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Iowa Code § 321.402 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.402
Spot lamps.
Status: in_force

Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spot lamp and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle nor more than one hundred feet ahead of the vehicle.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5051; C39, §5034.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.402]
Iowa Code § 29B.29 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.29
Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters.
Status: in_force

Under such regulations as the adjutant general may prescribe, the convening authority of a general or special court-martial or court of inquiry shall detail or employ certified court reporters, who shall record the proceedings of and testimony taken before that court. Under like regulations, the convening authority of a military court may detail or employ interpreters who shall interpret for the court.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.29]
Iowa Code § 50.27 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 50 / Section 50.27
Declaration of election.
Status: in_force

Each abstract of the votes for such officers as the county alone elects at the general election, except district judges and senators and representatives in the general assembly, or of the votes for officers of political subdivisions whose elections are conducted by the commissioner, shall contain a declaration of whom the canvassers determine to be elected. Each abstract of votes for and against each public question submitted to and decided by the voters of the county alone, or of a single political subdivision whose elections the county board canvasses, shall contain a declaration of the result as determined by the canvassers. When a public question has been submitted to the voters of a political subdivision whose elections the county board canvasses, the commissioner shall certify a duplicate of the abstract and declaration to the governing body of the political subdivision.

[C51, §275; R60, §509; C73, §639; C97, §1152; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §866; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.27]
Iowa Code § 360.7 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 360 / Section 360.7
Bond.
Status: in_force

When a tax is voted as provided in this chapter, the township clerk shall, before drawing any of said tax from the treasury of the county, execute a bond, with penalty double the amount of said tax, which bond shall be approved by the board of supervisors.

[C97, §572; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5580; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.7]
Iowa Code § 669.25 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 669 / Section 669.25
Liability.
Status: in_force

A person who performs services for a fair, as defined in section 174.1, and is not a full-time employee of the fair is not personally liable for a claim based upon an act or omission of the person performed in the discharge of the person’s duties, except for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or for a transaction from which the person derives an improper personal benefit.

2004 Acts, ch 1019, §30
Iowa Code § 481A.54 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.54
Shooting rifle, shotgun, pistol, or revolver over water, highway, or railroad right-of-way.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not shoot any rifle on or over any of the public waters or public highways of the state or any railroad right-of-way.

(2) A person shall not shoot a shotgun with a slug load, pistol, or revolver on or over a public roadway as defined in section 321.1, subsection 65.

(3) This section does not apply to any peace officers or military personnel in the performance of their official duties.

[C31, §1772-c2; C39, §1794.017; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.54]91 Acts, ch 234, §1C93, §481A.54
Iowa Code § 10A.507 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.507
Licensing and regulation fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensing and regulation fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department to be used to fulfill the administration and enforcement responsibilities of the department and boards under the purview of the department under this subchapter.

(2) The fund shall consist of moneys and fees collected by the department for deposit in the fund and other moneys as provided by law.

(3) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated in succeeding fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

2023 Acts, ch 108, §31; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §5
Iowa Code § 558.27 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.27
Section 558.27
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1052, §10.See §558.20.
Iowa Code § 521J.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 521J / Section 521J.3
Captive companies names.
Status: in_force

A captive company shall not adopt a name that is the same, deceptively similar, or likely to be confused with or mistaken for any other existing business name already registered in this state.

2023 Acts, ch 107, §6
Iowa Code § 691.6C — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 691 / Section 691.6C
State medical examiner advisory council.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 85, §77.
Iowa Code § 327G.19 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.19
Grade crossing fund.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a fund which shall be known as the highway grade crossing safety fund and shall be made up of the amount allocated by the state treasurer from the road use tax fund.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §478.25; C77, 79, 81, §327G.19]
Iowa Code § 504.1008 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1008
Effect of amendment and restatement.
Status: in_force

An amendment to the articles of incorporation does not affect a cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation, a proceeding to which the corporation is a party, any requirement or limitation imposed upon the corporation, or any property held by it by virtue of any trust upon which such property is held by the corporation, or the existing rights of persons other than members of the corporation. An amendment changing a corporation’s name does not abate a proceeding brought by or against the corporation in its former name.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §119, 192; 2005 Acts, ch 19, §104; 2006 Acts, ch 1089, §57
Iowa Code § 524.535 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.535
Transfer books — fixing record date.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of a state bank shall cause adequate stock transfer books to be maintained.

(2) The bylaws or, in the absence of an applicable bylaw, the board of directors may fix or provide the manner of fixing, the record date for any determination of shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholder’s meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action at a meeting of shareholders. A record date fixed under this section shall not be more than seventy days and, in the case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten days before the date of the meeting or particular action requiring the determination of shareholders and shall not be retroactive. If a record date is not fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the board of directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for the determination of shareholders. If a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, the determination applies to any adjournment of the meeting.

[C97, §1853; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9192; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §526.36; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.510]95 Acts, ch 148, §51CS95, §524.5352018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §50
Iowa Code § 501.414 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.414
Advance for expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) A cooperative may, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding because the person is a director if the person delivers all of the following to the cooperative:

(1) (a) A written affirmation of the director’s good faith belief that either the director has met the relevant standard of conduct described in section 501.412 or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated under a provision of the articles of organization as authorized by section 501.407, subsection 1.

(1) (b) The director’s written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if the director is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under section 501.413 and it is ultimately determined that the director has not met the relevant standard of conduct described in section 501.412.

(2) The undertaking required by subsection 1, paragraph “b”, must be an unlimited general obligation of the director but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of the director to make repayment.

(3) Authorizations under this section shall be made according to either of the following:

(3) (a) By the board of directors, according to one of the following:

(3) (a) If there are two or more disinterested directors, by a majority vote of all the disinterested directors, a majority of whom shall for such purpose constitute a quorum, or by a majority of the members of a committee of two or more disinterested directors appointed by such a vote.

(3) (a) If there are fewer than two disinterested directors, if a quorum is present when the vote is taken, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless the articles or bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors, in which authorization directors who do not qualify as disinterested directors may participate.

(3) (b) By the members, but voting interests owned by or voted under the control of a director who at the time does not qualify as a disinterested director shall not be voted on the authorization.

98 Acts, ch 1152, §23, 69; 2003 Acts, ch 66, §19
Iowa Code § 637.103 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 637 / Section 637.103
Fiduciary duties — general principles.
Status: in_force

(1) In allocating receipts and disbursements to or between principal and income, and in any matter within the scope of subchapters II and III, a fiduciary shall do all of the following:

(1) (a) Administer a trust or estate in accordance with the terms of the trust or the will, even if there is a different provision in this chapter.

(1) (b) Administer a trust or estate by the exercise of a discretionary power of administration given the fiduciary by the terms of the trust or the will, although the fiduciary may exercise that power in a manner different from a provision of this chapter.

(1) (c) Administer a trust or estate in accordance with this chapter if the terms of the trust or the will do not contain a different provision or do not give the fiduciary a discretionary power of administration.

(1) (d) Add a receipt or charge a disbursement to principal to the extent that the terms of the trust and this chapter do not provide a rule for allocating the receipt or disbursement to or between principal and income.

(2) In exercising a discretionary power of administration regarding a matter within the scope of this chapter, whether granted by the terms of a trust, a will, or this chapter, a fiduciary shall administer a trust or estate impartially, based on what is fair and reasonable to all of the beneficiaries, unless the terms of the trust or the will clearly manifest an intention that the fiduciary shall or may favor one or more of the beneficiaries. A determination in accordance with this chapter is presumed to be fair and reasonable to all of the beneficiaries.

99 Acts, ch 124, §32021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 215.15 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 215 / Section 215.15
Scale pit.
Status: in_force

Scale pit shall have proper room for inspector or service person to repair or inspect scale. Scale pit shall remain dry at all times and adequate drainage shall be provided for the purpose of inspecting and cleaning.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §215.15]
Iowa Code § 514G.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514G / Section 514G.5
Section 514G.5
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1175, §16.
Iowa Code § 73.9 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 73 / Section 73.9
Violations — remedy.
Status: in_force

Any contract entered into or carried out in whole or in part, in violation of the provisions of section 73.6, shall be void and the contract or any claim growing out of the sale, delivery, or use of the coal specified in the contract, shall be unenforceable in any court. In addition to any other proper party or parties, any unsuccessful bidder at a letting provided for in section 73.6 shall have the right to maintain an action in equity to prevent the violation of the terms of section 73.6.

[C39, §1171.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.9]95 Acts, ch 71, §1
Iowa Code § 218.19 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.19
Districts.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1357.
Iowa Code § 163A.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 163A / Section 163A.9
Rules.
Status: in_force

The department may make and adopt reasonable rules for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163A.9]
Iowa Code § 456.7 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456 / Section 456.7
Annual report.
Status: in_force

On or before January 10 of each year, the state geologist shall submit to the governor and the general assembly a full report of the work of the Iowa geological survey performed during the preceding year. The report shall include a summary of its current long-range budget plan as provided in section 456.5A. The report may be accompanied by such other reports and documents as the state geologist determines is necessary or desirable for publication.

[R60, §184; C97, §2498, 2500; S13, §2500; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4555; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §305.7]C93, §460A.72002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §260, 262C2003, §456.72018 Acts, ch 1023, §15; 2021 Acts, ch 143, §41; 2022 Acts, ch 1032, §108, 111
Iowa Code § 97B.24 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.24
Production of books and papers.
Status: in_force

No person so subpoenaed or ordered shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents, or other evidence on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for, or on account of, any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person is compelled, after having claimed the person’s privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such person so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.

[C46, 50, §97.32; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97B.24]
Iowa Code § 626.26 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.26
Garnishment.
Status: in_force

Property of the defendant in the possession of another, or debts due the defendant, may be reached by garnishment.

[R60, §3270; C73, §3051; C97, §3975; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11677; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.26]
Iowa Code § 97B.49 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.49
Dormant accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) In the event that all, or any portion, of a retirement allowance, death benefit, or other distribution payable to a member or a member’s designated beneficiary, heirs at law, or estate, remains unpaid solely by reason of the inability of the system to locate the appropriate payee, the amount payable shall not be forfeited but shall be treated as a dormant account after the time for making a claim has run.

(2) A dormant account shall revert to the retirement fund created in section 97B.7. A dormant account shall be non-interest-bearing, and except for keeping a record of such account, the system shall not maintain the account. A member who has a dormant account and returns to covered employment shall have their dormant account reactivated as of the quarter they return to covered employment. If the appropriate payee contacts the system after the amount payable is treated as a dormant account, the appropriate payee may claim such amounts by filing a withdrawal application provided by the system. The system shall have rulemaking authority to adopt rules necessary to implement this section in a just and equitable manner.

(3) The system shall ensure that the payment of a dormant account as provided in this section meets the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.

2004 Acts, ch 1103, §30
Iowa Code § 501A.811 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.811
Patron member voting based on patronage.
Status: in_force

(1) A cooperative may authorize by the articles or the bylaws for patron members to have an additional vote for all of the following:

(1) (a) A stipulated amount of business transacted between the patron member and cooperative.

(1) (b) A stipulated number of patron members in a member cooperative.

(1) (c) A certain stipulated amount of equity allocated to or held by a patron member in the cooperative’s central organization.

(1) (d) A combination of methods provided in this subsection.

(2) A cooperative that is organized into units or districts of patron members may, by the articles or the bylaws, authorize the delegates elected by its patron members to have an additional vote for any of the following:

(2) (a) A stipulated amount of business transacted between the patron members in the units or districts and the cooperative.

(2) (b) A certain stipulated amount of equity allocated to or held by the patron members of the units or districts of the cooperative.

(2) (c) A combination of methods in this subsection.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §61
Iowa Code § 15E.87 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.87
Section 15E.87
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 61, §19.
Iowa Code § 462B.14 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462B / Section 462B.14
Management cooperation with local government subdivisions.
Status: in_force

The commission may enter into written cooperative agreements with county boards of supervisors, county conservation boards, and municipal public agencies, for the management of a protected water area.

84 Acts, ch 1261, §16C85, §108A.14C93, §462B.14
Iowa Code § 177.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 177 / Section 177.3
Board of directors.
Status: in_force

The Iowa crop improvement association shall be governed by a board of directors.

(1) The association’s articles of incorporation or bylaws shall provide for all of the following:

(1) (a) The organization of the board, its procedures for meeting and voting, and the election of its board members and officers.

(1) (b) The business of the association, which shall be transacted as provided in this chapter.

(2) The board shall include all of the following members:

(2) (a) The secretary of agriculture or the secretary’s designee.

(2) (b) The following persons representing the college of agriculture and life sciences at Iowa state university:

(2) (b) The director of the agricultural experiment station.

(2) (b) The chair of the agronomy department.

(2) (b) The director of the seed science center.

(2) (c) Six persons elected by the association’s voting shareholders from among its voting shareholders.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2941; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §177.3]87 Acts, ch 115, §30; 2008 Acts, ch 1096, §4; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §72
Iowa Code § 633.395 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.395
Validity of proceedings.
Status: in_force

No proceedings for sale, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange or conveyance by a personal representative of property belonging to the estate shall be subject to collateral attack on account of any irregularity in the proceedings which is not such as to deprive the court of jurisdiction.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.395]
Iowa Code § 518A.26 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518A / Section 518A.26
Arbitration.
Status: in_force

No recovery on a policy or contract of insurance shall be defeated for failure of the insured to comply, after a loss occurs, with any arbitration or appraisement stipulation as to fixing the value of property. No arbitration shall take place except substantially where the property was situated at the time of loss. Contracts of insurance to indemnify against loss by hail to growing crops which stipulate for arbitration shall provide that the decision of the majority of the arbitrators shall be final only as to the arbitration.

[C31, 35, §9051-c1; C39, §9051.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §518.26; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §518A.26]
Iowa Code § 7.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 7.5
Highway construction patents.
Status: in_force

The governor, whenever the governor deems such action to be in the interest of the public, shall have power to direct the attorney general to appear for and on behalf of any county, city or other municipality of this state or for and on behalf of any officer thereof or contractor therewith, whenever any such county, city or other municipality or officer or contractor is a party to any action or proceeding in any court wherein is involved the validity of any alleged patent on any matter or thing entering into highway, bridge, or culvert construction, or on any parts thereof, and may employ such legal assistance in addition to the attorney general as the governor may deem necessary and may pay for the same out of any fund in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. Whenever the attorney general is so directed by the governor it shall be the attorney general’s duty to comply therewith.

[S13, §64-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §82; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §7.5]