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Iowa Code § 552A.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 552A / Section 552A.4
Limitation on membership period.
Status: in_force

A contract shall not be valid for a term longer than eighteen months from the date on which the contract is signed. However, a buying club may allow a member to convert the contract into a contract for a period longer than eighteen months after the member has been a member of the club for at least one year. The duration of the contract shall be clearly and conspicuously disclosed in the contract in boldface type of a minimum size of fourteen points.

93 Acts, ch 60, §4
Iowa Code § 468.173 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.173
Records belong to district.
Status: in_force

All reports, maps, plats, profiles, field notes, and other documents pertaining to said matters, including all schedules, and memoranda relating to assessment of damages and benefits, shall belong to the district to which they relate, remain on file in the office of the county auditor, and be matters of permanent record of drainage proceedings.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7598; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.186]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.173
Iowa Code § 476.86 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.86
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this section and section 476.87, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Aggregator” means a person who combines retail end users into a group and arranges for the acquisition of competitive natural gas services without taking title to those services.

(2) (a) “Competitive natural gas provider” means a person who takes title to natural gas and sells it for consumption by a retail end user in the state of Iowa. “Competitive natural gas provider” includes an affiliate of an Iowa gas utility.

(2) (b) “Competitive natural gas provider” does not include the following:

(2) (b) A public utility which is subject to rate regulation under this chapter.

(2) (b) A municipally owned utility which provides natural gas service within its incorporated area or within the municipal natural gas competitive service area, as defined in section 437A.3, subsection 22, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), in which the municipally owned utility is located.

99 Acts, ch 20, §2, 6; 99 Acts, ch 208, §57, 74; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §100
Iowa Code § 514G.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514G / Section 514G.3
Section 514G.3
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1175, §16.
Iowa Code § 152C.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 152C / Section 152C.7
Suspension and revocation of licenses.
Status: in_force

The board may suspend, revoke, or impose probationary conditions upon a license issued pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with section 152C.3.

92 Acts, ch 1237, §11; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §35
Iowa Code § 252J.1 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252J / Section 252J.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Certificate of noncompliance” means a document provided by child support services certifying that the named individual is not in compliance with any of the following:

(1) (a) A support order.

(1) (b) A written agreement for payment of support entered into by child support services and the obligor.

(1) (c) A subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or support proceeding.

(2) “Child support services” means child support services created in section 252B.2.

(3) “Department” means the department of health and human services.

(4) “Individual” means a parent, an obligor, or a putative father in a paternity or support proceeding.

(5) “License” means a license, certification, registration, permit, approval, renewal, or other similar authorization issued to an individual by a licensing authority which evidences the admission to, or granting of authority to engage in, a profession, occupation, business, industry, or recreation or to operate or register a motor vehicle. “License” includes licenses for hunting, fishing, boating, or other recreational activity.

(6) “Licensee” means an individual to whom a license has been issued, or who is seeking the issuance of a license.

(7) “Licensing authority” means a county treasurer, county recorder or designated depositary, the supreme court, or an instrumentality, agency, board, commission, department, officer, organization, or any other entity of the state, which has authority within this state to suspend or revoke a license or to deny the renewal or issuance of a license authorizing an individual to register or operate a motor vehicle or to engage in a business, occupation, profession, recreation, or industry.

(8) “Obligor” means a natural person as defined in section 252G.1 who has been ordered by a court or administrative authority to pay support.

(9) “Subpoena or warrant” means a subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or support proceeding initiated or obtained by child support services or a child support agency as defined in section 252H.2.

(10) “Support” means support or support payments as defined in section 252D.16, whether established through court or administrative order.

(11) “Support order” means an order for support issued pursuant to chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F, 252H, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of another state or foreign country as registered with the clerk of the district court or certified to child support services.

(12) “Withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance” means a document provided by child support services certifying that the certificate of noncompliance is withdrawn and that the licensing authority may proceed with issuance, reinstatement, or renewal of an individual’s license.

95 Acts, ch 115, §1; 97 Acts, ch 175, §112, 113; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §108; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §959
Iowa Code § 147A.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147A / Section 147A.4
Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The department shall adopt rules required or authorized by this subchapter pertaining to the operation of service programs which have received authorization under section 147A.5 to utilize the services of certified emergency medical care providers. These rules shall include but need not be limited to requirements concerning physician supervision, necessary equipment and staffing, and reporting by service programs which have received the authorization pursuant to section 147A.5.

(1) (b) The director, pursuant to rule, may grant exceptions and variances from the requirements of rules adopted under this subchapter for any service program. Exceptions or variations shall be reasonably related to undue hardships which existing services experience in complying with this subchapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter. Services requesting exceptions and variances shall be subject to other applicable rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter.

(2) The department shall adopt rules required or authorized by this subchapter pertaining to the examination and certification of emergency medical care providers. These rules shall include but need not be limited to requirements concerning prerequisites, training, and experience for emergency medical care providers and procedures for determining when individuals have met these requirements. The department shall adopt rules to recognize the previous EMS training and experience of emergency medical care providers transitioning to the emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, and paramedic levels. The department may require additional training and examinations as necessary and appropriate to ensure that individuals seeking transition to another level have met the knowledge and skill requirements. All requirements for transition to another level, including fees, shall be adopted by rule.

(3) The department shall establish the fee for the examination of the emergency medical care providers to cover the administrative costs of the examination program.

(4) The department shall adopt rules required or authorized by this subchapter pertaining to the operation of training programs. These rules shall include but need not be limited to requirements concerning curricula, resources, facilities, and staff.

(5) The department shall recognize the practice requirements of recognition of the emergency medical services personnel licensure interstate compact, chapter 147D, and shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation of the compact.

[C79, 81, §147A.4; 82 Acts, ch 1005, §1, 2]84 Acts, ch 1287, §4; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1143; 89 Acts, ch 89, §7; 93 Acts, ch 58, §3; 95 Acts, ch 41, §12, 28; 99 Acts, ch 141, §22; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §198; 2010 Acts, ch 1149, §10; 2019 Acts, ch 90, §4
Iowa Code § 570.7 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 570 / Section 570.7
Action by tenant to recover property.
Status: in_force

An action brought by a tenant, the tenant’s assignee or undertenant, to recover the possession of specific personal property taken under landlord’s attachment, may be against the party who sued out the attachment; and the property claimed in such action may, under the writ therefor, be taken from the officer who seized it, when the officer has no other claim to hold it than that derived from the writ.

[R60, §2770; C73, §2575; C97, §3490; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10266; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §570.7]
Iowa Code § 163.47 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 163 / Section 163.47
Exemptions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to 4-H or future farmers of America organizations engaged in breeding programs.

[C79, 81, §163.47]95 Acts, ch 67, §13; 2001 Acts, ch 136, §9
Iowa Code § 626.105 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.105
Affidavit required.
Status: in_force

Before making the endorsements as above provided, an affidavit shall be filed with the clerk by one of the owners of such judgment, or one of such personal representatives or heirs, or their attorney, of the death of such owners as are dead, and that the persons named as such are the personal representatives or heirs, and in the case of personal representatives they shall file with the clerk a certificate of their qualification, unless their appointment is by the court from which the execution issues, in which case the record of such appointment shall be sufficient evidence of the fact.

[R60, §3484; C73, §3132; C97, §4069; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11751; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.105]
Iowa Code § 514G.108 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514G / Section 514G.108
Prompt payment of claims — requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) An insurer providing long-term care insurance under this chapter and subject to state insurance regulation shall either accept and pay or deny a clean claim. For the purposes of this section, “clean claim” means a properly completed paper or electronic request for payment that contains all necessary information for the insurer to timely adjudicate and pay claims for long-term care benefits under the policy, does not involve coordination of benefits for third-party liability or subrogation, and does not involve the existence of particular circumstances requiring special treatment that prevents a prompt payment from being made.

(2) The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing processes for timely adjudication and payment of claims for long-term care benefits by insurers.

(3) Payment of a clean claim shall include interest at the rate of ten percent per annum when an insurer or other entity that administers or processes claims on behalf of the insurer fails to timely pay a clean claim.

2008 Acts, ch 1175, §9
Iowa Code § 357.29 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357 / Section 357.29
Subdistricts.
Status: in_force

(1) If the cost of the desired extensions will be as much as five thousand dollars, the interested parties may petition the board of supervisors to organize a subdistrict, and in such case the board shall proceed in the same manner as for a new district, and may take in territory not originally assessed.

(2) The board of supervisors shall have power at any time to alter the boundaries of any district prior to the time of posting or publishing notice of the election within the district.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5522; C39, §5526.29; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.29]2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 622.86 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.86
Foreign affidavits.
Status: in_force

An affidavit taken out of the state before any judge or clerk of a court of record, or before a notarial officer as provided in chapter 9B, or a commissioner appointed by the governor of this state to take acknowledgment of deeds in the state where the affidavit is taken, are of the same credibility as if taken within this state.

[C51, §2475; R60, §4036; C73, §3691; C97, §4674; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11343; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.86]2012 Acts, ch 1050, §55, 60; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §102; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §204
Iowa Code § 466B.47 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466B / Section 466B.47
Iowa nutrient research center establishment and purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) The state board of regents shall establish and maintain in Ames as part of Iowa state university of science and technology an Iowa nutrient research center.

(2) The purpose of the center shall be to pursue a science-based approach to nutrient management research that may include but is not limited to evaluating the performance of current and emerging nutrient management practices, and using an adaptive management framework for providing recommendations for the implementation of nutrient management practices and the development of new nutrient management practices.

(3) The center shall be administered by a director who shall be appointed by the dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences of Iowa state university of science and technology.

(4) Any information collected or received by the center that identifies a person holding a legal interest in agricultural land or specific agricultural land shall be a confidential record under section 22.7.

2013 Acts, ch 132, §62; 2023 Acts, ch 109, §9
Iowa Code § 459.301 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459 / Section 459.301
Special terms.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subchapter, all of the following shall apply:

(1) Two or more animal feeding operations under common ownership or management are deemed to be a single animal feeding operation if they are adjacent or utilize a common area or system for manure disposal. In addition, for purposes of determining whether two or more confinement feeding operations are adjacent, all of the following must apply:

(1) (a) At least one confinement feeding operation structure must be constructed on or after May 21, 1998.

(1) (b) A confinement feeding operation structure which is part of one confinement feeding operation is separated by less than a minimum required distance from a confinement feeding operation structure which is part of the other confinement feeding operation. The minimum required distance shall be as follows:

(1) (b) One thousand two hundred fifty feet for confinement feeding operations having a combined animal unit capacity of less than one thousand animal units.

(1) (b) Two thousand five hundred feet for confinement feeding operations having a combined animal unit capacity of one thousand animal units or more.

(2) A confinement feeding operation structure is “constructed” in the same manner as provided in section 459.201.

(3) (a) In calculating the animal unit capacity of a confinement feeding operation, the animal unit capacity shall include the animal unit capacity of all confinement feeding operation buildings which are part of the confinement feeding operation, unless a confinement feeding operation building has been abandoned as provided in section 459.201.

(3) (b) In calculating animal unit capacity for purposes of an election to be considered a small animal feeding operation as provided in section 459.312A, the animal unit capacity of a confinement feeding operation shall include all confinement feeding operation buildings that are used to do any of the following:

(3) (b) House animals.

(3) (b) Store manure.

(4) All distances between locations or objects provided in this subchapter shall be measured in feet from their closest points.

(5) The department shall designate by rule each one hundred year floodplain in this state according to the location of the one hundred year floodplain. A person shall not be prohibited from constructing a confinement feeding operation structure on a one hundred year floodplain unless the one hundred year floodplain is designated by rule in accordance with this subsection.

(6) Dry manure that is stockpiled within a distance of one thousand two hundred fifty feet from another stockpile shall be considered part of the same stockpile.

98 Acts, ch 1209, §27, 53C99, §455B.200B2002 Acts, ch 1137, §30 – 32, 67, 68, 71; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §252, 253, 259, 260, 262C2003, §459.3012003 Acts, ch 44, §73; 2009 Acts, ch 38, §6, 16; 2013 Acts, ch 106, §1
Iowa Code § 450.65 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.65
Director to enforce collection.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the director of revenue to enforce the collection of the delinquent inheritance tax, and the provisions of law with reference thereto.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7370; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.65]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 554.7105 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.7105
Reissuance in alternative medium.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document of title, the issuer of the electronic document may issue a tangible document of title as a substitute for the electronic document if:

(1) (a) the person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer; and

(1) (b) the tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document.

(2) Upon issuance of a tangible document of title in substitution for an electronic document of title in accordance with subsection 1:

(2) (a) the electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity; and

(2) (b) the person that procured issuance of the tangible document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the tangible document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the electronic document when the warrantor surrendered control of the electronic document to the issuer.

(3) Upon request of a person entitled under a tangible document of title, the issuer of the tangible document may issue an electronic document of title as a substitute for the tangible document if:

(3) (a) the person entitled under the tangible document surrenders possession of the document to the issuer; and

(3) (b) the electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document.

(4) Upon issuance of an electronic document of title in substitution for a tangible document of title in accordance with subsection 3:

(4) (a) the tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity; and

(4) (b) the person that procured issuance of the electronic document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the electronic document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the tangible document when the warrantor surrendered possession of the tangible document to the issuer.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.7105]2007 Acts, ch 30, §5, 45, 46
Iowa Code § 135.22A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.22A
Brain injuries policy department as lead agency.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Brain injury” means a brain injury as defined in section 135.22.

(1) (b) “Council” means the council on health and human services.

(2) The council shall do all of the following:

(2) (a) Promote meetings and programs for the discussion of methods to reduce the debilitating effects of brain injuries, and disseminate information in cooperation with any other department, agency, or entity on the prevention, evaluation, care, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons affected by brain injuries.

(2) (b) Study and review current prevention, evaluation, care, treatment, and rehabilitation technologies and recommend appropriate preparation, training, retraining, and distribution of personnel and resources in the provision of services to persons with brain injuries through private and public residential facilities, day programs, and other specialized services.

(2) (c) Participate in developing and disseminating criteria and standards which may be required for future funding or licensing of facilities, day programs, and other specialized services for persons with brain injuries in this state.

(2) (d) Make recommendations to the governor for developing and administering a state plan to provide services for persons with brain injuries.

(2) (e) Meet as necessary.

(3) The department is designated as Iowa’s lead agency for brain injury. For the purposes of this section, the designation of lead agency authorizes the department to perform or oversee the performance of those functions specified in subsection 2, paragraphs “a” through “c”.

92 Acts, ch 1237, §7; 94 Acts, ch 1068, §4; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §2; 97 Acts, ch 203, §13; 99 Acts, ch 141, §4; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §15; 2005 Acts, ch 89, §4; 2006 Acts, ch 1184, §77; 2013 Acts, ch 124, §2; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §130; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §426
Iowa Code § 554.7101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.7101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This Article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code — Documents of Title.

[S13, §3138-b56; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8299; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §487.55; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.7101]2007 Acts, ch 30, §1, 45, 46
Iowa Code § 625.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 625 / Section 625.7
Postage.
Status: in_force

Postage paid by the officers of the court, or by the parties, in sending process, depositions, and other papers being part of the record, by mail, shall be taxed in the bill of costs.

[R60, §3454; C73, §2937; C97, §3857; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11628; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §625.7]
Iowa Code § 554.3113 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.3113
Date of instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date stated determines the time of payment if the instrument is payable at a fixed period after date. Except as provided in section 554.4401, subsection 3, an instrument payable on demand is not payable before the date of the instrument.

(2) If an instrument is undated, its date is the date of its issue or, in the case of an unissued instrument, the date it first comes into possession of a holder.

94 Acts, ch 1167, §22, 121, 122
Iowa Code § 557A.19 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 557A / Section 557A.19
Lienholder’s rights.
Status: in_force

Any purchaser who fails to object and specify the invalidity or defect contained in the time-share instrument within sixty days after receipt of written notice that the developer has assigned the receivables to the lienholder may not claim that the time-share instrument is invalid, void, or voidable in any subsequent action for enforcement of the collection of the receivables by the lienholder. The notice shall be by certified mail or personal delivery and state that the developer has assigned the receivables to the lienholder and that the purchaser has sixty days within which to object and specify the invalidity or defect contained within such instrument. Any objection shall be written and delivered by certified mail or personal delivery to the lienholder.

85 Acts, ch 155, §19