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Iowa Code § 633A.4203 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.4203
Standard of prudence.
Status: in_force

A trustee shall administer the trust with the reasonable care, skill, and caution as a prudent person would, by considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust.

99 Acts, ch 125, §49, 109C2001, §633.42032005 Acts, ch 38, §54CS2005, §633A.4203
Iowa Code § 102.1 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 102 / Section 102.1
Definition.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “fire department” means the fire department of a city, township, or benefited fire district.

89 Acts, ch 132, §1
Iowa Code § 678.4 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 678 / Section 678.4
Record.
Status: in_force

The statement, the submission, and the judgment shall constitute the record.

[R60, §3411; C73, §3411; C97, §4380; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12689; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §678.4]
Iowa Code § 448.2 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 448 / Section 448.2
Form.
Status: in_force

Deeds executed by the county treasurer shall be substantially in the following form:KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the following described parcel:(Here follows the description), situated in the county of and state of Iowa, was subject to taxes for the year (or years) A.D., and the taxes on the parcel for the year (or years) stated remained due and unpaid at the date of the sale; and the treasurer of the county, on the day of , A.D., by virtue of the authority vested by law in the treasurer, at (an adjournment of) the sale begun and publicly held on the third Monday of June, A.D., exposed to public sale at the office of the county treasurer in the county named, in substantial conformity with all the requirements of the statute, the parcel described, for the payment of the total amount then due and remaining unpaid on the parcel, and at that time and place , of the county of and state of , offered to pay the sum of dollars and cents, being the total amount then due and remaining unpaid on the parcel, for (here follows the description of the parcel sold) which was the least quantity bid for, and payment of that sum was made by that person to the treasurer, the parcel was stricken off to that person at that price; and did, on the day of , A.D., assign the certificate of the sale of the parcel and all right, title, and interest to the parcel to of the county of and state of ; and by the affidavit of , filed in the treasurer’s office on the day of , A.D., it appears that notice has been given more than ninety days before the execution of this deed to and of the expiration of the time of redemption allowed by law; and two years have elapsed since the date of the sale, and the parcel has not been redeemed:Now, I, , treasurer of the county, for the consideration of the stated sum paid to the treasurer and by virtue of law, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell to (or ), and that person’s heirs and assigns, the parcel described, to have and to hold unto that person (or ), and that person’s heirs and assigns, forever; subject, however, to all the rights of redemption provided by law. In witness whereof, I, , treasurer of county, by virtue of the authority vested in me, have subscribed my name on this day of , A.D.TreasurerState of Iowa,) County.) ss.I certify that before me, , in and for said county, personally appeared the above named , treasurer of the county, personally known to me to be the treasurer of the county at the date of the execution of the above conveyance, and to be the identical person whose name is affixed to and who executed the above conveyance as treasurer of the county, and acknowledged the execution of the conveyance to be the treasurer’s voluntary act and deed as treasurer of the county, for the purposes expressed in the conveyance.Given under my hand (and seal) this day of , A.D.

[R60, §783; C73, §896; C97, §1443; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7285; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §448.2]83 Acts, ch 101, §92; 91 Acts, ch 191, §101; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §41
Iowa Code § 196.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 196 / Section 196.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Candling” means the careful examination of each shell egg and the elimination of those eggs determined unfit for human consumption.

(2) “Consumer” means a person who buys eggs for personal consumption.

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

(4) “Egg handler” or “handler” means a person who buys or sells eggs, or uses eggs in the preparation of human food. “Egg handler” or “handler” does not include a retailer, a consumer, an establishment, or a producer who sells eggs as provided in section 196.4.

(5) “Establishment” means any place in which eggs are offered or sold as human food for consumption by its employees, students, patrons, customers, residents, inmates or patients or as an ingredient in food offered or sold in a form ready for immediate consumption.

(6) “Grading” means classifying each shell egg by weight and grading in accordance with egg grading standards approved by the United States government as of July 1, 1985, pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 7 U.S.C. §1621 et seq.

(7) “Nest run eggs” means eggs which have not been denatured, candled, graded, processed or labeled.

(8) “Package” means the same as defined in section 189.1.

(9) “Producer” means a person who owns layer type chickens.

(10) “Retailer” means a person who sells eggs directly to consumers except a producer who sells eggs under the provisions of section 196.4.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3107; C46, 50, 54, §196.7; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §196.3, 196.11; C77, 79, 81, §196.1]85 Acts, ch 195, §20; 95 Acts, ch 7, §1, 2; 2011 Acts, ch 16, §2, 5
Iowa Code § 228.7 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 228 / Section 228.7
Disclosures for claims administration and peer review — safeguards — penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Mental health information may be disclosed, in accordance with the prior written consent of the patient or the patient’s legal representative, by a mental health professional, data collector, or employee or agent of a mental health professional, a data collector, or a mental health facility to a third-party payor or to a peer review organization if the third-party payor or the peer review organization has filed a written statement with the commissioner of insurance in which the filer agrees to:

(1) (a) Instruct its employees and agents to maintain the confidentiality of mental health information and of the penalty for unauthorized disclosure.

(1) (b) Comply with the limitations on use and disclosure of the information specified in subsection 2 of this section.

(1) (c) Destroy the information when it is no longer needed for the purposes specified in subsection 2 of this section.

(2) (a) An employee or agent of a third-party payor or of a peer review organization shall not use mental health information or disclose mental health information to any person, except to the extent necessary to administer claims submitted or to be submitted for payment to the third-party payor, to conduct a utilization and quality control review of mental health care services provided or proposed to be provided, to conduct an audit of claims paid, or as otherwise authorized by law.

(2) (b) Employees of a self-insured employer, and agents of a self-insured employer which have not filed a statement with the commissioner of insurance pursuant to subsection 1, shall not be granted routine or ongoing access to mental health information unless the employees or agents have signed a statement indicating that they are aware that the information shall not be used or disclosed except as provided in this subsection and that they are aware of the penalty for unauthorized disclosure.

(3) An employee or agent of a third-party payor or a peer review organization who willfully uses or discloses mental health information in violation of subsection 2 of this section is guilty of a serious misdemeanor, and, notwithstanding section 903.1, the sentence for a person convicted under this subsection is a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars in the case of a first offense, and not to exceed five thousand dollars in the case of each subsequent offense.

88 Acts, ch 1226, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
Iowa Code § 515E.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515E / Section 515E.7
Purchasing groups exemptions.
Status: in_force

A purchasing group which meets the criteria established under the federal Act is exempt from any law of this state relating to the creation of groups for the purchase of insurance, the prohibition of group purchasing, or any law that would discriminate against a purchasing group or its members. An insurer is exempt from any law of this state which prohibits providing, or offering to provide, to a purchasing group or its members advantages based on their loss and expense experience not afforded to other persons with respect to rates, policy forms, coverages, or other matters. A purchasing group is subject to all other applicable laws.

88 Acts, ch 1111, §8; 98 Acts, ch 1057, §11
Iowa Code § 554.9330 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9330
Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claimed merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if:

(1) (a) in good faith and in the ordinary course of the purchaser’s business, the purchaser gives new value, takes possession of each authoritative tangible copy of the record evidencing the chattel paper, and obtains control under section 554.9105 of each authoritative electronic copy of the record evidencing the chattel paper; and

(1) (b) the authoritative copies of the record evidencing the chattel paper do not indicate that the chattel paper has been assigned to an identified assignee other than the purchaser.

(2) A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claimed other than merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if the purchaser gives new value, takes possession of each authoritative tangible copy of the record evidencing the chattel paper, and obtains control under section 554.9105 of each authoritative electronic copy of the record evidencing the chattel paper in good faith, in the ordinary course of the purchaser’s business, and without knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in section 554.9327, a purchaser having priority in chattel paper under subsection 1 or 2 also has priority in proceeds of the chattel paper to the extent that:

(3) (a) section 554.9322 provides for priority in the proceeds; or

(3) (b) the proceeds consist of the specific goods covered by the chattel paper or cash proceeds of the specific goods, even if the purchaser’s security interest in the proceeds is unperfected.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in section 554.9331, subsection 1, a purchaser of an instrument has priority over a security interest in the instrument perfected by a method other than possession if the purchaser gives value and takes possession of the instrument in good faith and without knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.

(5) For purposes of subsections 1 and 2, the holder of a purchase-money security interest in inventory gives new value for chattel paper constituting proceeds of the inventory.

(6) For purposes of subsections 2 and 4, if the authoritative copies of the record evidencing chattel paper or an instrument indicate that the chattel paper or instrument has been assigned to an identified secured party other than the purchaser, a purchaser of the chattel paper or instrument has knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §50, 187; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §72
Iowa Code § 216A.137 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.137
Correctional policy project.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall maintain an Iowa correctional policy project for the purpose of conducting analyses of major correctional issues affecting the criminal and juvenile justice system. The department shall identify and prioritize the issues and studies to be addressed through this project and shall report project plans and findings annually along with the report required in section 216A.135. Issues and studies to be considered shall include but are not limited to a review of the information systems available to assess corrections trends and program effectiveness, the development of an evaluation plan for assessing the impact of corrections expenditures, and a study of the desirability and feasibility of changing the state’s sentencing practices, which includes a prison population forecast.

(2) The department may form subcommittees for the purpose of addressing major correctional issues affecting the criminal and juvenile justice system. The department shall establish a subcommittee to address issues specifically affecting the juvenile justice system.

90 Acts, ch 1124, §5C91, §601K.137C93, §216A.1372019 Acts, ch 156, §7; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §315; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §442
Iowa Code § 303.62 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.62
Review by court.
Status: in_force

Upon the presentation of a petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review the decision of the board of adjustment prescribing the time within which a return must be made and served upon the relator’s attorney, which shall not be less than ten days and may be extended by the court. The allowance of the writ does not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may, on application, on notice to the board and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order.

83 Acts, ch 108, §22
Iowa Code § 349.13 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 349 / Section 349.13
Trial of appeal.
Status: in_force

An appeal under section 349.11 shall be triable de novo as an equitable action without formal pleadings at any time after the expiration of twenty days following the filing of the transcript as provided in section 349.12.

[SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5408; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.13]2022 Acts, ch 1021, §86
Iowa Code § 10A.106 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.106
Divisions of the department.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is comprised of the administrative hearings division, labor services division, workers’ compensation division, and other divisions as appropriate.

(2) The allocation of departmental duties to the divisions of the department in sections 10A.202, 10A.301, and 10A.801 does not prohibit the director from reallocating departmental duties within the department.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §506; 87 Acts, ch 234, §420; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §9; 89 Acts, ch 231, §6, 7; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §2, 46; 2000 Acts, ch 1155, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §4, 5; 2004 Acts, ch 1026, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §2012023 Acts, ch 19, §1431
Iowa Code § 49.72 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.72
Absentee voters designated before polling place opened.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall deliver to each precinct election board not less than one hour before the time at which the polls are to open for any election the list of all registered voters of that precinct who have been given or sent an absentee ballot for that election, and the election board shall immediately designate those registered voters who are so listed and therefore not entitled to vote in person at the polls, except as provided in section 53.19, subsection 3.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §49.72]95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2010 Acts, ch 1026, §8
Iowa Code § 380.7 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 380 / Section 380.7
City clerk.
Status: in_force

The city clerk shall:

(1) Promptly record each measure.

(2) Record a statement with the measure, where applicable, indicating whether the mayor signed, vetoed, or took no action on the measure, and whether the measure was repassed after the mayor’s veto.

(3) Publish a summary of all ordinances or the complete text of ordinances and amendments in the manner provided in section 362.3. As used in this subsection, “summary” shall mean a narrative description of the terms and conditions of an ordinance setting forth the main points of the ordinance in a manner calculated to inform the public in a clear and understandable manner the meaning of the ordinance and which shall provide the public with sufficient notice to conform to the desired conduct required by the ordinance. The description shall include the title of the ordinance, an accurate and intelligible abstract or synopsis of the essential elements of the ordinance, a statement that the description is a summary, the location and the normal business hours of the office where the ordinance may be inspected, when the ordinance becomes effective, and the full text of any provisions imposing fines, penalties, forfeitures, fees, or taxes. Legal descriptions of property set forth in ordinances shall be described in full, provided that maps or charts may be substituted for legal descriptions when they contain sufficient detail to clearly define the area with which the ordinance is concerned. The narrative description shall be written in a clear and coherent manner and shall, to the extent possible, avoid the use of technical or legal terms not generally familiar to the public. When necessary to use technical or legal terms not generally familiar to the public, the narrative description shall include definitions of those terms.

(4) Authenticate all measures except motions with the clerk’s signature and certification as to time and manner of publication, if any. The clerk’s certification is presumptive evidence of the facts stated therein.

(5) Maintain for public use copies of all effective ordinances and codes.

[R60, §1133; C73, §492; C97, §686, 687; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5719 – 5721, 5721-a1; C39, §5719 – 5721, 5721.1; C46, 50, §366.6 – 366.9; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.6, 366.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §380.7]96 Acts, ch 1098, §2; 97 Acts, ch 168, §8
Iowa Code § 813.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 813 / Section 813.2
Provisions relating to hearing and trial in indictable cases.
Status: in_force

[The rules of criminal procedure are published in the compilation “Iowa Court Rules.”]
Iowa Code § 461A.15 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.15
Use of private funds.
Status: in_force

The commission may permit the improvement of parks, when established, or the improvement of bodies of water, upon the border of which such parks may be established, by the expenditure of private funds, such improvement to be done, however, under the direction of the commission, by and with the consent of the executive council.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1808; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.15]C93, §461A.15
Iowa Code § 461A.62 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.62
Copy to environmental protection commission.
Status: in_force

A copy of the petition and the applications, plans, and specifications required under chapter 455B shall be filed with the environmental protection commission and any approval or permit required under chapter 455B shall be obtained prior to the establishment of the water recreational area or the granting of a permit for the area by the commission.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.62; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §57, 96]83 Acts, ch 101, §13; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1865C93, §461A.62
Iowa Code § 135C.47 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.47
Report listing licensees and citations.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1141, §3.
Iowa Code § 651.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 651 / Section 651.2
Action for partition of property.
Status: in_force

Property shall be partitioned by equitable proceedings. A property subject to partition shall be partitioned by sale and the proceeds from the sale divided by the owners of the property unless one or more of the property owners files a request for partition in kind and the court determines partition in kind is equitable and practicable.

2018 Acts, ch 1108, §2
Iowa Code § 135.27A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.27A
Governor’s council on physical fitness and nutrition.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 129, §94, 156.
Iowa Code § 569.6 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 569 / Section 569.6
Costs, expenses and proceeds.
Status: in_force

The cost and expense resulting from the exercise of said powers shall be paid from the fund to which said real estate belongs and the proceeds of a lease or sale shall be credited to said fund.

[C73, §1914 – 1917, 1919; C97, §2898, 2899; C24, 27, 31, §10250 – 10252, 10254 – 10256; C35, §10260-e2; C39, §10260.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §569.6]
Iowa Code § 218.22 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.22
Record privileged.
Status: in_force

Except with the consent of the director, or on an order of a court of record, the record provided in section 218.21 shall be accessible only to the director and to assistants and proper clerks authorized by the director. The director may permit the department of administrative services to copy or reproduce by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, or other process which accurately reproduces a durable medium for reproducing the original and to destroy in the manner described by law such records of residents designated in section 218.21.

[S13, §2727-a22; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3305; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.22]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159, 160; 93 Acts, ch 48, §11; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §40, 106; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §369, 1401
Iowa Code § 715A.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 715A / Section 715A.3
Simulating objects of antiquity or rarity.
Status: in_force

A person commits a serious misdemeanor if, with intent to defraud anyone or with knowledge that the person is facilitating a fraud to be perpetrated by anyone, the person makes, alters, or utters any object so that it appears to have value because of antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship which it does not possess.

87 Acts, ch 150, §3
Iowa Code § 214A.2A — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 214A / Section 214A.2A
Kerosene.
Status: in_force

(1) Fuel which is sold or is kept, offered, or exposed for sale as kerosene shall be labeled as kerosene. The label shall include the word “kerosene” or the designation “K1 kerosene”, and shall indicate that the kerosene is in compliance with the standard specification adopted by ASTM international specification D3699, or a successor ASTM international specification, established by rules adopted by the department.

(2) A product commonly known as kerosene and a distillate or a petroleum product of lower gravity (Baume scale), when not used to propel a motor vehicle or for compounding or combining with a motor fuel, are exempt from this chapter except as provided in this section.

86 Acts, ch 1146, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §9; 2021 Acts, ch 149, §16; 2022 Acts, ch 1152, §15
Iowa Code § 335.28 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 335 / Section 335.28
Agricultural experiences.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, “agricultural experience” includes any agriculture-related activity, as a secondary use in conjunction with agricultural production, on a farm which activity is open to the public with the intended purpose of promoting or educating the public about agriculture, agricultural practices, agricultural activities, or agricultural products.

(2) To assist in the promotion of agricultural experiences, a county shall not require a conditional use permit, special use permit, special exception, or variance for agricultural experiences on property of which the primary use is agricultural production.

2020 Acts, ch 1033, §1