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Iowa Code § 48A.35 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 48A / Section 48A.35
Voter registration records under control of the commissioner.
Status: in_force

(1) The county commissioner of elections shall be responsible for the maintenance and storage of all paper and electronic voter registration records in the commissioner’s custody. Original registration records shall not be removed from the commissioner’s office or from any other designated permanent storage location except upon request of a county commissioner or a court order, as provided in subsection 2, or as provided by section 48A.32. The state registrar of voters and the state voter registration commission shall adopt administrative rules to implement this section.

(2) The county commissioner of elections may store an unaltered version of completed voter registration applications, including the applicant’s signature, as an electronic document, or in another format suitable for preserving information in the registration record, regardless of the format in which the application is submitted.

94 Acts, ch 1169, §36; 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §7
Iowa Code § 8.26 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.26
Hearings.
Status: in_force

The governor shall make provision for public hearings on the estimates of expenditure requirements required by section 8.23, at which the governor may require the attendance of the heads and other officers of all departments, establishments, and other persons receiving or requesting the grant of government funds and the giving by them of such explanations and suggestions as they may be called upon to give or as they may desire to offer in respect to items of requested appropriations in which they are interested. The governor shall also extend invitations to the governor-elect and the director of the department of management to be present at such hearings and to participate in the hearings through the asking of questions or the expression of opinion in regard to the items of the estimates.

[C24, 27, 31, §331; C35, §84-e19; C39, §84.19; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §8.26]2024 Acts, ch 1185, §14
Iowa Code § 68B.4A — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 68B / Section 68B.4A
Sales by legislative employees.
Status: in_force

A permanent legislative employee shall not sell, either directly or indirectly, any goods or services to individuals, associations, or corporations which employ persons who are registered lobbyists before the general assembly, except when the legislative employee has met all of the following conditions:

(1) The consent of the person or persons responsible for hiring or approving the hiring of the legislative employee is obtained.

(2) The duties and functions performed by the legislative employee for the general assembly are not related to the legislative authority of the general assembly over the individual, association, or corporation, or the selling of goods or services by the legislative employee to the individuals, associations, or corporations does not affect the employee’s duties or functions at the general assembly.

(3) The selling of any goods or services by the legislative employee to an individual, association, or corporation does not include lobbying of the general assembly.

(4) The selling of any goods or services by the legislative employee does not cause the employee to sell goods or services to the general assembly on behalf of the individual, association, or corporation.

92 Acts, ch 1228, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §24
Iowa Code § 142.9 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 142 / Section 142.9
Failure to deliver dead body.
Status: in_force

Any person having the custody of the dead body of any human being which is required to be delivered for scientific purposes by this chapter, who shall fail to notify the department of health and human services of the existence of such body, or fail to deliver the same in accordance with the instructions of the department, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[S13, §4946-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.9]2023 Acts, ch 19, §232
Iowa Code § 554B.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554B / Section 554B.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter “transmitting utility” has the same meaning as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, section 554.9102, subsection 1. Security interests filed pursuant to this chapter prior to January 1, 1975, which have not been terminated, are deemed to be filed in accordance with section 554.9501, subsection 2.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §555.1]C93, §554B.12000 Acts, ch 1149, §175, 187
Iowa Code § 554.3412 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3412
Obligation of issuer of note or cashier’s check.
Status: in_force

The issuer of a note or cashier’s check or other draft drawn on the drawer is obliged to pay the instrument according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder, or if the issuer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in sections 554.3115 and 554.3407. The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to an endorser who paid the instrument under section 554.3415.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §59, 121, 122; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261
Iowa Code § 646.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 646 / Section 646.11
Landlord substituted.
Status: in_force

When it appears that the defendant is only a tenant, the landlord may be substituted by the service upon the landlord of original notice, or by the landlord’s voluntary appearance, in which case the judgment shall be conclusive against the landlord.

[C51, §2003; R60, §3571, 3589; C73, §3253; C97, §4190; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12240; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.11]
Iowa Code § 2.20 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.20
Warrant — execution.
Status: in_force

Imprisonment for contempt shall be effected by a warrant, under the hand of the presiding officer, for the time being, of the house ordering it, countersigned by the acting secretary or clerk, in the name of the state, and directed to the sheriff or jailer of the proper county. Under such warrant, the proper officer will be authorized to commit and detain the person.

[C51, §14; R60, §10; C73, §15; C97, §19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §25; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §2.26; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.20]
Iowa Code § 92.7A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 92 / Section 92.7A
Sixteen and seventeen hours permitted.
Status: in_force

A person who is sixteen or seventeen years of age may work the same hours as a person who is eighteen years of age.

2023 Acts, ch 92, §7
Iowa Code § 515F.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515F / Section 515F.6
Disapproval of filings.
Status: in_force

(1) If, within the waiting period or any extension of it as provided in section 515F.5, subsection 3, the commissioner finds that a filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, written notice of disapproval shall be sent to the insurer or advisory organization which made the filing, specifying in what respects the filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter and stating that the filing shall not become effective. If a filing is disapproved by the commissioner, the insurer or advisory organization, may request a hearing on the disapproval within thirty days. The insurer bears the burden of proving compliance with the standards established by this chapter.

(2) If, at any time after a rate has been approved, the commissioner finds that the rate no longer meets the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner may order the discontinuance of use of the rate. The order of discontinuance may be issued only after a hearing with at least ten days’ prior notice for all insurers affected by the order. The order must be in writing and state the grounds for the order. The order shall state when, within a reasonable period after the order is issued, the order of discontinuance shall be effective. The order shall not affect a contract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the order.

(3) An insured which is aggrieved with respect to a filing which is in effect may make written application to the commissioner for a hearing on that filing. The application shall specify the grounds to be relied upon by the applicant. If the commissioner finds that the application is made in good faith, that the applicant would be so aggrieved if the applicant’s grounds are established, and that the grounds otherwise justify holding a hearing, a hearing shall be held within thirty days after receipt of the application, upon not less than ten days’ written notice to the applicant and to every insurer and advisory organization which made that filing.

(4) If, after hearing, the commissioner finds that the filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall issue an order specifying in what respects the filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period after the order is issued, the filing shall no longer be in effect. Copies of the order shall be sent to the applicant and to every insurer and advisory organization which made that filing. The order shall not affect a contract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the order.

90 Acts, ch 1234, §50; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §126
Iowa Code § 16.2E — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.2E
Legislative findings general.
Status: in_force

The general assembly finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The establishment of the authority is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of Iowa, for the improvement of their health and welfare, and for the promotion of the economy, which are public purposes.

(2) The authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred upon it by this chapter.

(3) All of the purposes stated in this chapter are public purposes and uses for which public moneys may be borrowed, expended, advanced, loaned, or granted.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §11, 78
Iowa Code § 814.27 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 814 / Section 814.27
Time of confinement deducted.
Status: in_force

A defendant, confined during the pendency of an unsuccessful review or appeal, or convicted at a new trial ordered by the appellate court, shall have the period of the defendant’s former confinement deducted from the period of confinement fixed on the last verdict of conviction by the district court.

[R60, §4933; C73, §4545; C97, §5468; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §14018; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §793.26; C79, 81, §814.27]
Iowa Code § 598.31 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598 / Section 598.31
Children — legitimacy.
Status: in_force

Children born to the parties, or to the wife, in a marriage relationship which may be terminated or annulled pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be legitimate as to both parties, unless the court shall decree otherwise according to the proof.

[C73, §2234, 2235; C97, §3185, 3186; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10489, 10490; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §598.22, 598.23; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §598.31]
Iowa Code § 522D.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522D / Section 522D.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of insurance.

(2) “Navigator” means a public or private entity or an individual that is qualified and licensed, if appropriate, to engage in the activities and meet the standards described in 45 C.F.R. §155.210.

2012 Acts, ch 1138, §121
Iowa Code § 458A.21 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 458A / Section 458A.21
Lease of public lands.
Status: in_force

(1) The state, counties, cities, and other political subdivisions may lease publicly owned lands under their respective jurisdictions for the purpose of oil or gas or metallic minerals exploration and production. Any such leases shall be entered into on behalf of the state by the executive council, on behalf of a county by the board of supervisors, on behalf of a city by the council, and on behalf of another political subdivision by the governing body. The leases shall be upon terms and conditions as agreed upon.

(2) Revenues derived from the leasing of state-owned lands shall be paid into the general fund of the state. Revenues derived from the leasing of other public lands shall be paid into the general fund of the respective lessor political subdivision.

[C39, §1360.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §84.10; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §84.21; 81 Acts, ch 41, §5]C93, §458A.212020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §115
Iowa Code § 232.67 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.67
Legislative findings purpose and policy.
Status: in_force

Children in this state are in urgent need of protection from abuse. It is the purpose and policy of subchapter III to provide the greatest possible protection to victims or potential victims of abuse through encouraging the increased reporting of suspected cases of abuse, ensuring the thorough and prompt assessment of these reports, and providing rehabilitative services, where appropriate and whenever possible to abused children and their families which will stabilize the home environment so that the family can remain intact without further danger to the child. The state recognizes removing a child from the child’s family will cause the child harm and that the harm caused by a child’s removal must be weighed against the potential harm in allowing a child to remain with the child’s family.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §235A.1; C79, 81, §232.67]97 Acts, ch 35, §3, 25; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §19
Iowa Code § 313A.31 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313A / Section 313A.31
Revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall have the power and is hereby authorized by resolution to issue, sell, or pledge its revenue bonds in an amount sufficient to provide funds to pay all or any part of the costs of construction of a new bridge and approaches thereto and the reconstruction, improvement, and maintaining of an existing bridge and approaches thereto, including all costs of survey, acquisition of right-of-way, engineering, legal, fiscal and incidental expenses, to pay the interest due thereon during the period beginning with the date of issue of the bonds and ending at the expiration of six months after the first imposition and collection of tolls from the users of said bridges, and all costs incidental to the issuance and sale of the bonds.

(2) Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, all of the other provisions of this chapter shall govern the issuance and sale of revenue bonds issued under this section, the execution thereof, the disbursement of the proceeds of issuance thereof, the interest rate or rates thereon, their form, terms, conditions, covenants, negotiability, denominations, maturity date or dates, the creation of special funds or accounts safeguarding and providing for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon, and their manner of redemption and retirement.

(3) Such bonds shall include a covenant that the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon are secured by a first and direct charge and lien on all of the tolls and other gross revenues received from the operation of said toll bridges and from any interest which may be earned from the deposit or investment of any such revenues.

(4) The tolls and charges shall be at all times fixed at rates sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as they mature, together with the creation and maintenance of bond reserve funds and other funds as established in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.31]2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 459.314B — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459 / Section 459.314B
Disciplinary action — commercial manure service.
Status: in_force

The department may issue an order to suspend or revoke the license of a commercial manure service as provided in chapter 17A, including an order to immediately suspend or revoke the license pursuant to section 17A.18A. The department may suspend or revoke the license of a commercial manure service for an applicable violation of this chapter. In addition, the department may suspend or revoke a commercial manure service’s license for any of the following:

(1) Committing a fraudulent act, including but not limited to engaging in a deceptive act or practice, deliberately misrepresenting or omitting a material fact in the license application, or submitting a statement verifying that an employee may be substituted for certification without paying a fee as provided in section 459.400.

(2) Knowingly assisting a person in evading the provisions of this chapter.

(3) Knowingly employing or executing a contract with a person who acts as a commercial manure service representative and who is not certified pursuant to section 459.315.

2003 Acts, ch 163, §5, 23; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §81
Iowa Code § 514J.12 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514J / Section 514J.12
Standard of review.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 101, §21.
Iowa Code § 9I.9 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9I / Section 9I.9
Lessees conducting research or experiments.
Status: in_force

Lessees of agricultural land under section 9I.3, subsection 3, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (3), for research or experimental purposes, shall file a report with the secretary of state on or before March 31 of each year on forms adopted pursuant to chapter 17A and supplied by the secretary of state. The report shall contain the following information for the last year:

(1) The name and principal place of business of the lessee.

(2) The location of the agricultural land used for research or experimental purposes.

(3) The date that the lease became effective.

(4) The name and address of each person purchasing breeding stock produced on the agricultural land.

(5) The number or volume of breeding stock purchased by each person purchasing breeding stock produced on the agricultural land.

89 Acts, ch 311, §32CS89, §567.8A2002 Acts, ch 1095, §10C2003, §9I.9
Iowa Code § 103A.63 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.63
Compliance.
Status: in_force

When it appears that a retailer, purchaser, or other person is in noncompliance with the provisions of sections 103A.60 through 103A.62, the commissioner shall prescribe a period of time not to exceed one hundred fifty days within which compliance must be achieved and the commissioner shall so notify the retailer, purchaser, or other person.

2006 Acts, ch 1090, §13, 26
Iowa Code § 49.105 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.105
Ordering arrest.
Status: in_force

Any precinct election official shall order the arrest of any person who behaves in a noisy, riotous, tumultuous or disorderly manner at or about the polls, so as to disturb the election, or insults or abuses the officials, or commits a breach of the peace, or violates any of the provisions of this chapter. If the person so arrested is a registered voter of the precinct which that polling place serves, and has not yet voted, the person shall be permitted to do so before being removed from the polling place.

[C51, §253; R60, §488; C73, §613; C97, §1128; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §822, 823; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §49.105, 49.106; C75, 77, 79, 81, §49.105]94 Acts, ch 1169, §64
Iowa Code § 427C.5 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 427C / Section 427C.5
Forest trees.
Status: in_force

The ash, black cherry, black walnut, butternut, catalpa, coffee tree, the elms, hackberry, the hickories, honey locust, Norway and Carolina poplars, mulberry, the oaks, sugar maple, cottonwood, soft maple, osage orange, basswood, black locust, European larch and other coniferous trees, and all other forest trees introduced into the state for experimental purposes, shall be considered forest trees within the meaning of this chapter. In forest reservations which are artificial groves, the willows, box elder, and other poplars shall be included among forest trees for the purposes of this chapter when they are used as protecting borders not exceeding two rows in width around a forest reservation, or when they are used as nurse trees for forest trees in such forest reservation, the number of such nurse trees not to exceed one hundred on each acre; provided that only box elder shall be used as nurse trees.

[S13, §1400-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2609; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §161.5]C93, §427C.5
Iowa Code § 549.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 549 / Section 549.6
Investigations.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit a performing rights society from conducting investigations to determine the existence of music use by a proprietor or informing a proprietor of the proprietor’s obligations under the federal copyright law, 17 U.S.C. §101 et seq.

96 Acts, ch 1155, §6
Iowa Code § 239.11 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 239 / Section 239.11
Public assistance modernization fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2025 Acts, ch 133, §6.
Iowa Code § 15.499 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.499
Other incentives.
Status: in_force

(1) Except for the targeted jobs withholding credit pursuant to section 403.19A, 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.

2024 Acts, ch 1090, §11, 15; 2025 Acts, ch 136, §38, 59
Iowa Code § 85B.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85B / Section 85B.5
Excessive noise exposure.
Status: in_force

(1) An excessive noise exposure is sound which exceeds the times and intensities listed in the following table:DurationSound level,DurationSound level,per daydBA slowper daydBA slowhoursresponseminutesresponse8905210679145107692371085933310941/294301104952611131/296221123971811321/2981611421/499151152100No exposure greater13/4101than 115 permitted11/210211/410311/81041105

(2) The workers’ compensation commissioner may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 17A to amend this table based upon changes recommended in nationally recognized consensus standards.

(3) An employer shall immediately inform an employee if the employer learns that the employee is being subjected to sound levels and duration in excess of those indicated in the above table. In instances of occupational hearing loss alleged to have occurred, either in whole or in part prior to January 1, 1981, an employer shall provide upon request by an affected employee whatever evidence is available to the employer of the date, duration, and intensities of noise to which the employee was subjected in employment.

[C81, §85B.5]98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 98 Acts, ch 1160, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263