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Iowa Code § 307A.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 307A / Section 307A.7
Expenses.
Status: in_force

Members of the commission shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. All expenses and salaries shall be paid from appropriations for such purposes and the commission shall be subject to the budget requirements of chapter 8.

2015 Acts, ch 123, §25
Iowa Code § 327G.31 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.31
Disagreement resolved.
Status: in_force

If a railroad corporation and the jurisdiction having authority cannot reach agreement on grade crossing surface repair and maintenance, either party may appeal to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing if prior to disagreement both parties have filed a statement with the state department of transportation to the effect that they have entered into negotiations on grade crossing surface repair and maintenance of a particular crossing. The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall resolve the dispute in the manner provided in sections 327G.16 and 327G.17, except for the allocation of costs.

[C77, 79, 81, §327G.31; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]2023 Acts, ch 19, §2004
Iowa Code § 16.104 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.104
Loan agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority may enter into loan agreements with one or more borrowers to finance in whole or in part the acquisition of one or more projects by construction or purchase. The repayment obligation of the borrower or borrowers may be unsecured, secured by a mortgage or security agreement, or secured by other security as the authority deems advisable. The repayment obligation may be evidenced by one or more notes of the borrower or borrowers. The loan agreements may contain terms and conditions the authority deems advisable.

(2) The authority may issue its bonds and notes for the projects set forth in section 16.102 and may enter into one or more lending agreements or purchase agreements with one or more bondholders or noteholders containing the terms and conditions of the repayment of and the security for the bonds or notes. The authority and the bondholders or noteholders or a trustee or agent designated by the authority may enter into agreements to provide for any of the following:

(2) (a) That the proceeds of the bonds and notes and the investments of the proceeds may be received, held, and disbursed by the bondholders or noteholders, or by a trustee or agent designated by the authority.

(2) (b) That the bondholders or noteholders or a trustee or agent designated by the authority may collect, invest, and apply the amounts payable under the loan agreements or any other security instruments securing the debt obligations of the borrower or borrowers.

(2) (c) That the bondholders or noteholders may enforce the remedies provided in the loan agreements or security instruments on their own behalf without the appointment or designation of a trustee. If there is a default in the principal of or interest on the bonds or notes or in the performance of any agreement contained in the loan agreements or security instruments, the payment or performance may be enforced in accordance with the loan agreement or security instrument.

(2) (d) That if there is a default in the payment of the principal or interest on a mortgage or security instrument or if there is a violation of an agreement contained in the mortgage or security instrument, the mortgage or security instrument may be foreclosed or enforced. Collateral may be sold under proceedings or actions permitted by law. A trustee under the mortgage or security agreement or the holder of any bonds or notes secured by the mortgage or security agreement may become a purchaser if the trustee or holder is the highest bidder.

(2) (e) Other terms and conditions as deemed necessary or appropriate by the authority.

86 Acts, ch 1212, §5C87, §220.10487 Acts, ch 115, §33C93, §16.104
Iowa Code § 15.453 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.453
Interior.
Status: in_force

The commission shall not consider or attempt to control the interior arrangement of any building in the district.

[C77, 79, 81, §303.28]2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125C2024, §15.453
Iowa Code § 422.11F — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.11F
Investment tax credits.
Status: in_force

(1) The taxes imposed under this subchapter, less the credits allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by an investment tax credit authorized pursuant to section 15E.27 for an investment in a qualifying business.

(2) The taxes imposed under this subchapter, less the credits allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by investment tax credits authorized pursuant to sections 15.508 and 15.496.

2002 Acts, ch 1006, §7, 13; 2006 Acts, ch 1158, §19; 2007 Acts, ch 161, §7, 22; 2014 Acts, ch 1130, §36; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §120, 126, 127; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2025 Acts, ch 136, §46, 59, 72
Iowa Code § 359.33 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.33
Tax for nonowned cemetery.
Status: in_force

Township trustees may levy a tax not to exceed six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of taxable property to improve and maintain any cemetery not owned by the township, provided the cemetery is devoted to general public use.

[C97, §586; SS15, §586; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5562; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.33]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §200
Iowa Code § 16.32 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.32
Surplus moneys loan and grant fund.
Status: in_force

(1) Moneys declared by the authority to be surplus moneys which are not required to service bonds and notes issued by the authority, to pay administrative expenses of the authority, or to accumulate necessary operating or loss reserves, shall be used by the authority to provide grants, loans, subsidies, and services or assistance through programs authorized in this chapter.

(2) The authority may establish a loan and grant fund which may be comprised of the proceeds of appropriations, grants, contributions, surplus moneys transferred as provided in this section, and repayment of authority loans made from such fund.

2014 Acts, ch 1080, §34, 78
Iowa Code § 236.6 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236 / Section 236.6
Emergency orders.
Status: in_force

(1) When the court is unavailable from the close of business at the end of the day or week to the resumption of business at the beginning of the day or week, a petition may be filed before a district judge, or district associate judge designated by the chief judge of the judicial district, who may grant emergency relief in accordance with section 236.5, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, if the district judge or district associate judge deems it necessary to protect the plaintiff from domestic abuse, upon good cause shown in an ex parte proceeding. Present danger of domestic abuse to the plaintiff constitutes good cause for purposes of this subsection.

(2) An emergency order issued under subsection 1 shall expire seventy-two hours after issuance. When the order expires, the plaintiff may seek a temporary order from the court pursuant to section 236.4.

(3) A petition filed and emergency order issued under this section and any documentation in support of the petition and order shall be immediately certified to the court. The certification shall commence a proceeding for purposes of section 236.3.

[C81, §236.6]2009 Acts, ch 133, §231
Iowa Code § 2D.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2D / Section 2D.3
Legislative branch protocol officer.
Status: in_force

The legislative services agency shall employ a legislative branch protocol officer to coordinate activities related to state, national, and international visitors to the state capitol or with an interest in the general assembly, and related to travel of members of the general assembly abroad. The protocol officer shall work with the executive branch protocol officer to coordinate state, national, and international relations activities. The legislative branch protocol officer shall submit periodic reports to the international relations committee of the legislative council regarding the visits of state, national, and international visitors and regarding international activities.

2000 Acts, ch 1102, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §41; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 49; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §4, 58
Iowa Code § 812.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 812 / Section 812.3
Mental incompetency of accused.
Status: in_force

(1) If at any stage of a criminal proceeding the defendant or the defendant’s attorney, upon application to the court, alleges specific facts showing that the defendant is suffering from a mental disorder which prevents the defendant from appreciating the charge, understanding the proceedings, or assisting effectively in the defense, the court shall suspend further proceedings and determine if probable cause exists to sustain the allegations. The applicant has the burden of establishing probable cause. The court may on its own motion schedule a hearing to determine probable cause if the defendant or defendant’s attorney has failed or refused to make an application under this section and the court finds that there are specific facts showing that a hearing should be held on that question. The defendant shall not be compelled to testify at the hearing and any testimony of the defendant given during the hearing shall not be admissible on the issue of guilt, except such testimony shall be admissible in proceedings under section 811.2, subsection 8, and section 811.8, and in perjury proceedings.

(2) Upon a finding of probable cause sustaining the allegations, the court shall suspend further criminal proceedings and order the defendant to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether the defendant is suffering a mental disorder which prevents the defendant from appreciating the charge, understanding the proceedings, or assisting effectively in the defense. The order shall also authorize the evaluator to provide treatment necessary and appropriate to facilitate the evaluation. If an evaluation has been conducted within thirty days of the probable cause finding, the court is not required to order a new evaluation and may use the recent evaluation during a hearing under this chapter. Any party is entitled to a separate psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatrist or licensed, doctorate-level psychologist of their own choosing.

[C51, §3260, 3261; R60, §5015, 5016; C73, §4620, 4621; C97, §5540; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13905; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §783.1; C79, 81, §812.3]2004 Acts, ch 1084, §5
Iowa Code § 307.14 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 307 / Section 307.14
Official Iowa map.
Status: in_force

The department shall publish a map of the state of Iowa. At the request of a citizen of a particular city or town, the department shall add the city or town to the existing map of Iowa and identify the main road leading into the city or town if the city or town meets two or more of the following criteria:

(1) Has a zip coded post office in the city or town.

(2) Has a population of twenty-five or more.

(3) Has a building on the national register of historic places in the city or town.

(4) Has an association with a public recreation area managed by the department of natural resources in the city or town.

(5) Has a high school, grade school, private school, church, or cemetery in the city or town.

(6) Has a retail business in the city or town.

(7) Has an annual festival or celebration.

91 Acts, ch 139, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 216A.121 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.121
Iowa Abraham Lincoln bicentennial commission.
Status: repealed

Repealed by its own terms; 2007 Acts, ch 99, §1.
Iowa Code § 8E.208 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8E / Section 8E.208
Metrics and measures.
Status: in_force

(1) Each agency shall identify, collect, and maintain data for metrics and measures critical to monitoring and assessing the performance of the agency’s operations.

(2) Measurement is essential to monitoring operations and ensuring adequate accountability over public resources. Each agency shall have adequate control procedures in place, and be able to assess whether those control procedures are operating effectively, to determine that agencies are receiving or providing services of adequate quality, public resources are being used effectively and efficiently, and public resources are being used for appropriate and meaningful activities.

2001 Acts, ch 169, §20; 2006 Acts, ch 1153, §6, 9; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2024 Acts, ch 1082, §11; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §3
Iowa Code § 326.14 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 326 / Section 326.14
Credentials registration year and renewal penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall issue a single registration plate and registration receipt for each vehicle pursuant to apportionment agreements or provisions authorized under this chapter.

(2) (a) Each registration year for a vehicle registered pursuant to this chapter is a twelve-month period commencing on the first day of a calendar month and ending on the last day of the twelfth month in that twelve-month period. Vehicles subject to registration shall be registered for a registration year as determined by the department. The department may adjust the renewal or expiration date of a vehicle’s registration when deemed necessary to equalize the number of vehicles registered in each twelve-month period or for the administrative efficiency of the department.

(2) (b) The department may establish a procedure for the implementation of a staggered registration system for vehicles registered pursuant to the international registration plan. Procedures established under this section may provide for a one-time collection of fewer than twelve or up to eighteen months of registration fees.

(3) An application for renewal of registration shall be postmarked or received in the office of motor carrier services of the department no later than the last day of the registration expiration month. A late filing penalty equal to five percent of the fees due to the state of Iowa shall be assessed to an application for renewal postmarked or received on or after the first day following the last day of the registration expiration month, with an additional five percent penalty assessed the first of each month thereafter until the application is filed. The enforcement deadline for failure to display a registration plate and registration is 12:01 a.m. of the first day following the last day of the registration expiration month.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §326.14]2002 Acts, ch 1063, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1093, §24; 2015 Acts, ch 123, §40, 42
Iowa Code § 306A.8 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306A / Section 306A.8
Local service roads.
Status: in_force

In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306, are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street, and to exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under the terms of this chapter, if, in their opinion, such local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable. Such local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design, and shall be separated from the controlled-access facility proper by means of all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper authority.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.8]
Iowa Code § 152.3A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 152 / Section 152.3A
Advisory committees.
Status: in_force

The board may establish and utilize such ad hoc advisory committees as determined necessary by the board. The board shall establish appointment provisions, membership terms, operating guidelines, and any other operational requirements for committees established pursuant to this section. Members of committees established pursuant to this section shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses.

2024 Acts, ch 1170, §71
Iowa Code § 488.1107 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.1107
Action on plan of merger by constituent limited partnership.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to section 488.1110, a plan of merger must be consented to by all the partners of a constituent limited partnership.

(2) Subject to section 488.1110 and any contractual rights, after a merger is approved, and at any time before a filing is made under section 488.1108, a constituent limited partnership may amend the plan or abandon the planned merger according to any or all of the following:

(2) (a) As provided in the plan.

(2) (b) Except as prohibited by the plan, with the same consent as was required to approve the plan.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §95, 118
Iowa Code § 540.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 540 / Section 540.4
Executor — official bonds.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter extend to the executor of a deceased surety and holder of the contract, but not to the official bonds of public officers, executors, or guardians.

[C51, §973; R60, §1822; C73, §2111; C97, §3067; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9460; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §540.4]
Iowa Code § 455J.5 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455J / Section 455J.5
Incentives.
Status: in_force

(1) A solid waste planning or service area designated as an environmental management system pursuant to section 455J.7 shall qualify for all of the following:

(1) (a) An exemption from solid waste reduction goals imposed on solid waste planning or service areas pursuant to section 455D.3.

(1) (b) A reduced tonnage fee of three dollars and sixty-five cents per ton, to be imposed as provided in section 455B.310, notwithstanding section 455B.310, subsection 2, of which two dollars and ten cents shall be remitted to the department.

(1) (c) Financial assistance as approved by the commission pursuant to section 455J.7.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in addition to the incentives in subsection 1, a solid waste planning or service area designated as an environmental management system is exempt from filing its comprehensive plan.

2008 Acts, ch 1109, §8; 2017 Acts, ch 45, §8
Iowa Code § 499B.13 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499B / Section 499B.13
Limitation upon availability of partition — exception as to limitation of partition by joint ownership.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of chapter 651, relating to partition of real property shall not be available to any owner of any interest in real property included within a regime established under this chapter as against any other owner or owners of any interest or interests in the same regime, so as to terminate the regime.

(2) Nothing contained in the chapter shall be construed as a limitation on partition by joint owners of one or more apartments in a regime as to individual ownership of such apartment or apartments without terminating the regime, or as to ownership of such apartment or apartments and lands outside the limits of the regime.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499B.13]
Iowa Code § 674.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 674 / Section 674.11
County clerk’s record.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 71, §6.
Iowa Code § 314.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 314 / Section 314.7
Trees — ingress or egress — drainage.
Status: in_force

Officers, employees, and contractors in charge of improvement or maintenance work on any highway shall not cut down or injure any tree growing by the wayside which does not materially obstruct the highway, or tile drains, or interfere with the improvement or maintenance of the road, and which stands in front of any city lot, farmyard orchard or feed lot, or any ground reserved for any public use. Nor shall they destroy or injure reasonable ingress or egress to any property, or turn the natural drainage of the surface water to the injury of adjoining owners. It shall be their duty to use strict diligence in draining the surface water from the public road in its natural channel. To this end they may enter upon the adjoining lands for the purpose of removing from such natural channel obstructions that impede the flow of such water.

[C24, 27, §4791; C31, 35, §4644-c46; C39, §4644.44; C46, §309.44; C50, §308A.16; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.7]
Iowa Code § 585.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 585 / Section 585.1
Publication prior to passage.
Status: in_force

No bill which seeks to legalize the official proceedings of any board of supervisors, board of school directors, or city council, or which seeks to legalize any warrant or bond issued by any of said official bodies, shall be placed on passage in either house or senate until such bill as introduced shall have been published in full in some newspaper published within the territorial limits of the public corporation whose proceedings, warrants, or bonds are proposed to be legalized, nor until proof of such publication shall have been filed with the chief clerk of the house, and with the secretary of the senate, and a brief minute of such filing entered on the respective journals.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10358; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.1]
Iowa Code § 428A.9 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 428A / Section 428A.9
Refund of tax.
Status: in_force

To receive a refund from the state, the taxpayer shall petition the state appeal board for a refund of the amount of overpayment of the tax remitted to the department of revenue. To receive a refund from the county, the taxpayer shall petition the board of supervisors for a refund of the remaining portion of the overpayment paid to that county.

2001 Acts, ch 150, §19; 2022 Acts, ch 1061, §25; 2023 Acts, ch 64, §68
Iowa Code § 161A.38 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.38
New classification.
Status: in_force

(1) After a subdistrict has been established and the improvements thereof constructed and put in operation, if the governing body shall find that the original assessments are not equitable as a basis for the expenses of any enlargement or extension thereof which may have become necessary, the governing body shall order a new classification of all lands in said subdistrict by resolution, and appoint three appraisers, which shall meet the same requirements as set forth in section 161A.23.

(2) Upon the completion of the reclassification, those affected by such reclassification shall have the right to appeal as set forth in this subchapter.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.38]C93, §161A.382018 Acts, ch 1026, §58
Iowa Code § 682.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 682 / Section 682.5
Effects of transfer of structured settlement payment rights.
Status: in_force

(1) The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties except the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the transferred payments.

(2) The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer for all of the following:

(2) (a) If the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, any taxes incurred by the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer as a consequence of the transfer.

(2) (b) Any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorney fees, arising from compliance by such parties with the order of the court or responsible administrative authority or arising as a consequence of the transferee’s failure to comply with this chapter.

(3) An annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor shall not be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees.

(4) Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only after compliance with all of the requirements of this chapter.

2001 Acts, ch 85, §5, 8
Iowa Code § 455G.8 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455G / Section 455G.8
Revenue sources for fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.