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Iowa Code § 252D.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252D / Section 252D.1
Delinquent support payments.
Status: in_force

If support payments ordered under this chapter or chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252E, 252F, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of another state or foreign country, as certified to child support services, are not paid to the clerk of the district court or the collection services center pursuant to section 598.22 or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K, and become delinquent in an amount equal to the payment for one month, child support services may enter an ex parte order or, upon application of a person entitled to receive the support payments, the district court may enter an ex parte order, notifying the person whose income is to be withheld, of the delinquent amount, of the amount of income to be withheld, and of the procedure to file a motion to quash the order for income withholding, and ordering the withholding of specified sums to be deducted from the delinquent person’s income as defined in section 252D.16 sufficient to pay the support obligation and, except as provided in section 598.22, requiring the payment of such sums to the clerk of the district court or the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K. All income withholding payments shall be paid to the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K. Notification of income withholding shall be provided to the obligor and to the payor of income pursuant to section 252D.17.

84 Acts, ch 1239, §1; 85 Acts, ch 100, §3; 85 Acts, ch 178, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1191, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1421; 86 Acts, ch 1246, §317, 323; 88 Acts, ch 1218, §4; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §24; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §120; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §104; 93 Acts, ch 78, §10; 93 Acts, ch 79, §45; 97 Acts, ch 175, §56; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §57; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §92; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §880
Iowa Code § 123.44 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.44
Gifts prohibited.
Status: in_force

A manufacturer or broker shall not give away alcoholic liquor at any time in connection with the manufacturer’s or broker’s business except for testing or sampling purposes only. A manufacturer, distiller, vintner, brewer, broker, wholesaler, or importer, organized as a corporation pursuant to the laws of this state or any other state, who deals in alcoholic beverages subject to regulation under this chapter shall not offer or give anything of value to a commission member or official or employee of the department under this chapter, or directly or indirectly contribute in any manner any money or thing of value to a person seeking a public or appointive office or a recognized political party or a group of persons seeking to become a recognized political party.

[C35, §1921-f39; C39, §1921.039; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.39; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.44]85 Acts, ch 32, §34; 94 Acts, ch 1017, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1060, §27; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2416; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §19
Iowa Code § 166.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 166 / Section 166.4
Application for permit.
Status: in_force

Every application for such a permit shall be made on a form provided by the department, which form shall call for such information as the department shall deem necessary, including the name and place of business of the applicant.

[SS15, §2538-w3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2708; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §166.4]
Iowa Code § 9G.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9G / Section 9G.4
Land office how kept certified copies.
Status: in_force

The land office shall be kept open during business hours. The documents and records in the land office shall be subject to inspection by parties having an interest in the documents and records. Certified copies of a document or record in the land office, signed by the secretary, with the seal of office attached, shall be deemed presumptive evidence of the facts to which they relate. Upon request, certified copies of documents or records shall be furnished by the secretary for a reasonable fee.

[R60, §101; C73, §86; C97, §75; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §92; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §10.4]C93, §9G.42023 Acts, ch 66, §2
Iowa Code § 10A.307 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.307
Political promises.
Status: in_force

Any person who is a candidate for appointment as commissioner who makes any promise to another, express or implied, in consideration of any assistance or influence given or recommendation made that the candidate will, if appointed as a commissioner, appoint such person or one whom the person may recommend to any office within the power of the commissioner to appoint, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[S13, §2477-m38; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1428; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.5]2023 Acts, ch 19, §1477C2024, §10A.307
Iowa Code § 507C.43 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 507C / Section 507C.43
Liquidator’s recommendations to court.
Status: in_force

(1) The liquidator shall review claims duly filed in the liquidation and shall make further investigation as necessary. The liquidator may compound, compromise or in any other manner negotiate the amount for which claims will be recommended to the court except where the liquidator is required by law to accept claims as settled by a person or organization, including a guaranty association or foreign guaranty association. Unresolved disputes shall be determined under section 507C.39. As soon as practicable, the liquidator shall present to the court a report of the claims against the insurer with the liquidator’s recommendations. The report shall include the name and address of each claimant and the amount of the claim finally recommended. If the insurer has issued annuities or life insurance policies, the liquidator shall report the persons to whom, according to the records of the insurer, amounts are owed as cash surrender values or other investment value and the amounts owed.

(2) The court may approve, disapprove, or modify the report on claims by the liquidator. Reports not modified by the court within sixty days following submission by the liquidator shall be treated by the liquidator as allowed claims, subject to later modification or to rulings made by the court pursuant to section 507C.39. A claim under a policy of insurance shall not be allowed for an amount in excess of the applicable policy limits.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §43
Iowa Code § 291.5 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 291 / Section 291.5
Action on bond or insurance policy.
Status: in_force

In case of a breach of the bond or insurance policy, the president shall bring action thereon in the name of the school corporation.

[C51, §1144; R60, §2037; C73, §1731; C97, §2760; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4307; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §291.5]2024 Acts, ch 1074, §9
Iowa Code § 496B.4 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496B / Section 496B.4
Offices.
Status: in_force

A development corporation may have offices in such places within the state of Iowa as may be fixed by the board of directors.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §496B.4]
Iowa Code § 468.83 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.83
Appeals.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person aggrieved may appeal from any final action of the board in relation to any matter involving the person’s rights, to the district court of the county in which the proceeding was held.

(2) In districts extending into two or more counties, appeals from final orders resulting from the joint action of the several boards or the board of trustees of such district may be taken to the district court of any county into which the district extends.

[S13, §1989-a6, -a11, -a14, -a35; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7513, 7514; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.92, 455.93]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.83
Iowa Code § 231E.13 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231E / Section 231E.13
Implementation.
Status: in_force

Implementation of this chapter is subject to availability of funding as determined by the department.

2005 Acts, ch 175, §142; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §75
Iowa Code § 657A.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 657A / Section 657A.11
Jurisdiction — remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) An action pursuant to this chapter is exclusively within the jurisdiction of district judges as provided in section 602.6202.

(2) This chapter does not prevent a person from using other remedies or procedures to enforce building or housing ordinances or to correct or remove public nuisances.

85 Acts, ch 222, §11
Iowa Code § 633.186 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.186
Suit on bond.
Status: in_force

(1) The execution and filing of the bond by a fiduciary, any other provisions of law notwithstanding, shall be deemed an appearance by the surety in the proceeding for the administration of the estate including all hearings with respect to the bond.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection 3 hereof, the court may, upon the breach of the obligation of the bond of a fiduciary, after notice to the obligors on the bond and to such other persons as the court directs, summarily determine the damages as a part of the proceeding for the administration of the estate, and by appropriate process enforce the collection thereof from those liable on the bond. Such determination and enforcement may be made by the court upon its own motion or upon application of a successor fiduciary, or of any other interested person. The court may hear the application at the time of settling the accounts of the defaulting fiduciary or at such other time as the court may direct. Damages shall be assessed on behalf of all interested persons and may be paid over to the successor or other nondefaulting fiduciary and distributed as other assets held by the fiduciary in the fiduciary’s official capacity.

(3) If the estate is already distributed, or if, for any reason, the procedure to recover on the bond provided in subsection 2 hereof, is inadequate, any interested person may bring a separate suit in a court of competent jurisdiction on the person’s own behalf for damages suffered by the person by reason of the default of the fiduciary.

(4) The bond of the fiduciary shall not be void upon the first recovery, but may be proceeded upon from time to time until the whole penalty is exhausted.

(5) If the court has already determined the liability of the fiduciary, the sureties shall not be permitted thereafter to deny such liability in any action or hearing to determine their liability; but the surety may intervene in any hearing to determine the liability of the fiduciary.

[C51, §1387, 1389, 1509; R60, §2419, 2421, 2561; C73, §2251, 2435; C97, §3201, 3361; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11984, 11985, 12603; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.79, 635.80, 668.30; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.186]
Iowa Code § 637.607 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 637 / Section 637.607
Valuation of trust.
Status: in_force

The fair market value of the trust shall be determined at least annually, using such valuation date or dates or averages of valuation dates as are deemed appropriate. Assets for which a fair market value cannot be readily ascertained shall be valued using such valuation methods as are deemed reasonable and appropriate. Such assets may be excluded from valuation, provided all income received with respect to such assets is distributed to the extent distributable in accordance with the terms of the governing instrument.

2002 Acts, ch 1086, §11, 21
Iowa Code § 633.85 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.85
Liability of fiduciary employing agents.
Status: in_force

The fiduciary shall not be personally liable for the acts or omissions of any specialist, subordinate, or agent, unless it can be shown that the acts or omissions of the specialist, subordinate, or agent would have been a breach of duty by the fiduciary had the fiduciary personally done it, and that one of the following applies:

(1) The fiduciary directed or permitted the breach.

(2) The fiduciary did not select or retain the specialist, subordinate, or agent with reasonable care.

(3) The fiduciary did not properly supervise the specialist, subordinate, or agent.

(4) The fiduciary approved, acquiesced, or cooperated in the neglect, omission, misconduct, or default by the specialist, subordinate, or agent.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.85]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §337
Iowa Code § 322F.6 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322F / Section 322F.6
Assignees and successors in interest.
Status: in_force

The obligations under this chapter apply to the supplier’s assignee or successor in interest. A successor in interest includes, but is not limited to, a purchaser of assets or stock, a surviving corporation resulting from a merger or liquidation, a receiver, or a trustee of the supplier.

90 Acts, ch 1077, §7
Iowa Code § 554.9205 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9205
Use or disposition of collateral permissible.
Status: in_force

(1) A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely because:

(1) (a) the debtor has the right or ability to:

(1) (a) use, commingle, or dispose of all or part of the collateral, including returned or repossessed goods;

(1) (a) collect, compromise, enforce, or otherwise deal with collateral;

(1) (a) accept the return of collateral or make repossessions; or

(1) (a) use, commingle, or dispose of proceeds; or

(1) (b) the secured party fails to require the debtor to account for proceeds or replace collateral.

(2) This section does not relax the requirements of possession if attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest depends upon possession of the collateral by the secured party.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §15, 185, 187
Iowa Code § 554.11105 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.11105
Transition provision on change of place of filing.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §186, 187.
Iowa Code § 101A.14 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.14
Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who violates the provisions of section 101A.2, subsection 4, or section 101A.3, subsection 4, commits a public offense and, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a class “C” felony.

(2) Any person who violates the provisions of section 101A.6, 101A.8 or 101A.9 or any of the rules adopted by the director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, commits a simple misdemeanor.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §101A.14]84 Acts, ch 1074, §8; 2013 Acts, ch 58, §3; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1551
Iowa Code § 135C.24 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.24
Personal property or affairs of patients or residents.
Status: in_force

The admission of a resident to a health care facility and the resident’s presence therein shall not in and of itself confer on such facility, its owner, administrator, employees, or representatives any authority to manage, use, or dispose of any property of the resident, nor any authority or responsibility for the personal affairs of the resident, except as may be necessary for the safety and orderly management of the facility and as required by this section.

(1) No health care facility, and no owner, administrator, employee or representative thereof shall act as guardian, trustee or conservator for any resident of such facility, or any of such resident’s property, unless such resident is related to the person acting as guardian within the third degree of consanguinity.

(2) A health care facility shall provide for the safekeeping of personal effects, funds and other property of its residents, provided that whenever necessary for the protection of valuables or in order to avoid unreasonable responsibility therefor, the facility may require that they be excluded or removed from the premises of the facility and kept at some place not subject to the control of the facility.

(3) A health care facility shall keep complete and accurate records of all funds and other effects and property of its residents received by it for safekeeping.

(4) Any funds or other property belonging to or due a resident, or expendable for the resident’s account, which are received by a health care facility shall be trust funds, shall be kept separate from the funds and property of the facility and of its other residents, or specifically credited to such resident, and shall be used or otherwise expended only for the account of the resident. Upon request the facility shall furnish the resident, the guardian, trustee or conservator, if any, for any resident, or any governmental unit or private charitable agency contributing funds or other property on account of any resident, a complete and certified statement of all funds or other property to which this subsection applies detailing the amounts and items received, together with their sources and disposition.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.24]2024 Acts, ch 1161, §27, 137
Iowa Code § 524.1908 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.1908
Section 524.1908
Status: repealed

Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1056, §24.
Iowa Code § 536.16 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 536 / Section 536.16
Nonresident licensees — face-to-face solicitation.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, a person who neither has an office physically located in this state nor engages in face-to-face solicitation in this state, if authorized by another state to make loans in that state at a rate of finance charge in excess of the rate provided in chapter 535, shall not be subject to section 536.10 to the extent it requires the superintendent to make an examination of the affairs, place of business, and records of the person on a periodic basis.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §536.16]89 Acts, ch 257, §28; 2006 Acts, ch 1042, §39; 2008 Acts, ch 1160, §30, 31
Iowa Code § 432A.4 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 432A / Section 432A.4
Computation of net earned premiums.
Status: in_force

In determining the amount of the tax imposed by this chapter, net earned premiums on ocean marine insurance contracts written within the United States during the taxable year shall be arrived at by deducting from gross premiums written on such contracts during the taxable year all return premiums, premiums on policies not taken, premiums paid for reinsurance of such contracts and net unearned premiums on all such outstanding contracts at the end of the taxable year, and adding to such amount net unearned premiums on such outstanding marine insurance contracts at the end of the calendar year preceding the taxable year.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §432A.4]
Iowa Code § 204.10 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 204 / Section 204.10
Order of disposal.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1177, §44, 55.
Iowa Code § 502.321E — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502 / Section 502.321E
Limitations on offers and offerors.
Status: in_force

(1) A takeover offer shall contain substantially the same terms for shareholders residing within and outside this state.

(2) An offeror shall provide that any equity securities of a target company deposited or tendered pursuant to a takeover offer may be withdrawn by or on behalf of an offeree within seven days after the date the offer has become effective and after sixty days from the date the offer has become effective, or as otherwise determined by the administrator pursuant to a rule or order issued for the protection of the shareholders.

(3) If an offeror makes a takeover offer for less than all the outstanding equity securities of any class and, within ten days after the offer has become effective and copies of the offer, or notice of any increase in the consideration offered, are first published or sent or given to equity security holders, the number of securities deposited or tendered pursuant to the offer is greater than the number of securities that the offeror has offered to accept and pay for, the securities shall be accepted pro rata, disregarding fractions, according to the number of securities deposited or tendered for each offeree.

(4) If an offeror varies the terms of a takeover offer before the offer’s expiration date by increasing the consideration offered to equity security holders, the offeror shall pay the increased consideration for all equity securities accepted, whether the securities have been accepted by the offeror before or after the variation in the terms of the offer.

(5) An offeror shall not make a takeover offer or acquire any equity securities in this state pursuant to a takeover offer during the period of time that an administrator’s proceeding alleging a violation of this chapter is pending against the offeror.

(6) An offeror shall not acquire, remove, or exercise control, directly or indirectly, over any target company assets located in this state pursuant to a takeover offer during the period of time that an administrator’s proceeding alleging a violation of this chapter is pending against the offeror.

(7) An offeror shall not acquire from a resident of this state an equity security of any class of a target company at any time within two years following the last purchase of securities pursuant to a takeover offer with respect to that class, including, but not limited to, acquisitions made by purchase, exchange, merger, consolidation, partial or complete liquidation, redemption, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, or any other similar transaction, unless the holders of the equity securities are afforded, at the time of the acquisition, a reasonable opportunity to dispose of the securities to the offeror upon substantially equivalent terms as those provided in the earlier takeover offer.

2004 Acts, ch 1161, §21, 68
Iowa Code § 706A.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 706A / Section 706A.5
Uniformity of construction and application.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial purposes. Civil remedies under this chapter shall be supplemental and not mutually exclusive. Civil remedies under this chapter do not preclude and are not precluded by other provisions of law.

(2) The provisions of this chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting the law.

(3) The attorney general may enter into reciprocal agreements with the attorney general or chief prosecuting attorney of any state to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

96 Acts, ch 1133, §30
Iowa Code § 261A.32 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261A / Section 261A.32
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The general assembly finds:

(1) For the benefit of the people of the state of Iowa, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and living conditions, it is essential that this and future generations of youth be given the greatest opportunity to learn and to fully develop their intellectual and mental capacities and skills.

(2) To achieve these ends it is of the utmost importance that educational institutions within the state be provided with appropriate additional means of assisting the youth in achieving the required levels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities and skills through new or enhanced physical facilities and equipment at these institutions.

(3) The financing and refinancing of educational facilities, through means as described in this subchapter, other than the appropriation of public funds to institutions, is a valid public purpose.

85 Acts, ch 210, §2; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 231B.19 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231B / Section 231B.19
Resident advocate committees.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 18, §34.