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Iowa Code § 53.45 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 53 / Section 53.45
Special absentee ballot.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) As provided in this section, the commissioner shall provide special absentee ballots to be used for general elections. A special absentee ballot shall only be provided to an eligible elector who completes an application stating both of the following to the best of the eligible elector’s belief:

(1) (a) The eligible elector will be residing or stationed or working outside the continental United States.

(1) (a) The eligible elector will be unable to vote and return a regular absentee ballot by normal mail delivery within the period provided for regular absentee ballots.

(1) (b) The application for a special absentee ballot shall not be filed earlier than one hundred twenty days prior to the general election. The special absentee ballot shall list the offices and measures, if known, scheduled to appear on the general election ballot. The eligible elector may use the special absentee ballot to write in the name of any eligible candidate for each office and may vote on any measure.

(2) With any special absentee ballot issued under this section, the commissioner shall include a listing of any candidates who have filed before the time of the application for offices that will appear on the ballot at that general election and a list of any measures that have been referred to the ballot before the time of the application.

(3) Write-in votes on special absentee ballots shall be counted in the same manner provided by law for the counting of other write-in votes. The commissioner shall process and canvass the special absentee ballots provided under this section in the same manner as other absentee ballots.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 53.49, an eligible elector who requests a special absentee ballot under this section may also make application for an absentee ballot under section 53.2 or an armed forces absentee ballot under section 53.40. If the regular absentee or armed forces absentee ballot is properly voted and returned, the special absentee ballot is void and the commissioner shall reject it in whole when special absentee ballots are canvassed.

87 Acts, ch 221, §29; 88 Acts, ch 1119, §30; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §16; 2016 Acts, ch 1003, §1
Iowa Code § 216C.7 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216C / Section 216C.7
Penalty for denying rights.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation, or the agent of any person, firm, or corporation, who denies or interferes with the rights of any person under this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

[C62, 66, §351.32; C71, §93B.7; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §601D.7]C93, §216C.7
Iowa Code § 651.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 651 / Section 651.6
Answer to partition petition.
Status: in_force

A defendant’s answer to a partition petition shall state the amount and nature of the defendant’s interest. A defendant may deny the interest of a plaintiff and by supplemental pleading, if necessary, may deny the interest of any other defendant.

2018 Acts, ch 1108, §6
Iowa Code § 236.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 236 / Section 236.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context:

(1) “Department” means the department of justice.

(2) “Domestic abuse” means committing assault as defined in section 708.1 under any of the following circumstances:

(2) (a) The assault is between family or household members who resided together at the time of the assault.

(2) (b) The assault is between separated spouses or persons divorced from each other and not residing together at the time of the assault.

(2) (c) The assault is between persons who are parents of the same minor child, regardless of whether they have been married or have lived together at any time.

(2) (d) The assault is between persons who have been family or household members residing together within the past year and are not residing together at the time of the assault.

(2) (e) The assault is between persons who are in an intimate relationship or have been in an intimate relationship and have had contact within the past year of the assault. In determining whether persons are or have been in an intimate relationship, the court may consider the following nonexclusive list of factors:

(2) (e) The duration of the relationship.

(2) (e) The frequency of interaction.

(2) (e) Whether the relationship has been terminated.

(2) (e) The nature of the relationship, characterized by either party’s expectation of sexual or romantic involvement.

(2) (e) A person may be involved in an intimate relationship with more than one person at a time.

(3) “Emergency shelter services” include but are not limited to secure crisis shelters or housing for victims of domestic abuse.

(4) (a) “Family or household members” means spouses, persons cohabiting, parents, or other persons related by consanguinity or affinity.

(4) (b) “Family or household members” does not include children under age eighteen of persons listed in paragraph “a”.

(5) “Intimate relationship” means a significant romantic involvement that need not include sexual involvement. An intimate relationship does not include casual social relationships or associations in a business or professional capacity.

(6) “Plaintiff” includes a person filing an action on behalf of an unemancipated minor.

(7) “Pro se” means a person proceeding on the person’s own behalf without legal representation.

(8) “Support services” include but are not limited to legal services, counseling services, transportation services, child care services, and advocacy services.

[C81, §236.2]85 Acts, ch 175, §2; 87 Acts, ch 154, §1; 89 Acts, ch 279, §2, 3; 91 Acts, ch 218, §4; 93 Acts, ch 157, §1; 95 Acts, ch 180, §7; 2002 Acts, ch 1004, §1, 2; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §52; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
Iowa Code § 135.69 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.69
Appeal of certificate of need decisions.
Status: in_force

The department’s decision on an application for certificate of need, when announced pursuant to section 135.68, shall be a final decision. Any dissatisfied party who is an affected person with respect to the application, and who participated or sought unsuccessfully to participate in the formal review procedure prescribed by section 135.65, may request a rehearing in accordance with chapter 17A and rules of the department. If a rehearing is not requested or an affected party remains dissatisfied after the request for rehearing, an appeal may be taken in the manner provided by chapter 17A. Notwithstanding the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, a request for rehearing is not required prior to appeal under section 17A.19.

[C79, 81, §135.70]91 Acts, ch 225, §122023 Acts, ch 19, §1443C2024, §10A.7202025 Acts, ch 120, §34, 40C2026, §135.69
Iowa Code § 84B.1 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84B / Section 84B.1
Workforce development system.
Status: in_force

The departments of workforce development, education, health and human services, and corrections, the economic development authority, the division of Iowa vocational rehabilitation services of the department of workforce development, and the department for the blind shall collaborate where possible under applicable state and federal law to align workforce development programs, services, and activities in an integrated workforce development system in the state and in each local workforce development area that is data driven and responsive to the needs of workers, job seekers, and employers. The departments, authority, and division shall also jointly establish an integrated management information system for linking workforce development programs within local workforce development systems and in the state.

2016 Acts, ch 1118, §13, 21; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §50
Iowa Code § 28E.30 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28E / Section 28E.30
Agreement for law enforcement administrative services.
Status: in_force

A county and a city within the county may enter into an agreement to provide administrative services through the county sheriff to the city for its police department. In addition to other provisions required by this chapter, the agreement shall specify the administrative services to be provided by the sheriff and the administrative or supervisory relationship between the sheriff and the mayor and city council. The agreement is subject to the approval of the county sheriff. The sheriff may accept compensation for the administrative services provided to the city, which compensation is in addition to the sheriff’s compensation authorized under section 331.907. The additional compensation shall not be included in computing the total annual compensation of the sheriff pursuant to section 331.904, subsection 2.

88 Acts, ch 1057, §1
Iowa Code § 163.18 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 163 / Section 163.18
False representation.
Status: in_force

A person shall not knowingly make a false representation about the shipment of an animal that is being or will be made, with the intent to avoid or prevent the animal’s inspection that is conducted in order to determine whether the animal is free from disease.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2660; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.18]2001 Acts, ch 136, §3
Iowa Code § 508.8 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508 / Section 508.8
Insurance company officers conflicts of interest exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “employee” includes but is not limited to the officers of a life insurance company.

(2) A director or officer of a life insurance company shall not receive, in addition to fixed salary or compensation, money or other valuable thing, either directly or indirectly, or through a substantial interest in another corporation or business unit, for negotiating, procuring, recommending or aiding in the purchase or sale of property, or loan, made by the insurer or an affiliate or subsidiary of the insurer; nor shall a director or officer be pecuniarily interested, either as principal, coprincipal, agent or beneficiary, either directly or indirectly, or through a substantial interest in another corporation or business unit, in the purchase, sale or loan. However, a life insurance company, in connection with the relocation of the place of employment of an employee including relocation upon the initial employment of the employee, may do either of the following:

(2) (a) Make a mortgage loan on real property owned by the employee which is to serve as the employee’s dwelling.

(2) (b) Acquire at not more than fair market value the dwelling which the employee vacates upon relocation.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8650; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.8; 81 Acts, ch 166, §2]2012 Acts, ch 1023, §103
Iowa Code § 633.246 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.246
Election not subject to change.
Status: in_force

(1) An election by or on behalf of a surviving spouse to take the share provided in section 633.211, 633.212, 633.236, 633.238, 633.240, or 633.244 shall be binding and shall not be subject to change except for such causes as would justify an equitable decree for the rescission of a deed.

(2) An affirmative election to take under the will, receive the intestate share, or take under the revocable trust shall be irrevocable when filed as provided in section 633.237.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.246]2009 Acts, ch 52, §5, 14; 2012 Acts, ch 1123, §4, 32
Iowa Code § 468.149 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.149
Obstructing or damaging.
Status: in_force

(1) A person is guilty of a serious misdemeanor if, without legal authority, the person willfully does any of the following:

(1) (a) Diverts, obstructs, impedes, or fills up any ditch, drain, or watercourse.

(1) (b) Breaks down or injures any levee or the bank of any settling basin, established, constructed, and maintained under any provision of law.

(1) (c) Obstructs or engages in travel or agricultural practices upon the improvement or rights-of-way of a levee or drainage district which the governing body thereof has, by resolution, determined to be injurious to such improvement or to interfere with its proper preservation, operation, or maintenance, and has prohibited.

(2) Any unlawful act described in subsection 1 is a nuisance and may be abated.

(3) A governing body shall have the power to repair any ditch, drain, or watercourse, or any levee or bank of any settling basin, damaged by any person or persons in violation of a resolution of the governing body, after three days’ notice to such person or persons to make such repair. In the event that there is a failure to make the repair, the expense of the repair shall be assessed to the person or persons and shall be certified and collected in the same manner as other taxes.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7580; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.160]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.1492016 Acts, ch 1073, §132
Iowa Code § 256.53 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.53
State publications.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §8A.205 through 8A.211; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1382.
Iowa Code § 303.27 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.27
Controls.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.452; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 626B.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626B / Section 626B.6
Other foreign judgments.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1053, §12, 14.
Iowa Code § 522A.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522A / Section 522A.7
Rules.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this chapter.

99 Acts, ch 143, §7
Iowa Code § 249A.18 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249A / Section 249A.18
Cost-based reimbursement — rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers.
Status: in_force

Rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers shall receive cost-based reimbursement for one hundred percent of the reasonable costs for the provision of services to recipients of medical assistance.

98 Acts, ch 1069, §1; 99 Acts, ch 203, §51
Iowa Code § 524.815 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.815
Deposits by a state bank.
Status: in_force

A state bank may deposit its funds in a depository which is selected by, or in a manner authorized by, the directors of a state bank and which is authorized by law to receive deposits and is subject to supervision by banking authorities of the United States or of any state, and, with the prior approval of the superintendent, in any other depository.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.815]
Iowa Code § 673.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 673 / Section 673.6
Limitation on liability.
Status: in_force

The limitation on legal liability provided in this chapter is in addition to any other limitation of legal liability otherwise provided by law, including as provided in chapters 461C and 673A.

2021 Acts, ch 104, §2
Iowa Code § 318.11 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 318 / Section 318.11
Billboards and signs.
Status: in_force

(1) No billboard or advertising sign or device, except a sign or device authorized by law or approved by the highway authority, shall be placed or erected upon a highway right-of-way.

(2) A billboard or advertising sign, whether on public or private property, that obstructs the view of any portion of a public highway or of a railway track making the use of the traveled portion of the right-of-way dangerous is a public nuisance and shall be abated. The person responsible for the erection and maintenance of the billboard or sign may be punished as provided in chapter 657.

2006 Acts, ch 1097, §11
Iowa Code § 12I.8 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12I / Section 12I.8
Tax considerations.
Status: in_force

(1) For federal income tax purposes, the Iowa ABLE savings plan trust shall be considered a qualified ABLE program exempt from taxation pursuant to section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code and shall be operated so that it meets the requirements of section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) State income tax treatment of the Iowa ABLE savings plan trust shall be as provided in section 422.7, subsections 24 and 25.

(3) For a death occurring before January 1, 2025, state inheritance tax treatment of interests in Iowa ABLE savings plans shall be as provided in section 450.4, subsection 9.

2015 Acts, ch 137, §83, 162, 163; 2025 Acts, ch 148, §25, 53, 54
Iowa Code § 600B.37 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600B / Section 600B.37
Contempt.
Status: in_force

If a party fails to comply with or violates the terms or conditions of an order made pursuant to this chapter, the party shall be held in contempt and punished by the court in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided by law for a contempt of such court in any other suit or proceeding cognizable by such court.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §675.37]C93, §600B.372016 Acts, ch 1011, §109; 2017 Acts, ch 98, §1
Iowa Code § 490.1403 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1403
Articles of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time after dissolution is authorized, the corporation may dissolve by delivering to the secretary of state for filing articles of dissolution setting forth all of the following:

(1) (a) The name of the corporation.

(1) (b) The date that dissolution was authorized.

(1) (c) If dissolution was approved by the shareholders, a statement that the proposal to dissolve was duly approved by the shareholders in the manner required by this chapter and by the articles of incorporation and bylaws.

(2) The articles of dissolution shall take effect at the effective date determined in accordance with section 490.123. A corporation is dissolved upon the effective date of its articles of dissolution.

(3) As used in this part, “dissolved corporation” means a corporation whose articles of dissolution have become effective and includes a successor entity to which the remaining assets of the corporation are transferred subject to its liabilities for purposes of liquidation.

89 Acts, ch 288, §147; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §91, 125; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §172, 230
Iowa Code § 446.12 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 446 / Section 446.12
Certificate of publication.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall obtain a copy of the notice of sale with a certificate of its publication from the printer or publisher, and file it in the office of the treasurer. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:I, , publisher (or printer) of the , a newspaper printed and published in the county of and state of Iowa, certify that the foregoing notice and list were published in that newspaper on the day of , , and that copies of each issue of the paper in which the notice and list were published were delivered by carrier or transmitted by mail to each of the subscribers to the paper.Signature of publisher (or printer)State of Iowa,) County.)ss.The above certificate of publication was subscribed and sworn to before me by the above named , who is personally known to me to be the identical person described in the certificate, on the day of , Notary County, Iowa.

[C51, §500; R60, §771; C73, §881; C97, §1420; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7249; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §446.12]86 Acts, ch 1139, §6; 91 Acts, ch 191, §64
Iowa Code § 103A.21 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.21
Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person served with an order pursuant to the provisions of section 103A.19, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, who fails to comply with the order within thirty days after service or within the time fixed by the local building department for compliance, whichever is longer, and any owner, builder, architect, tenant, contractor, subcontractor, construction superintendent or their agents, or any other person taking part or assisting in the construction or use of any building or structure who shall knowingly violate any of the applicable provisions of the state building code or any lawful order of a local building department made thereunder, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(2) Violation of this chapter shall not impose any disability upon or affect or impair the credibility as a witness, or otherwise, of any person.

(3) As an alternative to filing criminal charges as provided in this section, the commissioner may file a petition in the district court and obtain injunctive relief for any violation of this chapter or chapter 104A.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §103A.21; 81 Acts, ch 49, §1]2007 Acts, ch 126, §22; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §36
Iowa Code § 628.19 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 628 / Section 628.19
Credit on lien.
Status: in_force

If the lienholder is unwilling to hold the property and credit the debtor with the full amount of the lienholder’s lien, the lienholder must state the utmost amount that the lienholder is willing to credit the debtor.

[R60, §3345; C73, §3115; C97, §4056; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11790; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §628.19]2019 Acts, ch 24, §85
Iowa Code § 434.21 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 434 / Section 434.21
Roadbeds.
Status: in_force

No real estate used by railway corporations for roadbeds shall be included in the assessment to individuals of the adjacent property, but all such real estate shall be the property of such companies for the purpose of taxation.

[C73, §809; C97, §1344; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7066; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §434.21]
Iowa Code § 97.2 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97 / Section 97.2
Section 97.2
Status: repealed

Repealed by 53 Acts, ch 71, §1, except as indicated herein.
Iowa Code § 468.171 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.171
Conclusive presumption of legality.
Status: in_force

The final order establishing such district when not appealed from, shall be conclusive that all prior proceedings were regular and according to law.

[S13, §1989-a46; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7596; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.184]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.171
Iowa Code § 691.4 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 691 / Section 691.4
Copy of finding to defendant.
Status: in_force

The county attorney shall give the accused person, or the accused person’s attorney, after an indictment or county attorney’s information has been returned, a copy of each report of the findings of the criminalistics laboratory conducted in the investigation of the indictable criminal charge against the accused person at the time of arraignment, or if such report is received after arraignment, upon receipt, whether or not such findings are to be used in evidence against the accused person. If such report is not given to the accused or the accused person’s attorney at least four days prior to trial, such fact shall be grounds for a continuance.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, §749A.4; C79, 81, §691.4]
Iowa Code § 598.19 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598 / Section 598.19
Waiting period before decree.
Status: in_force

No decree dissolving a marriage shall be granted in any proceeding before ninety days shall have elapsed from the day the original notice is served, or from the last day of publication of notice, or from the date that waiver or acceptance of original notice is filed or until after any court-ordered conciliation is completed, whichever period shall be longer. However, the court may in its discretion, on written motion supported by affidavit setting forth grounds of emergency or necessity and facts which satisfy the court that immediate action is warranted or required to protect the substantive rights or interests of any party or person who might be affected by the decree, hold a hearing and grant a decree dissolving the marriage prior to the expiration of the applicable period, provided that requirements of notice have been complied with. In such case the grounds of emergency or necessity and the facts with respect thereto shall be recited in the decree unless otherwise ordered by the court. The court may enter an order finding the respondent in default and waiving any court-ordered conciliation when the respondent has failed to file an appearance within the time set forth in the original notice.

[C58, 62, 66, §598.25; C71, 73, 75, §598.16, 598.19; C77, 79, 81, §598.19]2019 Acts, ch 63, §2