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Iowa Code § 600B.24 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600B / Section 600B.24
Judgment in general.
Status: in_force

(1) If the defendant, after being served with notice as required under section 600B.15, fails to timely respond to the notice, or to appear for blood or genetic tests pursuant to a court or administrative order, or to appear at a scheduled hearing after being provided notice of the hearing, the court shall find the defendant in default and enter a default judgment.

(2) Upon a finding of paternity against the defendant, the court shall enter a judgment against the defendant declaring paternity and ordering support of the child.

[C51, §855; R60, §1423; C73, §4721; C97, §5635; C24, §12664; C27, 31, 35, §12667-a35; C39, §12667.24; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §675.24]C93, §600B.2494 Acts, ch 1171, §44; 97 Acts, ch 175, §207
Iowa Code § 10A.714 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.714
Criteria for evaluation of applications.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §135.63; 2025 Acts, ch 120, §40.
Iowa Code § 303.25 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.25
Voting.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.450; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 476A.20 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476A / Section 476A.20
Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1018, §7; .See §390.9.
Iowa Code § 49.17 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.17
Conduct of elections funding.
Status: in_force

(1) The state commissioner or a county commissioner or political subdivision of the state shall only accept funding from the following sources for the purposes of conducting an election:

(1) (a) Lawful appropriations of public moneys from the government of the United States.

(1) (b) Lawful appropriations of public moneys from the state of Iowa.

(1) (c) Lawful appropriations of public moneys from a political subdivision of the state for the conduct of an election in the political subdivision.

(2) The state commissioner, a county commissioner, or a political subdivision of the state shall not accept or expend a grant, gift, or other source of funding from a source other than those listed in subsection 1, including from a private person, corporation, partnership, political party, nonparty political organization, committee as defined in section 68A.102, or other organization for the purpose of conducting an election.

(3) This section does not prohibit the state commissioner or a county commissioner or political subdivision from issuing and collecting fees as otherwise provided by law.

(4) This section does not apply to the contribution of a building for use as a polling place pursuant to section 49.21.

2022 Acts, ch 1153, §29, 30
Iowa Code § 450.53 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.53
Duty to pay tax — penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) All personal representatives, except guardians and conservators, and other persons charged with the management or settlement of any estate or trust from which a tax is due under this chapter, shall file an inheritance tax return, within the time limits set by section 450.6, with a copy of any federal estate tax return and other documents required by the director which may reasonably tend to prove the amount of tax due, and at the time of filing, shall pay to the department of revenue the amount of the tax due from any devisee, grantee, donee, heir, or beneficiary of the decedent, except in cases where payment of the tax is deferred until the determination of a prior estate. The owner of the future interest shall file a supplemental inheritance tax return and pay to the department of revenue the tax due within the time limits set in this chapter. The inheritance tax returns shall be in the form prescribed by the director.

(1) (b) Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, an inheritance tax return is not required to be filed if the estate does not have a federal estate tax filing obligation and if all the estate or trust assets pass solely to individuals listed in section 450.9 as individuals that are entirely exempt from Iowa inheritance tax. This paragraph is not applicable if interests in the asset pass to both an individual listed in section 450.9 and to that individual’s spouse.

(2) A person in possession of assets to be reported for purposes of taxation, including a personal representative or trustee, who willfully makes a false or fraudulent return, or who willfully fails to pay the tax, or who willfully fails to supply the information necessary to prepare the return or determine if a return is required, or who willfully fails to make, sign, or file the required return within the time required by law, is guilty of a fraudulent practice. This subsection does not apply to failure to make, sign, or file a return or failure to pay the tax if a return is not required to be filed pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “b”.

(3) A person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade taxes imposed by this chapter or avoid payment of the tax, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(4) The jurisdiction of any offense as defined in this section is in the county of the residence of the decedent at the time of death. If the decedent is a nonresident of the state, jurisdiction is in any county in which property subject to the tax is located.

(5) A prosecution for any offense defined in this section shall be commenced not later than six years following the commission of the offense.

[S13, §1481-a17; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7358; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.53]83 Acts, ch 177, §21, 38; 94 Acts, ch 1165, §33; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1073, §32; 2005 Acts, ch 14, §2, 6
Iowa Code § 232.125 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.125
Petition.
Status: in_force

(1) A family in need of assistance proceeding shall be initiated by the filing of a petition alleging that a child and the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian are a family in need of assistance.

(2) Such a petition may be filed by the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian, by the child, or on the court’s own motion as provided in section 232C.2. The judge, county attorney, or juvenile court officer may authorize such parent, guardian, custodian, or child to file a petition with the clerk of the court without the payment of a filing fee.

(3) The petition and subsequent court documents shall be entitled as follows: In re the family of .

(4) The petition shall state all of the following:

(4) (a) The names and residences of the child.

(4) (b) The names and residences of the child’s living parents, guardian, custodian, and guardian ad litem, if any.

(4) (c) The age of the child.

(5) The petition shall allege that there has been a breakdown in the familial relationship and that the petitioner has sought services from public or private agencies to maintain and improve the familial relationship.

[C79, 81, §232.125]83 Acts, ch 186, §10055, 10201; 2009 Acts, ch 153, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §78; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §25
Iowa Code § 550.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 550 / Section 550.4
Damages.
Status: in_force

(1) Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of a person’s position occurs prior to acquiring knowledge of a misappropriation and renders a monetary recovery inequitable, an owner of a trade secret is entitled to recover damages for the misappropriation. Damages may include the actual loss caused by the misappropriation, and the unjust enrichment caused by the misappropriation which is not taken into account in computing the actual loss. In lieu of damages measured by any other methods, the damages caused by misappropriation may be measured by imposition of liability for a reasonable royalty for a person’s unauthorized disclosure or use of a trade secret.

(2) If a person commits a willful and malicious misappropriation, the court may award exemplary damages in an amount not exceeding twice the award made under subsection 1.

90 Acts, ch 1201, §4
Iowa Code § 256.157 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.157
Para-educator certificates.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to a voluntary certification system for para-educators. The rules shall specify rights, responsibilities, levels, and qualifications for the certificate. Applicants shall be disqualified for any reason specified in section 256.146, subsection 13, or in administrative rule. The board may issue a para-educator certificate to a person who is at least eighteen years of age. A person holding a para-educator certificate shall not perform the duties of a licensed practitioner. A certificate issued pursuant to this part shall not be considered a teacher or administrator license for any purpose specified by law, including the purposes specified under this part or chapter 279.

98 Acts, ch 1216, §23C99, §272.122000 Acts, ch 1098, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1223, §31; 2002 Acts, ch 1128, §22023 Acts, ch 19, §2574, 2603; 2023 Acts, ch 62, §2C2024, §256.157
Iowa Code § 516D.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 516D / Section 516D.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Car Rental and Collision Damage Waiver Act”.

91 Acts, ch 204, §1
Iowa Code § 633.31 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.31
Calendar court costs in probate.
Status: in_force

(1) The clerk shall keep a court calendar, and enter thereon such matters as the court may prescribe.

(2) The clerk shall charge and collect the following court costs in connection with probate matters:

(2) (a) For services performed in short form probates pursuant to sections 450.22 and 450.44 for deaths occurring before January 1, 2025$15.00

(2) (b) For services performed in probate ofwill without administration $15.00

(2) (c) For filing and indexing a transcript$50.00

(2) (d) For taking and approving a bond, or the sureties on a bond $20.00

(2) (e) For entering a rule or order $10.00

(2) (f) For certificate and seal $10.00

(2) (g) For making a complete record wherereal estate is sold per 100 words $.20

(2) (h) For making a transcript or copies of orders or records filed in the clerk’s office per 100 words $.50

(2) (i) For certifying change of title $20.00

(2) (j) For issuing commission to appraisers $2.00

(3) (a) For other services performed in a decedent’s estate administered under this chapter or chapter 635, the clerk shall charge and collect court costs equal to two-tenths of one percent of the value of the probate assets listed in the report and inventory.

(3) (b) Court costs shall not be charged or collected under this subsection on assets which are not probate assets including but not limited to the following:

(3) (b) Joint tenancy property.

(3) (b) Property transferred during the decedent’s lifetime.

(3) (b) Life insurance, annuities, individual retirement accounts, retirement plans, transfer on death accounts, payable on death accounts, and similar assets payable to beneficiaries other than the estate of the decedent.

(3) (b) Real estate not located in Iowa.

(3) (c) Court costs shall not be charged or collected on assets transferred to an estate from a conservatorship that has been administered in the state and for which court costs have been charged and collected from the conservatorship under subsection 4.

(4) For other services performed in a conservatorship, the clerk shall charge and collect court costs equal to two-tenths of one percent of the gross value of the assets listed in the inventory minus the value of the life insurance.

(5) Court costs collected under this section shall be deposited in the account established under section 602.8108.

[C97, §3269; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11844; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §632.13; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.31]83 Acts, ch 186, §10124, 10201; 88 Acts, ch 1258, §3; 89 Acts, ch 207, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1074, §12, 13; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 99 Acts, ch 56, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1120, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 180, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §64, 72; 2021 Acts, ch 160, §1 – 3; 2025 Acts, ch 148, §39, 53, 54
Iowa Code § 626C.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626C / Section 626C.5
Amendment.
Status: in_force

A bankruptcy transcript may be amended as necessary to clear title to all real estate located in the county of filing which is affected by any bankruptcy without payment of any additional fee.

98 Acts, ch 1150, §5
Iowa Code § 262.11 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262 / Section 262.11
Record — acts affecting property.
Status: in_force

All acts of the board relating to the management, purchase, disposition, or use of lands and other property of said institutions shall be entered of record, which shall show the members present, and how each voted upon each proposition. The board may, in its discretion, delegate to each university the authority to approve leases.

[S13, §2682-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3923; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.11]2006 Acts, ch 1051, §5
Iowa Code § 466B.22 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466B / Section 466B.22
Watershed management authorities created.
Status: in_force

(1) Two or more political subdivisions may create, by chapter 28E agreement, a watershed management authority pursuant to this subchapter. The participating political subdivisions must be located in the same United States geological survey hydrologic unit code 8 watershed. All political subdivisions within a watershed must be notified within thirty days prior to organization of any watershed management authority within the watershed, and provided the opportunity to participate.

(2) The chapter 28E agreement shall include a map showing the area and boundaries of the authority.

(3) A political subdivision may participate in more than one authority created pursuant to this subchapter.

(4) A political subdivision is not required to participate in a watershed management authority or be a party to a chapter 28E agreement under this subchapter.

(5) If a portion of a United States geological survey hydrologic unit code 8 watershed is located outside of this state, any political subdivision in such a watershed may participate in any watershed management authority which includes the county in which the political subdivision is located.

2010 Acts, ch 1116, §4; 2019 Acts, ch 89, §42
Iowa Code § 702.12 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 702 / Section 702.12
Occupied structure.
Status: in_force

An “occupied structure” is any building, structure, appurtenances to buildings and structures, land, water or air vehicle, or similar place adapted for overnight accommodation of persons, or occupied by persons for the purpose of carrying on business or other activity therein, or for the storage or safekeeping of anything of value. Such a structure is an “occupied structure” whether or not a person is actually present. However, for purposes of chapter 713, a box, chest, safe, changer, or other object or device which is adapted or used for the deposit or storage of anything of value but which is too small or not designed to allow a person to physically enter or occupy it is not an “occupied structure”.

[C79, 81, §702.12]84 Acts, ch 1247, §1
Iowa Code § 677.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 677 / Section 677.3
Effect of nonaccepted offer.
Status: in_force

On the trial thereof the offer shall not be treated as an admission of the cause of action or amount to which the plaintiff was entitled, nor be given in evidence.

[R60, §3403; C73, §2898; C97, §3817; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12674; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §677.3]
Iowa Code § 816.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 816 / Section 816.3
Exceptions — limitation.
Status: in_force

A prosecution is not barred:

(1) By a former prosecution before a court which lacked jurisdiction over the defendant or the offense.

(2) By a former prosecution procured by the defendant without the knowledge of a prosecuting officer authorized to commence a prosecution for the maximum offense which might have been charged on the facts known to the defendant, and with the purpose of avoiding the sentence which otherwise might be imposed.

(3) If subsequent proceedings resulted in the invalidation, setting aside, reversal or vacating of the conviction, unless the defendant was adjudged not guilty; but in no case where a conviction for a lesser included crime has been invalidated, set aside, reversed or vacated shall the defendant be subsequently prosecuted for a higher degree of the crime for which the defendant was originally convicted.

[C79, 81, §816.3]86 Acts, ch 1237, §45
Iowa Code § 2.26 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.26
Secretary — record.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the house of representatives shall act as secretary of the convention, and the clerk and the secretary of the senate shall keep a fair and correct record of the proceedings of the convention, which shall be entered on the journal of each house.

[R60, §677; C73, §21; C97, §25; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §31; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §2.32; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.26]
Iowa Code § 101.23 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 101 / Section 101.23
Director reporting rules.
Status: in_force

The director shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to reporting requirements necessary to enable the director to maintain an accurate inventory of aboveground flammable or combustible liquid storage tanks.

89 Acts, ch 131, §6; 90 Acts, ch 1235, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1014, §10; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1535
Iowa Code § 147A.5 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147A / Section 147A.5
Applications for emergency medical care services — approval — denial, probation, suspension, or revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) A service program in this state that desires to provide emergency medical care in the out-of-hospital setting shall apply to the department for authorization to establish a program for delivery of the care at the scene of an emergency, during transportation to a hospital, during transfer from one medical care facility to another or to a private residence, or while in the hospital emergency department, and until care is directly assumed by a physician or by authorized hospital personnel.

(2) The department shall approve an application submitted in accordance with subsection 1 when the department is satisfied that the program proposed by the application will be operated in compliance with this subchapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter.

(3) The department may deny an application for authorization, or may place on probation, suspend or revoke the authorization of, or otherwise discipline a service program with an existing authorization if the department finds that the service program has not been or will not be operated in compliance with this subchapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter, or that there is insufficient assurance of adequate protection for the public. The authorization denial or period of probation, suspension, or revocation, or other disciplinary action shall be effected and may be appealed as provided by section 17A.12.

[C79, 81, §147A.5]84 Acts, ch 1287, §5; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1144; 89 Acts, ch 89, §8; 95 Acts, ch 41, §13; 2010 Acts, ch 1149, §11
Iowa Code § 633.512 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.512
Service.
Status: in_force

Said notice shall in all cases be served:

(1) By publication in the county in which the petition is filed, once each week for three consecutive weeks, in a newspaper designated by the court; and

(2) Upon all the alleged distributees of the estate of said absentee by ordinary mail addressed to them at their last known address.

[C97, §3307; S13, §3307; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11903; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §634.3; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.512]
Iowa Code § 336.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 336 / Section 336.12
Real estate acquired.
Status: in_force

The board of library trustees may purchase real estate in the name of the library district for the location of public library buildings and branch libraries, and for the purpose of enlarging the grounds.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.12]C93, §336.122001 Acts, ch 158, §31; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §328
Iowa Code § 445.39 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 445 / Section 445.39
Interest on delinquent taxes.
Status: in_force

If the first installment of taxes is not paid by the delinquent date specified in section 445.37, the installment becomes due and draws interest of one and one-half percent per month until paid, from the delinquent date following the levy. If the last half is not paid by the delinquent date specified for it in section 445.37, the same interest shall be charged from the date the last half became delinquent. However, after April 1 in a fiscal year when late delivery of the tax list referred to in chapter 443 results in a delinquency date later than October 1 for the first installment, interest on delinquent first installments shall accrue as if delivery were made on the previous June 30. The interest imposed under this section shall be computed to the nearest whole dollar and the amount of interest shall not be less than one dollar. In calculating interest each fraction of a month shall be counted as an entire month. The interest percentage on delinquent special assessments and rates or charges is the same as that for the first installment of delinquent ad valorem taxes.

[C51, §495, 497; R60, §759, 760; C73, §865; C97, §1413; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7214; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §445.39]85 Acts, ch 112, §1; 89 Acts, ch 214, §4; 91 Acts, ch 191, §47
Iowa Code § 815.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 815 / Section 815.5
Expert witnesses for state and defense.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 622.72, reasonable compensation as determined by the court shall be awarded expert witnesses, expert witnesses for an indigent person referred to in section 815.4, or expert witnesses called by the state in criminal cases.

[C79, 81, §815.5]93 Acts, ch 175, §22; 99 Acts, ch 135, §25; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §211
Iowa Code § 497.22 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 497 / Section 497.22
Biennial report — penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Section 504.1613 applies to a cooperative association organized under this chapter in the same manner as that section applies to a corporation organized under chapter 504. In addition to the information required to be set forth in the biennial report under section 504.1613, the cooperative association shall also set forth the total amount of business transacted, number of members, total expense of operation, total amount of indebtedness, and total profits or losses for each calendar or fiscal year of the two-year period which ended immediately preceding the first day of January of the year in which the report is filed.

(2) A cooperative association which fails to comply with this section before April 1 of the year in which the report is due is subject to a penalty of ten dollars.

[SS15, §1641-r15; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8480; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §497.22]97 Acts, ch 171, §26; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §184, 191, 192; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 262A.6A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 262A / Section 262A.6A
Iowa college super savings plan.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 179, §160.
Iowa Code § 633.129 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.129
Uniformity of interpretation.
Status: in_force

Sections 633.126 through 633.128 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact the common trust funds.

[C62, §533A.4; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.129]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §339
Iowa Code § 419.8 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 419 / Section 419.8
No payment by municipality.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 100, §20, 21.
Iowa Code § 443.15 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 443 / Section 443.15
Time limit.
Status: in_force

The assessment shall be made within two years after the tax list shall have been delivered to the treasurer for collection, and not afterwards, if the property is then owned by the person who should have paid the tax.

[C73, §851; C97, §1398; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7158; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §443.15]99 Acts, ch 174, §4, 7