intensive course work for secondary students. The state university of Iowa shall be responsible for the development of appropriate curricula, course offerings, provision of qualified instructors, and the selection of participants for the program. If funds are appropriated for the program, those funds shall be used to pay for the cost of providing instructors, counselors, room and board for students and teachers attending the program, materials, and for the cost of the development of a summer advanced placement exam. If funds are appropriated and those funds are not sufficient to meet program participation demands, the university shall give priority to the needs of students or teachers from schools which do not have advanced placement programs.

91 Acts, ch 115, §1
Iowa Code § 489.603 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.603
Effect of dissociation.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person is dissociated as a member, all of the following apply:

(1) (a) The person’s right to participate as a member in the management and conduct of the limited liability company’s activities and affairs terminates.

(1) (b) The person’s duties and obligations under section 489.409 as a member end with regard to matters arising and events occurring after the person’s dissociation.

(1) (c) Subject to section 489.504 and subchapter X, any transferable interest owned by the person in the person’s capacity as a member immediately before dissociation is owned by the person solely as a transferee.

(2) A person’s dissociation as a member of a limited liability company does not of itself discharge the person from any debt, obligation, or other liability to the company or the other members which the person incurred while a member.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §47, 155; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §51, 161
Iowa Code § 490.1108 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1108
Abandonment of a merger or share exchange.
Status: in_force

(1) After a plan of merger or share exchange has been adopted and approved as required by this subchapter, and before articles of merger or share exchange have become effective, the plan may be abandoned by a domestic business corporation that is a party to the plan without action by its shareholders in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan of merger or share exchange or, if no such procedures are set forth in the plan, in the manner determined by the board of directors.

(2) If a merger or share exchange is abandoned under subsection 1 after articles of merger or share exchange have been delivered to the secretary of state for filing but before the merger or share exchange has become effective, a statement of abandonment signed by all the parties that signed the articles of merger or share exchange shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing before the articles of merger or share exchange become effective. The statement shall take effect on filing and the merger or share exchange shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective. The statement of abandonment must contain all of the following:

(2) (a) The name of each party to the merger or the names of the acquiring and acquired entities in a share exchange.

(2) (b) The date on which the articles of merger or share exchange were filed by the secretary of state.

(2) (c) A statement that the merger or share exchange has been abandoned in accordance with this section.

89 Acts, ch 288, §128; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §72, 125; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §48, 82; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §155, 230